Even as majority of the students have failed to pass the class X exams conducted by the Haryana Board of School Education, the State Government has decided to give laptops to the top 500 students securing 95 per cent or above marks.
Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Tuesday said that laptops would be provided to the top 500 students securing 95 per cent or above marks in matric examinations conducted by HBSE. A provision of Rs two crore has been provided for the purpose in budget of the year 2016-17.
The overall pass percentage in the secondary examination was only 48.88 per cent. While 52.62 per cent girls managed to pass the examination, the pass percentage of boys stood at 45.71.
Sharma said that the State Government is promoting quality education in Haryana.
He said that in order to further improve the quality of education in Haryana, an ambitious initiative known as ‘learning Enhancement Programme (lEP) has been implemented in 3,222 primary schools.
Under this programme, 18,000 teachers have been imparted training. Apart from this, monthly tests programme has been initiated for classes Class I to Class XII to improve the education level of students and it is also reviewed online, said he.
He added that reply have been sought from the schools which have registered poor results in the class X exams.
In all, 3,17,507 candidates had appeared for the examination out of which 1,55,191 have passed this year. As many as 1,70,422 boys took the examination out of which 65,511 passed while 64,442 out of the 1,44,413 girls have passed.
Among districts, Sonepat stood high in the tally by achieving 69.84 pass percentage followed by Education Minister Sharma’s constituency Mohindergarh which recorded 63.79 pass percentage in class X.
Faridabad district performed worst registering pass percentage of only 34.47 percent while Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar’s constituency Karnal registered pass percentage of 37.68 only in the secondary exams.
The pass percentage of government schools was 42.25, government-aided schools 55.92 and of private schools 50.99 percent.