CBSE Class 12 results: Economics and maths have the highest failure rates

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Updated: Jul 02, 2017 17:12 IST

One in every five students who sat for a CBSE economics exam in 2015 failed. According to an analysis of CBSE results for Class 12 done by the Hindustan Times, the subject had the highest failure rate between 2004 and 2015.

For students who will give the exam in 2018, CBSE has changed the pattern for the subject. The new format allots 80 marks for theory and 20 marks to a “project,” unlike the previous pattern of a single 100-mark written exam.

Mathematics has the second highest failure rate. More than 15% of students who opted for the subject failed.

“Everybody wants to do commerce today. But it is not necessary that people who want to do commerce have an aptitude for mathematics,” said Ameeta M Wattal, Principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road.

Since the two subjects have an element of mathematical and statistical ability, Wattal thinks it is not surprising that they have high failure rates. “They both work together as a group,” she added.

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