pupil performance report 2016 2015-examinations
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PUPIL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2016
For
Bhutan Certificate of Secondary Education (BCSE-X)
Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC-XII)
Language and Culture Studies Certificate Examination (LCSCE-X&XII)
2015-Examinations
Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment
Thimphu: Bhutan
DATA COMPILATION
1. Sonam Gyeltshen, ICT
2. Sonam Tshering, EDP
3. Karma Chuki, EDP
4. Kezang Choden, ICT
5. Jambay Wangmo, ICT
ITEM ANALYSIS
1. Sonam Gyeltshen, ICT
2. JambayWangmo, ICT
3. Kezang Choden, ICT
4. All Subject Coordinators, SED
WRITE UP
1. Sangay Tenzin, Controller of Examinations
2. Kezang Deki Tshering, Subject Specialist, SED
3. Lobzang Dorji, Subject Coordinator, SED
4. Pema Wangdi, Subject Coordinator, SED
5. Kencho Dem, Subject Coordinator, SED
6. Sharda Rai, Subject Coordinator, SED
7. Renuka Chettri, Subject Coordinator, SED
8. Loden Chozin, Subject Coordinator, SED
9. Shriman Gurung, Subject Coordinator, SED
LAYOUT AND FORMATTING
1. Jambay Wangmo, ICT
2. Kezang Choden, ICT
3. Sonam Gyeltshen, ICT
COVER DESIGN
Sonam Gyeltshen, ICT
PROOFREADING
1. Renuka Chettri, Subject Coordinator, SED
2. Sharda Rai, Subject Coordinator, SED
3. Loden chozin, SED
COORDINATOR
Mr. Sangay Tenzin, Controller of Examinations
ADVISOR
Tenzin Dorji, Secretary, BCSEA
Contents FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................................................... i
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... ii
CHAPTER 1: BHUTAN HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE (BHSEC XII) 2015 EXAMINATION ........... 1
1.1 OVER ALL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 1
1.2 OVERALL PASS PERCENTAGE BY GENDER ....................................................................................... 2
1.3 SCHOOL WISE PERFORMANCE BY REGISTRATION TYPE ................................................................. 2
1.4 PERFORMANCE OF REGULAR CANDIDATES .................................................................................... 3
1.5 PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND THREE BEST SUBJECTS ............................................................... 5
1.6 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE BY MEAN SCORE .......................................................... 6
1.7 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE MARK RANGE ......................................................................................... 6
1.8 PERFORMANCE BY PARENTAL OCCUPATION .................................................................................. 7
1.9 ENROLLMENT OF CANDIDATES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS .......................................................... 8
1.10 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS SUBJECTS ......................................................... 10
1.11 SCHOOL-WISE PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS SUBJECTS ..................................................................... 14
1.12 (BHSEC XII) 2015 EXAMINATION TOPPERS .................................................................................... 21
CHAPTER 2: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (LCSCE-XII) 2015 ..................... 25
2.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 25
2.2 OVERALL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE ...................................................................................... 25
2.3 LCSCE PASS PERCENTAGE FOR PAST YEARS .................................................................................. 26
CHAPTER 3: REPORT ON 2015 BHSEC EXAMINATIONS ..................................................................................... 27
3.1 CONDUCT OF BHSEC EXAMINATIONS ........................................................................................... 27
CONCERNS ................................................................................................................................................. 27
ANSWER SCRIPT MARKING ........................................................................................................................ 27
ANSWER SCRIPTS MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 27
MARKING ................................................................................................................................................... 28
DATA TABULATION .................................................................................................................................... 28
DECLARATION OF RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 28
3.2 REPORT ON CLERICAL RE-CHECK FOR BHSEC EXAMINATION........................................................ 31
CHAPTER 4: BHUTAN CERTIFICATE FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION (BCSE - X) 2015 ........................................... 34
4.1 OVERALL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 34
4.2 OVERALL GENDER WISE PERFORMANCE ...................................................................................... 34
4.3 PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES BY REGISTRATION TYPE ......................................................... 35
4.4 PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND FOUR BEST SUBJECTS ............................................................... 38
4.5 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE .................................................................................... 38
4.6 PERFORMANCE BY PARENTAL OCCUPATION ................................................................................. 39
4.7 CANDIDATES QUALIFYING FOR HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ......... 40
4.8 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................ 43
4.9 CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT MARKS FOR SCHOOLS. ................................................................... 45
4.10 BCSE SCHOOL WISE PERFORMANCE FOR SUBJECTS ................................................................... 53
4.11 (BCSE X) 2015 EXAMINATION TOPPERS ........................................................................................ 60
CHAPTER 5: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION ................................................ 63
(LCSCE-X) 2015 ............................................................................................................................................... 63
5.1 LCSCE PASS PERCENTAGE FOR PAST YEARS .................................................................................. 63
5.2 2015 LCSCE EXAMINATIONS .......................................................................................................... 63
5.3 OVERALL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE ...................................................................................... 64
5.4 2015 LCSCE TOPPERS ..................................................................................................................... 64
CHAPTER 6: REPORT ON 2015 BCSE EXAMINATIONS ........................................................................................ 65
6.1 CONDUCT OF BCSE EXAMINATIONS .............................................................................................. 65
CONCERNS ................................................................................................................................................. 65
ANSWER SCRIPTS MARKING ...................................................................................................................... 65
ANSWER SCRIPTS MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 66
MARKING ................................................................................................................................................... 66
DATA TABULATION .................................................................................................................................... 66
POSITIVE POINTS ....................................................................................................................................... 66
DECLARATION OF RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 66
6.2 REPORT ON CLERICAL RE-CHECK FOR BHSEC (12) 2015 ................................................................ 71
CHAPTER 7: SUBJECT-WISE ITEM ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................... 74
BHSEC-ENGLISH I ....................................................................................................................................... 74
BHSEC-ENGLISH II ...................................................................................................................................... 76
BHSEC-DZONGKHA I................................................................................................................................... 78
