Maintain superior pass percentage compared to boys
PANJIM, MAY 18
Once again girls did well at the March 2010 Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examination giving an overall pass percentage of 80.11 compared to 74.31 that of boys.
Girls maintained a superior pass percentage compared to the boys in all four streams namely arts, commerce, science and vocational.
However, the top honours (distinctions) were shared by two girls and two boys. Yamuna Pramod Naik of Dnyanprasarak Mandal Higher Secondary School, Assagao, from the science stream topped the overall HSSC result chart with 92.8 % (557/600). Krisha Fatima Pereira 88.3% (530/600) of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Panjim, Luis Pereira 91.3% (548/600) of Mushtifund HSS and Ashley Ambrose Fernandes of Fr Agnel Multipurpose HSS, Verna, stood first in the arts, commerce and vocational streams respectively.
At the 2010 HSSC board exam 12,399 candidates appeared without exemptions along with 1,241 candidates with exemptions, compared to 12,112 candidates and 1,151 candidates, respectively, of last year.
The overall pass percentage compared to that of last year (82.55) remained almost the same at 82.52. Under whole category 10,326 candidates passed with overall pass percentage in the four streams as follows: arts 72.72 %, commerce 83.11 %, science 84.38 % and vocational 89.11 %.
In the commerce stream only Don Bosco HSS, Panjim, achieved 100 % result. The institution repeated its performance in the commerce stream for the third consecutive year.
In the vocational stream five higher secondary schools achieved 100 % results. These are: Government HSS, Canacona, Holy Trinity HSS, Benaulim, Fr Agnel Multipurpose HSS, Verna, New English HSS, Mandrem and Ameya Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s HSS, Curti, Ponda.
Holy Trinity HSS, Benaulim, has repeated its performance for the third consecutive year in the vocational stream. New English HSS, Mandrem and Ameya Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s HSS, Curti, Ponda, have repeated their performance in the vocational stream for the second consecutive year.
The highest pass percentage of 86.84 per cent was recorded in Mapusa for the arts stream. The other places from where high pass percentage was recorded are: Porvorim 93.15 % for commerce, Bicholim 98.33 % for science stream and Canacona 100 % in vocational.
The supplementary (practical examination) will be held on June 25, 2010 and theory on June 29, 2010. The theory exam will be conducted at two centres namely Mapusa and Margao.
The last date for submitting applications for verification in absentia/presentia is June 15, 2010 and the last date for supply of photocopies of answer books is May 28, 2010. Applications for the same can be downloaded from the board’s website.
