Rethinking Education Metrics: Beyond Pass Percentage in SSC Exams

School Education Principal Secretary Praveen Prakash emphasizes a shift in evaluating educational quality, moving beyond mere pass percentages and highest marks. Instead, he advocates for a comprehensive analysis of mean, median, and mode of student marks to gauge true educational standards.

Highlighting the importance of depth of knowledge and individual student employability, Prakash stresses the need for schools to aim for a collective average surpassing 70%, equivalent to 420 marks. He cites examples where high pass rates do not necessarily reflect quality education, urging officials to adopt this new approach for assessing academic performance and striving for improvement in the next academic year.