BHSEC-DZONGKHA II ................................................................................................................................. 82
BHSEC-RIGZHUNG ...................................................................................................................................... 83
BHSEC-HISTORY ......................................................................................................................................... 85
BHSEC-GEOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................... 86
BHSEC-ECONOMICS ................................................................................................................................... 88
BHSEC-COMMERCE .................................................................................................................................... 89
BHSEC-ACCOUNTANCY .............................................................................................................................. 90
BHSEC-PURE MATHEMATICS ..................................................................................................................... 92
BHSEC-PHYSICS .......................................................................................................................................... 93
BHSEC-CHEMISTRY .................................................................................................................................... 95
BHSEC-BIOLOGY ......................................................................................................................................... 97
BHSEC-COMPUTER STUDIES ...................................................................................................................... 99
BHSEC-BUSINESS MATHEMATICS ............................................................................................................ 101
BCSE-ENGLISH I ........................................................................................................................................ 102
BCSE-ENGLISH II ....................................................................................................................................... 105
BCSE-DZONGKHA I ................................................................................................................................... 107
BCSE-DZONGKHA II .................................................................................................................................. 109
BCSE-MATHEMATICS ............................................................................................................................... 111
BCSE-HISTORY .......................................................................................................................................... 112
BCSE-GEOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................... 114
BCSE-PHYSICS........................................................................................................................................... 115
BCSE-CHEMISTRY ..................................................................................................................................... 117
BCSE-BIOLOGY ......................................................................................................................................... 118
BCSE-COMPUTER APPLICATION .............................................................................................................. 120
BCSE-ECONOMICS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………120
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FOREWORD
This issue of the Pupils’ Performance Report for the Bhutan Certificate of
Secondary Education (BCSE X) and Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate
(BHSEC XII) December 2015 examinations provides the schools with feedback on
pupil performance in all subjects. It provides indications of the effectiveness of the
examinations as a whole and reports the areas that need to be supported for a better
performance profile in future.
The Pupil Performance report contains:
1. The result analysis of both BHSEC and BCSE 2015 examinations.
2. The item analysis for both BHSEC and BCSE 2015 examinations.
3. The result analysis for LCSCE(X and XII) 2015 examinations.
4. A report on conduct of examination.
5. A report on marking of answer scripts.
6. A report on clerical recheck of answer scripts.
In each subject, a brief feedback on the question has been provided. It is hoped that
the findings will help teachers and students in their teaching and learning process.
We would like to thank all the schools for their support in the smooth conduct of
public examinations till now. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all the examination conducting officials
from the field and the markers who attended the answer script marking at the College
of Science and Technology, Rinchending in 2015-16.
BCSEA shall continue to produce similar and improved reports in future. School Examination Division
BCSEA
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INTRODUCTION
Examination and its result have been integral elements of all schools since the start of
formal education system. Examination therefore holds an equally important position
to its stakeholders in the education system.
As with the past publications of the pupil’s performance reports, this report too brings
out the nation-wide performance of the students who sat for the 2015 class X and XII
board examinations. It gives readers the information on performance of the candidates
under various categories such as gender, region, school, etc.
Besides the regular feature of result analysis and item analysis of BHSEC, BCSE and
LCSCE examinations, a report containing the statistics of teachers who were involved
in the conduct of the examinations and the marking of the answer scripts, the in-take
of the students in ex-country tertiary institutions and clerical re-check report has also
been included.
The purpose of the Pupil Performance Report is to let schools/institutes know about
their level of performance in the BHSEC, LCSCE and BCSE examinations for a
particular year. Through the report the examination council would like to appreciate
and honour the excellent academic performances of the toppers and their schools.
The item analysis presented here should provide a good feedback not only to the
teachers in the field but also to the decision makers and stake holders. PPR attempts to
reflect assessment procedure at terminal grade levels and bring further improvement
in future.
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CHAPTER 1: BHUTAN HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
CERTIFICATE (BHSEC XII) 2015 EXAMINATION
1.1 OVER ALL INFORMATION
There are three types of candidates who register and appear the board examinations.
The national and school pass percentage is calculated on the candidates who
appeared the examination.
Registration is categorized as follows:
REULAR- Candidate appearing the examination with regular class attendance.
PRIVATE- Candidate not awarded a Pass Certificate in the previous
examination and reappearing the examination the following year.
SUPPLIMENTARY- Candidate who has been awarded a Pass Certificate in the
previous examination and who wishes to improve his/her result the
following year.
Table 1.1
TYPE STREAM
ENTERED APPEARED PASSED FAILED ABSENT PASS %
T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F
REG
ARTS 2624 1128 1496 2571 1095 1476 2185 949 1236 386 146 240 53 33 20 84.99 86.67 83.74
COMM 2880 1311 1569 2828 1284 1544 2391 1070 1321 437 214 223 52 27 25 84.55 83.33 85.56
SCIENCE 2605 1518 1087 2533 1471 1062 2375 1362 1013 158 109 49 72 47 25 93.76 92.59 95.39
TOTAL 8109 3957 4152 7932 3850 4082 6951 3381 3570 981 469 512 177 107 70 87.63 87.82 87.46
PVT
ARTS 116 54 62 110 52 58 77 36 41 33 16 17 6 2 4 70.00 69.23 70.69
COMM 138 80 58 131 76 55 105 65 40 26 11 15 7 4 3 80.15 85.53 72.73
SCIENCE 72 53 19 66 48 18 62 44 18 4 4 0 6 5 1 93.94 91.67 100.00
TOTAL 326 187 139 307 176 131 244 145 99 63 31 32 19 11 8 79.48 82.39 75.57
SUP
ARTS 437 218 219 418 210 208 391 197 194 27 13 14 19 8 11 93.54 93.81 93.27
COMM 738 384 354 727 375 352 706 361 345 21 14 7 11 9 2 97.11 96.27 98.01
SCIENCE 587 382 205 567 368 199 563 364 199 4 4 0 20 14 6 99.29 98.91 100.00
TOTAL 1762 984 778 1712 953 759 1660 922 738 52 31 21 50 31 19 96.96 96.75 97.23
TOTAL 1019
7 5128 5069 9951 4979 4972 8855 4448 4407 1096 531 565 246 149 97 88.99 89.34 88.64
9951 candidates appeared the BHSEC 2015 examination from a total of 10197
registered candidates. The pass percentage of the regular candidates was
87.63%, supplementary candidates 96.96% and for the private candidates it was
recorded at 79.48 %. There has been a slight increase in the pass percentage for all three categories of
candidates as compared to 2014.
