Under the new pattern of the HSC examinations this year, the students of western Odisha have done remarkably well with Jharsuguda district very close to that of Baleswar, which has topped the State in pass percentage. The pass rate in Jharsuguda is 85.39 against 86.97 of Baleswar.
Sundargarh comes next to Jharsuguda with 84.26 per cent students clearing the exams. Even Deogarh, a small district of the region with all poor infrastructure in every front, has done well with 83.41 per cent. The result of Balangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Bargarh is almost the same with 78.91, 78.87, 78.82 and 78.75 per cent, respectively.
Kalahandi district has also done well this time with 76 per cent just above Sambalpur where the per cent is 75.05. But Nuapada that comes lowest in the State has secured only 51.38 per cent results.
Commenting on the better performance of the students of undivided Sambalpur district (Sambalpur, Bargarh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda), former Circle Inspector (CI) of Schools cum the present District Education Officer (DEO) of Sambalpur Sangram Sahoo said that every care was taken to make the students acquainted with the new question patterns. Even teachers and headmasters were given trainings accordingly, he said.
“A pre-board examination was held in every school under the new question pattern to grow the confidence of the students on the new pattern,” informed Sahoo. “Question pattern available in the website also helped the students and the teachers immensely,” he said further.