ISC students worry about math scores

Updated on: Saturday, March 26, 2011

What happens if we score bad in maths? Can we depend on chemistry?”, “I am surely not scoring more than 60 in maths”, “Was the maths paper too tough and lengthy indeed, or was my preparation for the paper too bad?” These and many more such comments flooded an online forum where Indian Secondary Certificate (ISC) students are pouring their heart out for the last one-week.

After attempting the mathematics paper on March 14, many ISC students came out of their respective centres either without completing the paper or under the fear that they were going to score poor marks. While most of the city ISC school principals said they hadn’t received any complaints about this paper, students have made their concern public through Facebook, Twitter and icseguess.com.

Having scored 95 per cent in maths in her ICSE board examinations, Aarti Sethi is crestfallen. “The first section (30 marks) itself was so difficult that most of us could not attempt the full paper. Even the maths topper in our class is upset,” said Sethi, a student of Cathedral and John Connon School, Fort. Similar, sentiments were shared by several ISC students across the city. “She came home and realised that she have scored more had she not been stressed out by the first section,” said Sethi’s mother.

Sudeshna Chatterjee, principal of Jamnabai Narsee School said, “I spoke to some students who told me that the paper was very difficult but when I checked with the subject teacher, he told me that the paper was just lengthy. No students have complained with us otherwise.”

When TOI contacted the Secretary of the Council, Gerry Arathoon, he said, “We have received some complaints from the Kolkata region about the paper being a little tough. We will look into this matter and assure that students won’t get affected.”

SSC ‘Problem’

Some parents and schools in Kalyan have complained with the conductor of examination of that region that a particular problem in the SSC algebra paper, held on March 12, was erroneous. “We got the matter checked with our representative and have been told that the problem is from the syllabus and has been taught in class. Students should have known how to solve it,” said a board official.

ISC students worry about math scores

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