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1.2 OVERALL PASS PERCENTAGE BY GENDER
Figure1.1: Gender-wise Pass Percentage
Of the 9951 candidates who appeared the examination, 4979 were boys and 4972 girls. The pass percentage for the boys was 89.34% and girls 88.64%.
1.3 SCHOOL WISE PERFORMANCE BY REGISTRATION TYPE
Table1.2
88.99
89.34
88.64
Total Boys Girls
SCHOOL
APPEARED PASSED PASS%
REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT
RINCHEN HSS 366 41 121 528 266 32 119 417 72.68 78.05 98.35 78.98
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 439 0 5 444 417 0 5 422 94.99 100.00 95.05
BAJOTHANG HSS 80 3 10 93 65 3 8 76 81.25 100.00 80.00 81.72
BAYLING HSS 150 3 3 156 145 3 3 151 96.67 100.00 100.00 96.79
CHUKHA HSS 201 4 14 219 178 3 12 193 88.56 75.00 85.71 88.13
DAMPHU HSS 142 0 2 144 141 0 1 142 99.30 50.00 98.61
DRUKGYEL HSS 189 0 1 190 183 0 1 184 96.83 100.00 96.84
GELEPHU HSS 179 4 3 186 175 1 3 179 97.77 25.00 100.00 96.24
GYELPOZHING HSS 81 0 1 82 77 0 1 78 95.06 100.00 95.12
JAKAR HSS 126 0 1 127 124 0 1 125 98.41 100.00 98.43
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 118 0 1 119 115 0 1 116 97.46 100.00 97.48
KELKI HSS 404 17 92 513 289 12 91 392 71.53 70.59 98.91 76.41
KUENGA HSS 77 7 97 181 62 7 97 166 80.52 100.00 100.00 91.71
MONGAR HSS 130 0 5 135 127 0 2 129 97.69 40.00 95.56
MOTITHANG HSS 313 0 5 318 293 0 5 298 93.61 100.00 93.71
NANGKOR HSS 157 0 4 161 153 0 4 157 97.45 100.00 97.52
NIMA HSS 234 39 260 533 180 33 257 470 76.92 84.62 98.85 88.18
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 153 0 4 157 140 0 3 143 91.50 75.00 91.08
LHUNTSE HSS 131 2 0 133 130 2 0 132 99.24 100.00 99.25
PUNAKHA HSS 254 2 3 259 247 1 3 251 97.24 50.00 100.00 96.91
RANJUNG HSS 147 0 2 149 145 0 2 147 98.64 100.00 98.66
RELDRI HSS 182 15 0 197 135 12 0 147 74.18 80.00 74.62
SHERUBLING HSS 85 0 0 85 84 0 0 84 98.82 98.82
SAMTSE HSS 106 1 70 177 79 0 64 143 74.53 0.00 91.43 80.79
SONAM KUENPHEN HSS 68 0 39 107 60 0 39 99 88.24 100.00 92.52
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Zhemgang CS had the best overall pass percentage followed by Ugyen Academy and Lhuentse HSS. In 10 Higher Secondary Schools, the pass percentage of PVT candidates were 100% and in 23 Higher Secondary Schools the pass percentage of SUP candidates were 100%.
1.4 PERFORMANCE OF REGULAR CANDIDATES
Regular candidates are those that appear examination with regular class attendance. Continuing Education (CE) candidates that complete two year course (XI-XII) from an approved CE centre are also registered as regular candidates.
There were 52 centres which conducted the 2015 BHSEC examination of which 16 were private schools.
SCHOOL
APPEARED PASSED PASS%
REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 434 8 15 457 432 8 15 455 99.54 100.00 100.00 99.56
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HSS 101 0 2 103 94 0 2 96 93.07 100.00 93.20
ZHEMGANG CS 142 1 3 146 142 1 3 146 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
DAGA HSS 84 0 3 87 82 0 3 85 97.62 100.00 97.70
DRUJEYGANG HSS 42 0 0 42 35 0 0 35 83.33 83.33
GASELO HSS 98 0 3 101 89 0 3 92 90.82 100.00 91.09
SHARI HSS 129 2 0 131 126 2 0 128 97.67 100.00 97.71
GEDU HSS 63 0 0 63 57 0 0 57 90.48 90.48
JAMPELING HSS 100 5 1 106 94 5 1 100 94.00 100.00 100.00 94.34
NGANGLAM HSS 60 0 4 64 55 0 4 59 91.67 100.00 92.19
PELJORLING HSS 46 0 0 46 43 0 0 43 93.48 93.48
SARPANG HSS 113 0 2 115 103 0 2 105 91.15 100.00 91.30
TRASHITSE HSS 115 0 4 119 103 0 4 107 89.57 100.00 89.92
TENDRUK HSS 112 4 0 116 108 4 0 112 96.43 100.00 96.55
YADI HSS 67 0 0 67 64 0 0 64 95.52 95.52
DASHIDING HSS 100 0 0 100 95 0 0 95 95.00 95.00
UTPAL HSS 107 0 60 167 80 0 56 136 74.77 93.33 81.44
KARMALING HSS 69 0 2 71 65 0 2 67 94.20 100.00 94.37
DUNGSAM ACADEMY 237 26 148 411 151 14 146 311 63.71 53.85 98.65 75.67
JAMPEL HSS 202 0 140 342 169 0 138 307 83.66 98.57 89.77
KUENDRUP HSS 226 35 183 444 166 32 179 377 73.45 91.43 97.81 84.91
LOSEL GYATSHO ACADEMY 99 5 22 126 82 5 21 108 82.83 100.00 95.45 85.71
ORONG HSS 146 0 9 155 140 0 7 147 95.89 77.78 94.84
PELKHIL HSS 167 31 223 421 105 25 211 341 62.87 80.65 94.62 81.00
SHERUB RELDRI HSS 79 6 44 129 60 3 43 106 75.95 50.00 97.73 82.17
TENZIN HSS 107 38 67 212 78 32 66 176 72.90 84.21 98.51 83.02
YOEZERLING HSS 175 8 34 217 123 4 32 159 70.29 50.00 94.12 73.27
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1.4.1 Subject-Wise Performance (REGULAR STUDENTS) Table 1.3
Figure1.2: Subject wise mean score
English, Dzongkha, Rigzhung, Literature, Geography and Biology had pass percentage above 95% like in 2014.
