Delhi government schools shine in Class 10 results

New Delhi: Government schools in Delhi have registered an 8.1 percent
increase in pass percentage with 99.09 pass percentage recorded in the
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results for Class 10.

Congratulating the students on their success, Delhi Education Minister
Arvinder Singh Lovely said in a statement, "The result of the
government schools has shown a marked improvement over the last few
years. The government schools have achieved highest ever results in
Class 10."

Lovely said that this year 326 government schools achieved 100 percent
results against 166 schools in 2010. Moreover, 893 government schools
achieved 90 percent passing percentage against 609 schools last year.

"The overall qualifying percentage of the girls is 99.16 percent,
while overall qualifying percentage of boys is 98.90 percent," the
minister said about the results which were declared on Tuesday
evening.

Lovely also congratulated the Directorate of Education for its
untiring efforts in brining improvement and imparting quality
education in government schools.

Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit expressed her happiness
over the results.

"It is a matter of great pride and happiness for all of us that the
children of the schools of Directorate of Education have once again
shown excellent results in Class 10. This is due to the hard work put
in by the children and parents under the supervision and guidance of
our schools teachers." IANS