Sikkim State School shows impressive results in ICSE AND ISC
Gangtok:Second divisions and failures are rare this time as far as results of around 50 schools, affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations and located in the Sikkim,Darjeeling hills and plains of Siliguri, are concerned.
Following the declaration of the ICSE and ISC results by the Council in New Delhi yesterday evening, heads of most schools in the district are happy that their students have done better than last year.
The highest achiever in ICSE from the region according to information received — the offices of all the schools were closed and a complete picture was not available — appeared to be Parikshit Sharma, who procured 97.6 per cent. A student of Holy Child School, Jalpaiguri, where all 97 candidates have passed, Parikshit is currently in Kota — known as the education city of Rajasthan — like many others preparing for various entrance examinations.
He was closely followed by Shouvik Chaudhury of Good Shepherd School, Bagdogra, and Keshav Choudhury of Don Bosco, Siliguri, both of whom notched 97.2 per cent.
The Sikkim has registered an impression show in the Class X ICSE and Class XII ISC results this year, which was declared by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) nation-wide yesterday.All eight CISCE affiliated Schools in the State have produced good results this year.In the East District, Tashi Namgyal Academy, the premier institute of the State registered a 100 percent pass in Class XII ISC examinations. All 119 who appeared for the exams passed. Tshering Yanden Bhutia, Commerce stream, is the topper with 95 percent in ISC,While Meghna Dutta has capped the ISCE with 96 percent. A total of 140 students had appeared for the ISCE exams in which all passed except one candidate. Two students got distinctions in ICSE- 2 above 90 percent, while there were five distinctions in ISC.The St. Xavier’s, Pakyong recorded 100 percent pass in ISC with Mathew Sebastian topping science stream with 98 percent and Shradha Chettri topping 94 percent in Humanities. A total of 69 students had appeared for ISC. In the ICSE, 67 students had appeared from the School with Parikshit Dahal securing 90 percent.Out of the 36 students that appeared for the ICSE from St Joseph, Rhenock all passed with Sushant Garg topping with 94 percent. Abhishek Pradhan got 93.8 percent and Prerna Rai 92.6 percent.St. Joseph, Martam also recorded 100 percent pass in ICSE in which 39 students had appeared. Anandlal Gupta topped the school with 84 percent, while Karma Doma Shenga and Ugyen Tshering Lepcha secured 79 percent marks each.In the South District, the St Francis, Jorethang also registered 100 percent pass in ICSEin which 11 students had appeared. The topper ws Neeraj Gupta (81.5 percent), followed by Mohit Sahi (71.5 percent) and Shiskak Karki- (67 percent)All 69 students who had appeared for ICSE passed in Namchi Public School while ISC results were a little disppaointing with 5 failures amongst 37 who had appeared for the exam.The St Mary’s Convent in Geyzing, West Sikkim registered 100 percent pass in the ICSE with all 31 passing. Pradriti Rai of the School secured 88 percent, followed by Rajani Gurung (86 percent) and Avinash Kumar (84.4 percent). There are 28 stidents securing first division in the School.The Don Bosco, Malabasey, West Sikkim, registered a 100 percent pass in both ICSE and ISC. All 30 students passed the ISCE with Deepti Rai getting 82.2 percent. In the ISC, 14 had appeared
Chetan Tiwari, the principal of St Anthony’s, said: “Last year when environmental studies was introduced, the school heads were not happy but the subject has worked wonders.”
In Darjeeling, Siddhart Pradhan and Pakrit Silal from St Joseph’s School (North Point), notched a perfect 100 in mathematics (ISC science), even as the number of students averaging more than 90 per cent in ICSE and ISC has substantially increased this year.
St Paul’s School, another premier institute, also had seven students averaging more than 90 per cent with Shubham Khetan topping in ICSE from the school at 94.4 per cent. “The number of students averaging more than 90 plus has gone up this year. Moreover in our school none of the students take tuition and this is even more encouraging,” said David Howard, rector, St Paul’s School, Darjeeling
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