MUMBAI: The final year science results are out but there is a whopping 10 percent drop in the success rate as compared to the last year. The percentage of successful students stands at 56.88%.
In all, 10,704 candidates took the exam that was held in April. Students' performance ahs been slipping over the years. This time, merely 1,999 students crossed the 60 per cent mark; another 3,346 scored a second class and 514 students secured a pass class. "These are the correct, absolutely true results," said Vilas Shinde, controller of examinations, hinting at the fact that with the bar code system in place, there was no room for adopting fraudulent means to raise marks.
"Evaluators didn't know who papers they were assessing. Just like in engineering, science results have also shown a huge drop in performance levels," said a university official.
But college principals fear a deeper problem. Ruia college principal Suhas Pednekar said, "Basic science has become the last choice for students. The ones who come here with a passion for the subject are doing very well. There are so many opportunities now. But those who have taken up the stream out of compulsion, don't take it very seriously. Somewhere the lack of interest affects their performance."
Most others concur. Sathaye College's head Kavita Rege, said, "One of the primary reasons for this poor pass percentage is the quality of students. Many of these students wanted to opt for engineering or medicine but did not make it so took up BSc out of a lack of option."
The results will be available in the college on June 25. The statement of marks will be sent to all colleges by June 30. This is first time the university is printing the photographs of the students on their marks statement. The results of close to 4,000 BSc (computer science) students is yet to be declared.
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