SSC pass percentage: Principals, schools oppose move to include class IX results

Parents’ opinions divided on move.

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“It is a very good move. The schools are threatening to fail children in Class 9 so as to get good SSC result. We must applaud the education officials for the the move,” says some parents. In above representational photo, students celebrate their SSC marks.

With the state education department considering making the enrollment in class 9 to be the base of calculating the pass percentage of a school in class 10, principal associations and school management associations are already opposing the decision while parents are divided in their opinion.

Maharashtra English School Trustees Association (MESTA), founder president Sanjayrao Tayade Patil said, “I think this is yet another decision by the government to make a useless generation of students. What they should do instead is to introduce the exam system from primary level itself. With both students and parents knowing that the kids cannot be failed till class 8, some take education very lightly and gain no knowledge. But then they get passed till class 8, and when they are in class 9, they have no understanding of the syllabus ultimately failing the class. But now instead of letting us get quality students, government again wants quantity. If that is the case, then instead of compulsory passing till class 8, they should just announce compulsory passing till class 10,” said Patil.

“We will be taking a delegation to the education department opposing this decision. Introducing exams will be beneficial for both the students and the country,” added Patil.

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Raosaheb Awari, founder, all-India secondary and higher secondary school principals; joint board, said that they are in the process of writing to the education department to allow schools to fail non-performing students from Class 5 itself.

Parents’ opinions however were divided on the matter. “The students already face a lot of pressure in class ten but the new decision would keep this pressure for two years so as to perform well in class nine and ten. Also, there is a fear that the school might apply strict norm for passing the students in class eight which was being followed in class nine so far. Thus, this decision would add to the problems of students more than that of the schools. So there should be some other way the government could keep a check on schools,” said a parent against the order.

But another parent praised the order by the government. “It is a very good move. The schools are threatening to fail children in Class 9 so as to get good SSC result. We must applaud the education officials for the the move. If they remain active, there is no reason why schools will act at their whims and fancies.”

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