DNA Special: Why CBSE's 99% result for Class 12 has hidden challenges for students

Today, we will tell you about the result of CBSE's 12th grade because these results are not only the students but also their parents.

The special thing about the results of this time is that about 99 percent of the students have passed in this exam. This is a record in itself, because the number of students who passed last year was about 90 percent, while 83 percent of the children had passed in 2019.

Due to coronavirus, the schools were closed for the last year, and the board exams were not conducted so these results have been issued on the basis of performance in 10th, 11th and 12th grade. Among them, 40 percent of the performance of students in the 12th grade, the performance of 11th grade 30 percent and 10th-grade performance has also been given 30 percent weightage.

A total of 13 lakh 4 thousand 561 children were waiting for this result, out of which 12 lakh 96 thousand 318 children have passed. 0.67 percent of the children who have not been able to get success. In this examination, 99.67 percent of students and 99.13 percent of the students have passed. Students who are not happy with these results can give exams again from August 15 to September 15.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan have also congratulated the students who passed through Twitter.

We want to give good wishes to the children and their parents but now the question is how such a large number of students will get admissions in colleges and how will they get jobs later. About 1.5 crore children in India give Class 12 Board Exams every year. A few days ago, the Supreme Court had ordered all Education Boards that he declared the results of 12th till July 31.

Like CBSE, Boards of most states have decided to issue the result on the basis in the performance in previous classes. Now if 80 or 90 percent of the children pass in the rest of the boards, this year, the number of students passing this examination will be between about Rs 1.2 crore to 1.35 crore. There are a sufficient number of colleges and universities in India but the conditions of many of them are not good and there is a shortage of seats.

According to QS World Ranking this year, the top 200 universities include only three education institutes of India. Among them, IIT Bombay is at number 172, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore is at number 185 and IIT Delhi is at number 193. While the world's top thousand universities include just 22 universities of India. That is, the students are scoring more marks, while the number of institutions giving quality education is less.

For example, on Thursday, the results of Class 12 examinations of the Madhya Pradesh Board were announced in which 6.5 lakh students sat and 100 percent of them have passed. In the year 2019, only 73 percent of the children passed this board examination of Madhya Pradesh.

Now what is happening is that the number of students passing from most boards is increasing every year. Last year, 98.62 percent of the students from Kendriya Vidyalaya passed the examination. However, this time, 100 percent of the students have passed. Last time, in government schools, 95 percent of the children had passed. This time 99 percent of children have passed.

Not only this, the number of students scoring more than 95 percent marks in the 12th examination of CBSE is 70,000. The number is double compared to the previous year. While 1.5 lakh students have achieved more than 90 percent marks.

Despite scoring performing well in the exams, there will be thousands of students who will not be able to get admission in their preferred college or favourite course this year because of the increasing marks, the race for admissions has become very difficult.

For example, Delhi University has only 65,000 seats available at this time. Every year, the average Cut-off for admission lives between 85 to 100 percent. Now imagine that even if all the 70,000 students who got 95 percent marks in the 12th grade, even if they want to take admission in Delhi University, everyone will not get admission. There will still be 5,000 students for whom the doors will be closed.

Although after passing 12th grade, not all the students opt for undergraduate courses. Many students also choose the option of medical and engineering. There are about 15 lakh seats in Engineering and Medical in India. But for the last few years, the number of seats in engineering colleges is continuously decreasing.

Experts who monitor the education system in India also believe that this huge passing percentage affects the students who work hard throughout the year. So the boards should return to the old system of merit.

We do not want to demoralize the students who have passed but we want to put this question before the system of the country that will all the children who have passed in such a large number be able to get admission in colleges and later jobs? Ironically, even for students who get admission to colleges, 16 percent of them are not able to get jobs. Even after post-graduation, the number of unemployed youth is 14 percent.

Therefore, students should also work on their skill development because no matter how much you study and write, if you do not have skills, then the path is very difficult for you.

According to the India Skills Report of the year 2019, 53 percent of the youth who have graduated are not fit to be given employment because they have a degree but don't have skills.

People think that maybe the world's biggest resource is oil and minerals but both of them will end one day or the other. Truly the biggest resource in the world is the youth. But due to lack of skill, this resource cannot be used much.

By the year 2030, 65 percent i.e. 100 crore youth of India will be in the working age, but will India be able to give jobs to so many people?

Experts believe that this will be India's last chance to take advantage of the young population. Therefore, skill development has to be started from schools and the talent of the children will have to be recognized at a very young age. But only statistics and information are given to children in the name of studies in schools, nothing special is done to improve their skills. Whereas the truth is that 90 percent of these jobs in India are such that it requires some kind of special skill. The result is that 20 percent of the degree and diploma holders do not get jobs.

And it has to start with the schools itself. In India, people do not seem very excited in the name of skill, because they think that this is a labour-related matter. That's why everyone wants jobs that pay in lakhs by reading and writing but avoid getting expertise.

It should also be kept in mind that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the whole world thinks. According to the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, in the coming times, 100 crore jobs all over the world will be based on technology. Therefore, it is very important for the youth of India to gather knowledge and expertise in new technologies.

So before going to sleep tonight and before making up your mind to run for admission, you should also think about improving your skills.