From the 15 subjects, 7 subjects had their mean in the forties and the rest between 51 to 63.83. English like in 2014 had the lowest standard deviation of 7.52 showing consistency in the English scores.
Note: SD (Standard Deviation) shows the deviation of the scores away from the mean. If SD is less, the scores are more consistent.
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ENG DZO RIG LIT HIS GEO ECO COM ACC MAT PHY CHE BIO CTS BMT
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SUBJECT
PASSED MEAN STDEV
T M F T M F TOT M F
ENGLISH 98.32 98.23 98.41 49.24 48.71 49.77 7.52 7.27 7.69
DZONGKHA 96.76 95.52 98.01 52.21 52.21 52.20 9.19 10.04 8.25
DZONGKHA RIZHUNG 97.75 98.37 97.30 60.72 62.12 59.68 10.61 10.83 10.32
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 95.65 75.00 100.00 63.83 51.50 66.42 10.92 17.48 9.44
HISTORY 74.87 79.71 71.11 44.76 47.36 42.74 17.31 16.97 17.35
GEOGRAPHY 98.45 98.31 98.56 51.72 53.18 50.59 9.15 9.40 8.90
ECONOMICS 77.21 76.89 77.47 41.71 41.71 41.71 14.47 14.71 14.29
COMMERCE 86.47 85.71 87.13 47.48 46.68 48.19 13.78 13.79 13.75
ACCOUNTS 75.65 75.61 75.68 43.84 44.09 43.62 15.68 16.55 14.85
MATHS 86.85 86.22 87.97 56.38 56.60 55.99 20.15 20.86 18.81
PHYSICS 94.41 94.49 94.29 55.18 56.30 53.53 13.37 13.71 12.52
CHEMISTRY 93.75 92.69 95.31 53.16 53.19 53.11 12.77 13.30 11.93
BIOLOGY 96.66 96.31 96.99 55.20 55.95 54.48 11.23 11.80 10.55
COMPUTER STUDIES 88.54 91.76 84.35 47.69 49.29 45.63 13.88 13.80 13.55
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 76.34 76.23 76.44 45.68 46.77 44.73 18.62 19.63 17.64
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1.4.2 STREAM WISE PERFORMANCE
In 2015 most of the candidates were enrolled in Commerce followed by Science and Arts streams. Table1.4
STREAM
ENTERED APPEARED PASSED FAILED PASS %
T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F
ARTS 3177 1400 1777 3099 1357 1742 2653 1182 1471 446 175 271 83.51 84.43 82.78
COM 3756 1775 1981 3686 1735 1951 3202 1496 1706 484 239 245 85.25 84.28 86.12
SCI 3264 1953 1311 3166 1887 1279 3000 1770 1230 166 117 49 91.91 90.63 93.82
The pass percentage in Arts was 83.51%, in Commerce 85.25% and 91.91% in Science. There is a slight decrease in the pass percentage of candidates in all streams compared to 2014 examination.
1.5 PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND THREE BEST SUBJECTS
A candidate’s result is determined by a pass in English and any other three best subjects. The pass mark in each subject is 40%.
Table1.5 RANGE N %
0-39 257 2.58
40-50 1951 19.61
51-60 4095 41.15
61-70 2853 28.67
71-80 723 7.27
81-100 72 0.72
Total 9951 100
Figure1.3: Performance in English and three best subjects
A total of 6948 candidates out of 9951 scored in the average range of 51-70 in English and three best subjects. In the upper and lower range, there were more candidates scoring in the lower range (0-39).
2.58
19.61
41.1528.67
7.270.72
0-39 40-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-100
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1.6 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE BY MEAN SCORE
Table1.6 (OVERALL)
8 subjects have their means above 50s which shows the performance is good. The rest of the subjects fall in the 40s requiring improvement. The mean for Literature in English, History, Accountancy and Computer Studies have improved compared to 2014. Some subjects the mean has remained same as the previous year. The standard deviations for English, Dzongkha and Geography shows consistent scores.
1.7 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE MARK RANGE Table 1.7
SUBJECT 0-39 40-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-100
ENGLISH 1.75 30.96 49.04 16.63 1.60 0.02
DZONGKHA 3.24 20.26 38.83 31.31 6.17 0.19
RIGZHUNG 2.25 9.86 26.82 37.02 20.24 3.81
LITERATURE 4.35 4.35 17.39 39.13 30.43 4.35
HISTORY 25.13 31.15 18.44 15.17 7.95 2.15
GEOGRAPHY 1.58 18.62 38.98 32.17 8.42 0.23
ECONOMICS 22.80 42.21 21.31 10.38 2.85 0.44
COMMERCE 13.56 32.47 26.36 19.50 7.27 0.84
ACCOUNTANCY 24.35 38.35 16.42 11.17 7.18 2.53
MATHEMATICS 13.15 25.15 17.32 15.51 13.55 15.31
PHYSICS 5.65 30.73 27.42 18.98 11.59 5.62
CHEMISTRY 6.25 35.57 25.74 19.87 10.49 2.08
BIOLOGY 3.49 28.05 34.23 23.18 9.38 1.67
COMPUTER STUDIES 11.46 27.08 26.25 21.76 11.63 1.83
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 23.66 32.46 15.67 13.42 9.52 5.27
SUBJECT PASS MEAN STDEV
ENGLISH 98.32 49.24 7.52
DZONGKHA 96.76 52.21 9.19
RIGZHUNG 97.75 60.72 10.61
LITERATURE 95.65 63.83 10.92
HISTORY 74.87 44.76 17.31
GEOGRAPHY 98.45 51.72 9.15
ECONOMICS 77.21 41.71 14.47
COMMERCE 86.47 47.48 13.78
ACCOUNTANCY 75.65 43.84 15.68
MATHEMATICS 86.85 56.38 20.15
PHYSICS 94.41 55.18 13.37
CHEMISTRY 93.75 53.16 12.77
BIOLOGY 96.66 55.20 11.23
COMPUTER STUDIES 88.54 47.69 13.88
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS 76.34 45.68 18.62
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Figure1.4: Subject Mark Range
Mathematics had highest percentage of 15.31% of the candidates scoring in the 81-100 mark range. English, Dzongkha, Literature, Geography and Biology have more candidates scoring in the 51-60 range while the rest of the subjects fall in the 40-50 range.
