Government schools in Tiruchi district have launched an initiative to improve pass percentage in SSLC and Plus Two public examinations this year.
The district’s pass percentage in Plus Two exams slipped compared to the previous year. The district registered a pass percentage of 95.74 in 2024 and 96.02% in 2023. Of the 105 government schools in the district, only 14 achieved 100% pass results.
In SSLC, the district ranked fifth in the State with an overall pass percentage of 95.23% in 2024, the highest in the past two years. While in 2023, the district attained 94.28%.
District-level action plans are being drawn up to improve the performance of government schools in the public exams. The department has prepared a subject-wise “minimum learning material” for slow learners for both Plus Two and SSLC so that teachers could identify slow learners and focus on improving their performance using the material supplied to them.
Teachers and educationists have been roped in to support and oversee the academic performance of the students who appear for the board examination, with an aim to enhance quality education in all higher secondary and high schools. Special attention would be paid to schools which did not attain a 100% pass percentage in the district.
“The material focuses on important questions that would be helpful for a student to score average marks in the exams. Daily written tests and training for practical exams are being conducted twice a week,” said R. Ramakrishnan, headmaster, Corporation Higher Secondary School on East Boulevard Road.
Out of 144 SSLC students in Government High School in K.K. Nagar, around 80 have been identified as slow learners, where revision and tests are being conducted daily in the evenings after class hours. “We focus on one subject per day and discuss the previous exam’s question papers. The teachers were asked to pay individual attention and guide the students,” said A. Subramanian, headmaster of the school.
Steps have been taken to sensitise students to attend the examinations without absenting themselves, and the parents to encourage and insist their children take up the exams.
Published – January 16, 2025 06:43 pm IST
