Delhi govt to conduct special classes in 342 schools
Special mathematics classes will be conducted by external agencies in January for around 30,000 class X students of Delhi government schools. The move is aimed at improving the pass percentage of schools in the upcoming board examination.The initiative has been in the works for the last few months and the proposal was approved by the Delhi Cabinet Monday.A total of 342 “low-performing” government schools have been shortlisted for the initiative. These schools had recorded a pass percentage of less than 55% in the class X mathematics board exam last year, with the lowest pass percentage in a school recorded at 7.02%.
A total of 30,497 students from these 342 schools had appeared for the exam last year, and the cumulative pass percentage between them was just 41.98%.Around 1.66 lakh students from Delhi government schools had appeared for last year’s board exams, of which 37,073 failed in mathematics. Only 75% students had passed in mathematics, while more than 95% had failed in languages and social sciences.A government spokesperson said, “The job of the external agencies would be to customise the content to help students prepare for the board exam. The package is proposed to be of 100 hours, covering important topics to be completed before the exam. Practice material will also be provided by the external agencies. These external resource persons will work in close coordination with the existing teachers so that both can complement each other.”
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