1.8 PERFORMANCE BY PARENTAL OCCUPATION
Occupational background of the parents and guardians has a bearing on children’s academic performance. Table 1.8 shows the subject wise performance by parental occupation. 1.8.1 SUBJECT-WISE PASS% BY PARENTAL OCCUPATIONAL GROUP
Table1.8
SUB FARMER BUSINESS GOVT. SERVICE
CORPO RATION OTHER N/A
ARM FORCE
LOCAL GOVT. NGO PVT
RELIGIOUS BODY
ENG 97.78 98.47 98.89 99.30 99.33 97.73 98.05 100.00 85.71 98.53 98.70
DZO 98.56 93.76 96.68 92.28 93.67 97.02 96.25 96.55 85.71 93.88 98.70
RIG 98.91 92.59 92.00 100.00 100.00 98.18 94.29 100.00 100.00
LIT 100.00 100.00 87.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
HIS 77.31 70.04 76.74 65.57 66.29 71.57 73.84 72.73 100.00 73.27 86.96
GEO 98.24 97.97 98.76 100.00 99.03 97.31 98.98 100.00 100.00 99.07 100.00
ECO 80.10 74.51 77.14 67.88 75.61 73.28 74.66 88.24 66.67 69.93 85.71
COM 87.64 86.17 85.90 85.71 90.94 83.80 81.71 85.71 50.00 84.02 90.00
ACC 77.01 73.99 80.19 80.00 67.05 72.89 71.60 85.71 0.00 72.48 80.00
MAT 87.12 87.01 87.13 91.76 85.71 83.85 88.66 100.00 100.00 83.49 82.35
PHY 93.96 94.33 96.04 95.61 93.82 91.92 95.00 88.89 100.00 93.96 93.10
CHE 94.47 91.50 95.21 92.98 88.73 94.95 95.00 100.00 100.00 91.28 93.10
BIO 97.13 92.47 97.44 97.56 96.33 98.68 94.37 100.00 100.00 90.91 100.00
CTS 86.63 84.15 91.67 100.00 91.95 86.54 85.71 100.00 89.47 100.00
BMT 78.50 71.63 78.40 77.95 70.97 73.44 71.84 72.73 50.00 77.82 83.33
The pass percentage for subjects like English and Geography were good across all
parental occupation groups. Candidates from Corporation families excelled in Rigzhung,
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ENG DZO RIG LIT HIS GEO ECO COM ACC MAT PHY CHE BIO CTS BMT
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Literature and Computer Studies; and Local Government children in English, Geography,
Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Studies.
1.8.2 SUBJECT-WISE MEAN BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP Table1.9
SUB FARMER BUSINESS
GOVT. SERVICE
CORPO RATION OTHER N/A
ARM FORCE
LOCAL GOVT. NGO
PVT. COMPANY
RELIGIOUS BODY
ENG 52.87 55.67 56.77 56.72 54.28 53.37 54.19 55.79 63.86 56.42 54.90
DZO 60.13 53.43 55.87 53.47 55.45 57.60 56.37 57.79 54.57 52.98 63.48
RIG 64.59 59.30 59.68 61.00 60.93 61.31 57.57 52.00 71.00
LIT 58.50 65.00 62.00 71.00 64.00 62.00 62.00 76.00
HIS 49.01 47.04 49.12 44.23 45.17 45.92 47.71 48.82 50.00 47.26 52.48
GEO 58.74 58.03 59.08 58.05 58.17 56.60 57.84 58.62 63.00 58.09 61.71
ECO 46.25 44.27 44.93 41.53 44.43 43.02 44.14 45.00 34.33 42.94 49.95
COM 51.93 52.28 52.55 50.54 53.32 50.80 49.91 52.86 38.50 52.48 54.25
ACC 47.77 47.99 49.62 48.08 44.98 46.30 47.30 54.00 28.00 46.89 49.65
MAT 56.99 58.25 59.92 62.81 56.63 56.55 56.28 70.67 79.50 56.81 55.18
PHY 55.65 58.09 59.99 58.05 57.07 57.08 56.41 54.67 81.25 57.70 56.10
CHE 54.03 55.07 57.10 54.46 53.16 54.85 56.23 57.00 72.25 54.34 53.55
BIO 56.39 55.37 58.67 55.15 54.81 58.18 56.20 53.17 62.00 56.11 61.31
CTS 51.08 55.85 57.39 56.78 56.52 53.27 52.95 67.00 54.03 78.00
BMT 50.11 48.14 50.61 48.54 47.09 48.62 48.48 53.18 35.50 49.25 49.80
Children of NGO group scored the highest mean in English like in 2014. They also scored
the highest means in English, Geography, Chemistry and Computer Studies. Children of
Farmers and Religious families did well in Dzongkha. Children of parents in the
government service scored the highest mean in Literature in English and Commerce.
