It’s raining marks on students who took the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations this year. And it will likely make it tougher for the students who appeared for secondary school certificate (SSC), higher secondary certificate (HSC), and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examinations to get into coveted junior and degree colleges in the city. And it’s making me worried about the state board students,” said Ashok Wadia, principal, Jai Hind College, Churchgate. Thakkar believes that it’s the state board, which should bring its evaluation method at par with the national boards. But since, the students from the state board are suffering, it should take the lead.”Agnelo Menezes, principal, CXavier’s college, said, “We have separate quotas for students from state and national boards.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2018 06:33 UTC