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CBSE schools see 20% lesser migration for class XI admissions.
CBSE schools are observing 20% lesser migration this year. CBSE principals claim that it is because of the latest decision to make NEET the entrance test for medical exams and since CBSE conducts NEET, the native students will stand to get an advantage.
While across the country students are flocking to the CBSE board due to the alleged inflation of marks, the state of Kerala had been seeing a curiously reverse trend since many years. But it can be safely said that even Kerala has started toeing this line this year onwards.
After years of seeing students migrate to state schools from CBSE after Class X, city CBSE schools are smiling this year. The drop is as much as 10 to 20% in top schools.
Schools claim that the drain has stopped because of the Supreme Court’s decision to make National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the common entrance test for admission to medical colleges. Now, NEET is conducted by CBSE and students believe that native CBSE students will have an advantage.
Data from 62 schools in the district reveals that out of a total of 4,860 students who had appeared for Class X CBSE exams, 3,000 had sought readmission in Class XI in the school. Last year, almost 50 % students had moved out to the state board.
"The number of students shifting to the state board has reduced this time and the best thing is that most of the high rank holders have not moved out," said Kerala CBSE School Management Association president T P M Ibrahim Khan.
"In our school, we saw that the dropout rate was lesser than the previous year. Of the 124 students who passed Class X, 74 re-joined. This is an increase of 10 to 15 % as compared to last year," said Fr Antony, Sacred Heart CMI School, Thevara.
CBSE school principals claim that the students rush to join the state board schools not because of the higher quality of education but because students score more marks, at least 5 to 10 % more in class XII, making it easier for them to get admission in engineering colleges. Also the curriculum of the state boards allow the students more time to focus on coaching and this was an advantage for medical aspirants when the paper was being set by commissioner of entrance exams. Lastly, the fees in government and aided schools are much lower than in private schools
If NEET remains as the qualifying exam for admission to medical entrance, then CBSE schools will have an edge over other students. Already the positive impact is being seen in our schools," added Fr Antony, Sacred Heart CMI School.
"Admissions are in progress and only after the admissions are closed will we know the real status," said PM Maya, deputy director, directorate of higher secondary education, Ernakulam.
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