1.9 ENROLLMENT OF CANDIDATES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Students’ enrollment in tertiary (both within and ex-country) institutes are accorded through various governmental and non-governmental scholarships on merit basis. Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE), Ministry Of Education grants the maximum number of ex-country scholarships. Most in country government scholarships are for enrolment in Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) institutes in various fields. 1.9.1 EX-COUNTRY SCHOLARSHIP [DAHE]
Table 1.10
SCHOOL MEDICINE BIO.SCI ENGG ICCR APEMS ACADEMICS ARTS QECS RTC TOTAL
BAJOTHANG HSS 1 1
BAYLING HSS 1 1
CHUKHA HSS 2 1 3
DAGA HSS 1 1 2
DAMPHU HSS 1 4 2 7
DASHIDING HSS 0
DRUJEYGANG HSS 0
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SCHOOL MEDICINE BIO.SCI ENGG ICCR APEMS ACADEMICS ARTS QECS RTC TOTAL
DRUKGYEL HSS 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 12
DUNGSAM HSS 2 1 3
GASELO HSS 1 1
GEDU HSS 1 1 1 2 5
GELEPHU HSS 2 3 1 1 2 9
GUD HSS 1 1
GYELPOZHING HSS 1 1
JAKAR HSS 1 1 1 3
JAMPEL HSS 1 1
JAMPELING HSS 1 1 1 1 4
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS
5 3 4 3 1 1 2
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KARMALING HSS 0
KELKI HSS 0
KUENDRUP HSS 0
KUENGA HSS 0
LHUNTSE HSS 2 2
LOSEL GYATSHO HSS 0
MONGAR HSS 2 2 3 1 8
MOTITHANG HSS 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 13
NANGKOR HSS 1 2 1 4
NGANGLAM HSS 0
NIMA HSS 0
ORONG HSS 1 1
PELJORLING HSS 0
PELKHIL HSS 1 1
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 0
PUNAKHA HSS 2 3 3 1 1 10
RANJUNG HSS 1 1 2
RELDRI HSS 0
RINCHEN HSS 0
SAMTSE HSS 1 1 1 2 1 6
SARPANG HSS 1 1
SHARI HSS 1 2 3
SHERUB RELDRI HSS 0
SHERUBLING HSS 0
SONAM KUENPHEN HSS
0
TENDRUK HSS 1 1 4 6
TENZIN HSS 0
TRASHITSE HSS 1 1
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 6 1 7 7 7 2 2 1 33
UTPAL HSS 0
YADI HSS 2 2
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SCHOOL MEDICINE BIO.SCI ENGG ICCR APEMS ACADEMICS ARTS QECS RTC TOTAL
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 4 2 2 1 3 9 21
YOEZERLING HSS 0
ZHEMGANG CS 0
Ugyen Academy HSS, Yangchenphug HSS and Jigme Sherubling HSS have the
highest number of students qualifying for UG scholarship program. Out of 52
schools, students from 32 schools qualified for this program.
NOTE: The source of information is from Department of Adult and Higher Education, Ministry of Education, April 2016.
1.10 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS SUBJECTS
All twenty Dzongkhags do not have the same number of higher secondary schools;
therefore the number of candidates in each Dzongkhags varies. Each table below shows
the number of candidates in the Dzongkhags, pass percentage, mean and standard
deviation of two-three subjects. The subjects have been grouped in terms of streams.
N shows the number of candidates in the table
MEAN shows the average marks scored by the total number of candidates in the
particular Dzongkhags.
STDEV (Standard Deviation) tells us how much scores are moving away from the
mean. Lesser the SD, more consistent are the scores.
1.10.1 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND DZONGKHA Table 1.11
ENGLISH DZONGKHA
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
BUMTHANG 234 97.86 53.49 7.26 234 100.00 59.63 6.68
CHUKHA 636 99.37 55.24 7.04 636 95.28 54.44 8.91
DAGANA 129 100.00 55.14 5.60 129 100.00 60.85 7.01
HAA 445 96.85 52.48 7.36 445 96.63 56.83 8.72
LHUNTSE 133 99.25 54.16 5.50 133 100.00 64.35 6.47
MONGAR 413 97.82 54.57 7.35 413 97.82 61.54 8.65
PARO 1098 98.36 53.70 7.36 1098 94.63 54.71 9.06
PEMAGATSHEL 225 99.56 56.21 6.68 225 98.67 61.26 8.13
PUNAKHA 816 99.88 58.79 6.68 813 98.89 59.23 8.07
S/JONGKHAR 637 96.86 52.11 7.48 636 97.64 59.48 9.35
SAMTSE 339 97.35 55.51 7.71 339 95.87 56.06 9.38
SARPANG 871 96.33 52.38 7.49 869 96.43 55.57 8.65
THIMPHU 2757 98.19 53.62 7.84 2753 95.31 55.75 9.32
TRASHIGANG 493 99.59 56.26 6.55 493 99.80 62.92 7.77
TRASHIYANGTSE 156 100.00 55.05 5.78 156 100.00 62.26 6.02
TRONGSA 85 98.82 56.95 5.76 85 100.00 62.86 7.59
TSIRANG 144 99.31 57.58 6.23 144 99.31 59.65 7.50
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ENGLISH DZONGKHA
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
WANGDUE 194 96.91 52.16 7.39 194 97.42 57.99 9.93
ZHEMGANG 146 100.00 56.19 6.32 146 99.32 64.45 8.17
Schools in Dagana, Trashiyangtse and Zhemgang scored 100% pass in English with low
STDev indicating the consistency of marks scored by the candidates.
Schools in Bumthang, Dagana, Lhuntse, Trashiyangtse and Trongsa scored100%pass in
Dzongkha. Lhuntse HSS performed well with a mean score of 64.35 and STDev of 6.47.
