Performance in Sikshana High Schools

Flash Results

Sikshana was implemented in 24 of the 34 Government High schools of Kanakapura Taluk. A comparison is given below on the performance of our schools against those in other streams. This shows we are coming out on top on all counts.

Schools with 100 % Pass: Sikshana: 3 (out of 24)/ Private: 3 (out of 17)    (Pl See Note * below). Some of the Government schools have one or two kids with serious issues such as migratory parents (leading to loss of attendance), socio-economic problems and learning disabilities( which qualify them for special schools but invariably rejected by the parents). If these students are accounted for, eight schools should be deemed to have acquired 100% pass rate, a phenomenal success by any standards. .  

Schools over 90%: 11 out of 24 under Sikshana outscoring clearly private schools which had only 6 out of 17

Lowest score under Sikshana: 73%/  Private: 59 %. A scatter diagram will show the lead better.

Performance of the schools in different streams:

Type of Schools	Number	Students	Passed	Failed	% Pass	Pass  Range
Govt Sikshana	24	1166	1015	151	87.5	73.5 - 100
Govt Non-Sikshana	10	784	498	286	63.5	40 – 80.2
Aided	12	1714	1225	489	71.5	54.5 – 86.7
Private	17	838	715	123	85.3	59.6 - 100

 A more detailed study along with the processes deployed follows separately.E S Ramamurthy

Note *

A comparison between Government and private schools should take into account the following:

·         Admission to Govt schools cannot be denied to anyone, while private schools have and use the option of choosing their students. A study of the profiles of the parents under both streams will show a distinct difference, to the advantage of the latter.

·          Students are not detained either at 9th or in 10th from writing the final exams in Govt schools, except of prolonged absence. Private schools use the option of detention/ transfers based on poor academic performance to improve their final scores. In fact, schools under Sikshana routinely take in students at 10th who have been forcibly evicted from private schools with a transfer certificate.

·          It is not possible to enforce in Government schools many of the disciplinary measures routinely adopted in the private ones- for the simple reason that the State is keen and also obliged to keep the kids in school under all circumstances.