Mixed reactions to grade system

City students have had mixed reactions on the CBSEs decision to stop announcing toppers from this year and by replacing marks with grades.

City students have had mixed reactions on the CBSEs decision to stop announcing toppers from this year and by replacing marks with grades. While some said toppers list brought a sense of competition,others said it did not allow students to do anything beyond studies.

Opposing the grade system,Shreyansi Singhal,a student of Army Public School,who scored A1 grade,said she was curious to know exactly how much she scored in each subject.

Tulika Kaul,also a student of APS,said there is a lot of margin between the marks included in one grade. For instance,students who have secured marks between 91 and 100 will be awarded grade A1. This means that a student getting 91 marks is on par with another students scoring 100,which is not fair, Tulika said. This gap should have been reduced while giving the grades,she said.

However,few others welcomed the grade system. It is a good move. It reduces our pressure of score by 0.1 marks over others to get into the list, said Mihika R,a KV student.

Her friend Ritwik Purohit said,If a student is interested in sports,he would rather study to score A2 grade and concentrate on sports. Parents would also stop feeling bad for their child for missing the toppers list by 0.1 or 0.2 percentage.

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