1.10.2 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE IN HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
Table 1.12
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
BUMTHANG 94 87.23 51.50 14.01 94 98.94 58.90 7.63
CHUKHA 140 68.57 46.44 18.26 142 99.30 56.34 7.98
DAGANA 23 100.00 65.04 12.65 23 100.00 66.70 5.99
HAA 153 72.55 45.27 15.12 179 99.44 59.89 7.48
LHUNTSE 40 90.00 49.83 12.70 40 97.50 59.30 7.00
MONGAR 169 74.56 47.65 17.87 181 98.34 61.51 9.62
PARO 308 63.96 42.64 16.60 315 97.46 55.31 8.88
PEMAGATSHEL 69 89.86 55.93 13.48 70 100.00 64.27 6.23
PUNAKHA 284 94.37 57.44 13.19 286 100.00 63.17 7.16
S/ JONGKHAR 199 63.32 42.12 14.79 267 98.50 56.13 8.06
SAMTSE 63 68.25 44.29 19.40 63 87.30 52.68 14.85
SARPANG 314 76.43 49.08 17.38 321 96.57 58.48 9.77
THIMPHU 691 65.70 44.05 17.30 821 99.03 56.21 8.62
TRASHIGANG 115 92.17 55.43 13.63 115 100.00 64.06 7.67
TRASHIYANGTSE 32 96.88 54.78 12.14 35 100.00 63.23 5.62
TSIRANG 62 98.39 73.90 11.32 62 100.00 67.26 6.53
WANGDUE 43 58.14 38.79 16.27 43 93.02 52.56 9.73
ZHEMGANG 42 95.24 54.74 13.44 42 100.00 63.24 5.26
Like in 2014, the performance in History was relatively poor in most of the Dzongkhags
as compared to Geography. Tsirang Dzongkhags had the highest mean score in History
with a mean of 73.90%.
The performance in Geography was good with seven schools scoring 100% pass
percentage. Tsirang Dzongkhags had the highest mean score in Geography with 67.26%
and STDev of 6.53.
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1.10.3 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE IN ECONOMICS AND COMPUTER STUDIES
Table1.13
ECONOMICS COMPUTER STUDIES
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
BUMTHANG 155 91.61 50.90 12.41 16 100.00 64.88 11.98
CHUKHA 367 72.21 42.90 14.62 34 67.65 40.97 11.88
DAGANA 67 91.04 50.33 11.61
HAA 313 81.47 46.91 14.25 22 100.00 62.86 8.05
LHUNTSE 76 93.42 48.46 9.65
MONGAR 243 84.36 48.60 14.69 16 81.25 52.56 12.88
PARO 665 71.13 43.03 15.37 108 91.67 51.96 10.46
PEMAGATSHEL 107 85.05 49.05 13.54
PUNAKHA 272 91.18 50.21 12.48 52 100.00 66.62 10.00
S/JONGKHAR 421 75.06 43.77 14.00 8 75.00 47.75 16.17
SAMTSE 118 68.64 40.31 15.52 14 85.71 56.43 20.19
SARPANG 553 78.48 46.83 15.10 92 97.83 59.89 11.56
THIMPHU 1618 71.14 42.47 14.19 231 83.12 51.26 13.81
TRASHIGANG 188 88.30 49.28 12.07
TRASHIYANGTSE 74 94.59 54.74 12.28
TRONGSA 23 95.65 55.17 11.39
TSIRANG 83 92.77 51.54 12.07
WANGDUE 87 68.97 40.09 14.19 9 88.89 56.33 14.90
ZHEMGANG 78 82.05 45.23 11.3
In Economics, most of the Dzongkhags performed well with pass percentage
between71.14% to 95.65% with means ranging from 40.09 to 55.17.
Eleven Dzongkhags offered Computer Studies. Three Dzongkhags performed well with 100% pass percentage. Punakha HSS performed well like in 2014 with a mean of 66.2.
1.10.4 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE IN COMMERCE & ACCOUNTANCY Table 1.14
COMMERCE ACCOUNTANCY
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
BUMTHANG 98 90.82 54.07 12.79 98 88.78 53.39 14.71
CHUKHA 298 82.89 49.89 13.23 298 65.44 42.28 13.32
DAGANA 44 100.00 58.16 9.83 44 97.73 49.77 10.02
HAA 188 94.15 57.22 13.07 188 77.66 46.84 14.24
LHUNTSE 38 94.74 52.66 9.93 38 100.00 55.42 9.81
MONGAR 97 92.78 55.88 13.17 97 85.57 55.82 17.86
PARO 493 78.90 48.57 14.65 492 69.92 46.76 17.90
PEMAGATSHEL 38 94.74 52.32 10.18 38 94.74 48.39 8.05
PUNAKHA 248 93.95 54.67 11.47 247 94.74 63.76 15.60
S/JONGKHAR 178 71.91 46.70 16.89 178 74.72 45.71 14.60
SAMTSE 68 82.35 47.25 11.31 67 88.06 47.99 12.09
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COMMERCE ACCOUNTANCY
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
SARPANG 369 84.55 52.05 14.06 366 82.24 50.83 14.68
THIMPHU 1270 87.32 52.63 13.99 1268 67.43 44.33 14.55
TRASHIGANG 75 92.00 49.48 10.23 75 89.33 49.08 12.90
TRASHIYANGTSE 39 94.87 51.85 8.79 39 71.79 41.33 9.43
TRONGSA 27 96.30 58.89 9.82 27 92.59 45.67 9.01
TSIRANG 27 100.00 58.22 10.53 27 100.00 61.30 10.42
WANGDUE 56 91.07 50.71 9.96 56 83.93 45.63 9.87
ZHEMGANG 36 86.11 50.31 10.89 36 97.22 48.83 9.32
Dagana and Tsirang performed well with 100% pass percentage and a mean of 58.16 in Commerce. Generally, all Dzongkhags performed well with pass percentage above 70% with a mean above 50. The pass percentage for Accountancy for most of the Dzongkhags was above 65% with 100% pass percentage for Tsirang and Lhuentse Dzongkhags but the mean scores were mostly in the 40s. The highest mean score was recorded for Punakha Dzongkhags at 63.76 with the highest pass percentage of 94.74%. 1.10.5 MATHEMATICS AND BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
Table1.15
MATHEMATICS BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
BUMTHANG 29 82.76 52.76 16.03 101 84.16 56.49 20.94
CHUKHA 147 86.39 58.20 20.54 310 71.94 46.20 17.74
DAGANA 39 69.23 44.92 16.83 44 59.09 39.75 18.06
HAA 51 92.16 56.37 16.02 245 75.51 51.37 20.76
LHUNTSE 30 96.67 64.33 15.66 58 98.28 62.74 12.37
MONGAR 54 77.78 45.28 15.21 124 76.61 49.06 19.41
PARO 186 93.01 64.10 19.49 551 76.77 49.56 18.48
PEMAGATSHEL 81 77.78 48.62 19.04 71 87.32 51.07 14.82
PUNAKHA 185 98.92 72.58 16.26 288 85.07 55.60 19.28
S/JONGKHAR 123 88.62 59.33 18.64 281 72.95 46.01 17.48
SAMTSE 122 72.95 51.65 22.41 69 81.16 48.88 15.73
SARPANG 105 90.48 56.11 17.62 405 78.27 51.21 19.16
THIMPHU 461 86.12 58.18 20.46 1447 73.53 48.11 18.37
TRASHIGANG 178 88.76 57.06 19.63 95 80.00 48.28 15.05
TRASHIYANGTSE 42 73.81 45.36 15.91 47 100.00 62.23 14.37
TRONGSA 45 66.67 44.20 19.53 27 59.26 43.48 17.39
TSIRANG 24 95.83 65.71 16.89 48 75.00 46.10 13.68
WANGDUE 41 97.56 60.15 16.74 53 54.72 39.68 18.46
ZHEMGANG 49 87.76 51.67 15.79 43 95.35 54.14 12.30
Punakha Dzongkhag had the highest pass percentage of 98.92% with a mean of 72.58
in Mathematics. Most of the schools offering mathematics performed well with means
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above 50s. The STDEV for all the schools were large showing the scores were not
consistent.
