West Bengal students bring home top ISC-ICSE ranks

KOLKATA: It was a time to cheer for CISCE affiliated schools in Bengal on Monday with five students securing ranks within the top three positions in ICSE and ISC exams. Though it isn’t the first time that students from Bengal have featured on the top three list, it is after several years that the state has fared so well, said Nabarun De, secretary of ICSE schools in Bengal and northeast.

Compared to 2016, the all-India pass percentage of ICSE has increased by .03%, taking it up to 98.53% and the ISC pass percentage increased by 0.01%, taking the percentage of successful candidates to an all-time record high of 96.47%.

In Bengal the ICSE pass percentage dipped from 98.05% in 2016 to 97.96% this year. In ISC, the percentage of successful candidates surged from 95.95% last year to 96.48% in 2017.

“This is not the first time when students from Bengal have tasted success in both the exams. It has been an on-and-off pattern. However, candidates this year have done exceptionally well compared to students from other states, as a result of which the number of candidates bagging AIR has gone up from previous years. The schools, too, have been able to excel in their teaching and learning processes,” said chief executive and secretary of CISCE Gerry Arathoon.

From Bengal, the number of candidates taking ICSE exam was 32,781 and students taking ISC exam numbered 21,283. Countrywide, the figure was 175,299 for ICSE and 73,633 for ISC. Boys outnumbered girls in both exams, but girls fared better. In India, the pass percentage of girls is 99.03% in ICSE and 97.73% in ISC. For Bengal, the pass percentage of girls was 98.45% and 97.95% in ICSE and ISC respectively. The percentage of unsuccessful boys in ICSE increased from 2.16% in 2016 to 2.42% this year.

Principal of The Heritage School Seema Sapru said, “Ananya Maity has always been brilliant. She has been with us since Class IV and would always be the school topper. We knew she would top in the school, but bagging the first position across the country is simple superb.”

Benny Thomas, principal of St Xavier’s Collegiate School, was elated with three of his students bagging spots in the top three in ISC. “Anant Kothari went through a difficult time due to a personal loss. We had high expectations from Saugata Chowdhury since he stood first in ICSE two years back,” he said.

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