Show cause notice served to 102 schools in Assam for poor performance in HSLC

June 10: In the recently declared results of HSLC Examinations 2022, a total of 102 schools have exhibited a dismal performance thereby inviting the wrath of the Assam Secondary Education Department. Show cause notices were served to the Head of the Institutions of these schools and were asked to reply within 7 days as to why the disciplinary authority should not consider their dismissal from service.

As per data released by Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), Cachar district led the table with 14 poor-performing schools followed by Karbi Anglong district with 13, Goalpara district with 9, Jorhat with eight, Kamrup (Metro) and Dhubri with six each, West Karbi Anglong with five, Karimganj with four. Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Golaghat, and Nagaon have three each, Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, South Salmara, Tinsukia and Udalguri with two each.

The overall pass percentage of the HSLC examination this year was 56.49 per cent. As per the education department, as many as 25 state-run schools in the state have shown 0 per cent results in this year’s HSLC/AMH examination while 70 schools’ pass percentage results were below 10 per cent and 7 schools’ pass percentage results were 10 per cent.

The Director of Secondary Education, said that a total of 102 state-run schools’ pass percentage results were 10 per cent and below 10 per cent. “Out of 102 schools, 25 schools have shown 0 per cent results. We have served show-cause notices to the principal/headmaster of 102 schools. We have asked them to send a written reply within seven days from the date of receipt of the letter,” she said.