Free coaching classes in district with lowest pass percentage

Updated on: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Ahead of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examinations in Meghalaya, a district with the lowest pass percentage is conducting a five-day intensive coaching in science and mathematics for free.

East Garo Hills district with a pass per centage of only 22.24 per cent in the last board examination has decided to hold free intensive coaching classes from February 20 with free lunch in seven Centers, District Deputy Commissioner Vijay Kumar Mantri told.

He said the best of teachers have been selected for the coaching while the content have been prepared in consultations with a popular coaching centre in Tura.

Mantri said the government has also put emphasis on science and mathematics, subjects where more students fail.

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