CHENNAI CORPORATION: Impressive performance again by Metro schools
By G Saravanan Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai on May 28, 2011: Source: http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/impressive-performance-again-by-metro-schools/278515.html CHENNAI: Continuing the tradition of rewriting records year after year, the Chennai School students have secured a pass percentage of 86.3 in the SSLC state board examination results, (Class X) bettering their last year’s percentage of 85.3. Besides, a Chennai school student who was the topper in the civic body-run schools with 493 marks, missed the State first rank (496 marks) by a small margin of three marks. Speaking to reporters at Ripon Building after congratulating the toppers of Chennai schools, Mayor M Subramanian said, “Our schools are bettering their public examination results year after year and this year, it has been improved by one more per cent.” I ncidentally, the pass percentage secured by the Chennai schools was higher than the overall pass percentage of the State (85.3) this year . Whil...