This story is from May 7, 2019

CBSE Class 10: Tumakuru boy tops Chennai region with 498/500

Tumakuru district boy Yashas D topped the Chennai region of the Central Board of Secondary Education by scoring 498 out of 500 marks in class 10 exams.
CBSE Class 10: Tumakuru boy tops Chennai region with 498/500
EXUBERANT LOT: Students of Venkat International Public School in Rajajinagar rejoice after the CBSE class 10 results were announced; (Left) Girls check their scores
BENGALURU: Tumakuru district boy Yashas D topped the Chennai region of the Central Board of Secondary Education by scoring 498 out of 500 marks in class 10 exams.
This student of Vidyavardhini International School, Huliyar, scored 99.6% and missed topping the country by just one mark. He is the lone topper in the Chennai region. Thirteen boys and girls scored the highest marks (499/500) across the country.

The CBSE declared the class 10 results on Monday, much earlier than usual. In 2018, the results had been declared on May 26.
Most candidates fared better in all sections compared to 2018. There’s been an overall improvement of 4.4 pass percentage points this year, compared to 2018. The overall pass percentage has gone up from 86.7 in 2018 to 91.1 this year.
Though Trivandrum topped the country with 99.8% passes, Chennai region, in second place, fared better than last year with 99%. Trivandrum had secured 99.6% passes in 2018 and Chennai was second with 97.3%.
There were 97 candidates top-scoring candidates in the country with scores between 497 and 499 marks. Thirteen of these are from Chennai region. Bengaluru, which comes in this region, has four in the list of top 97. They all secured 497/500 (99.4%). Three of the city toppers are girls, in sync with the nationwide genderwise pass percentage.

Girls did better than boys by 2.3% this year. The pass percentage of transgenders also increased from 83.33 in 2018 to 94.74 this year.
Chennai region also reported the highest pass percentage (99) for students under the Children with Special Needs (CWSN) category. The top three scorers in this category are from Trivandrum region.
The percentage of students who have been put in compartment (supplementary exam) were the least in Trivandrum: 0.15%. Chennai was the second best with 0.95%, while Delhi region had the highest (17.4%).
Chennai region, with 30, accounted for the second highest number of unfairness cases. While Ajmer topped the heap with 59, Trivandrum region accounted for zero cases.
With the numbers for Chennai region and Bengaluru looking better this year compared to 2018, teachers and parents are optimistic about the quality of education but hope it doesn’t lead to unhealthy competition.
“Children these days are focusing on studies on their own. The improved numbers are a result of work by school administration, motivation by parents and students realising it’s better to score high marks in this exam. But other aspects of growing up should not be ignored. Competition is increasing but parents and teachers should make sure children don’t miss out on their childhood,” said a class 10 teacher of a CBSE school here.
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