The performance in Business Mathematics as compared to Mathematics was relatively
poorer looking at the pass percentage. Like Mathematics, the STDEV were large
showing inconsistency in the scores. Trashi yangtse had the highest pass percentage of
100% with a mean of 62.23.
1.10.6 PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY
Table1.16
PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY
DZONGKHAG N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV N PASS% MEAN STDEV
BUMTHANG 42 100.00 64.81 11.33 42 100.00 60.14 8.95 26 96.15 56.54 11.97
CHUKHA 196 89.80 55.61 13.65 196 86.22 49.74 13.63 77 92.21 51.84 10.89
DAGANA 62 93.55 50.13 9.87 62 80.65 46.02 10.17 23 95.65 51.87 7.75
HAA 78 100.00 57.55 10.88 78 98.72 54.33 9.76 29 100.00 56.34 8.64
LHUNTSE 55 98.18 56.29 11.00 55 100.00 56.33 9.36 25 100.00 57.20 9.78
MONGAR 135 92.59 50.16 9.31 135 91.11 49.30 9.87 81 100.00 57.04 9.57
PARO 290 96.55 58.62 12.54 290 94.83 56.80 12.21 128 92.97 54.91 13.17
PEMAGATSHEL 117 97.44 56.99 12.38 117 92.31 52.22 11.75 36 94.44 53.28 8.89
PUNAKHA 282 98.23 68.33 14.35 282 98.94 67.51 11.36 100 100.00 64.97 8.46
S/ JONGKHAR 192 91.15 54.62 11.71 192 93.75 53.37 10.54 72 95.83 56.97 12.27
SAMTSE 208 88.46 53.42 13.25 208 89.42 50.50 13.09 106 96.23 53.12 10.51
SARPANG 181 93.37 55.53 12.26 181 97.79 60.57 11.56 85 96.47 58.15 10.66
THIMPHU 667 95.50 59.04 13.17 667 93.55 55.25 12.22 297 96.30 56.73 10.87
TRASHIGANG 303 93.07 53.85 12.79 303 92.08 51.36 12.47 125 95.20 58.78 12.52
TRASHIYANGTSE 82 90.24 48.61 9.39 82 95.12 50.01 8.77 43 100.00 55.14 10.11
TRONGSA 58 100.00 59.24 11.58 58 98.28 57.16 11.52 15 100.00 55.20 11.91
TSIRANG 55 98.18 59.18 13.73 55 98.18 53.91 11.30 32 100.00 59.91 10.02
WANGDUE 95 86.32 50.16 11.35 95 92.63 50.66 11.77 57 96.49 55.46 10.97
ZHEMGANG 68 100.00 60.10 10.54 68 98.53 52.43 10.61 19 100.00 58.79 6.12
The pass percentage for all three sciences was good ranging from 86% to 100% with
Biology having more 100% pass percentage. The mean scores showing the quality of
performance was more consistent for Biology, all ranging in the 50s. The scores for
Biology were more consistent followed by Chemistry and Physics.
1.11 SCHOOL-WISE PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS SUBJECTS
All 52 higher secondary schools don’t offer all the three streams. The table below shows
school subject wise pass percentage, mean and standard deviation. Schools can
compare these components against the national statistics, Dzongkhag statistics and
other schools statistics to find out their status to improve their teaching and learning.
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Table1.17
SCHOOL
ENGLISH DZONGKHA RIGZHUNG
T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV
RINCHEN HSS 528 95.64 48.96 6.31 528 94.51 54.37 9.24 45 100.00 66.53 7.36
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 444 100.00 61.02 6.95 442 98.42 56.88 8.12 18 100.00 67.22 8.30
BAJOTHANG HSS 93 96.77 54.28 8.00 93 94.62 55.20 10.88 1 100.00 69.00
BAYLING HSS 156 100.00 55.05 5.78 156 100.00 62.26 6.02
CHUKHA HSS 219 99.54 56.52 6.51 219 97.72 57.05 8.46 3 66.67 52.00 20.22
DAMPHU HSS 144 99.31 57.58 6.23 144 99.31 59.65 7.50 16 100.00 64.88 10.59
DRUKGYEL HSS 190 99.47 58.23 6.57 190 99.47 58.60 7.36
GELEPHU HSS 186 98.39 57.28 6.69 184 98.91 56.70 7.12
GYELPOZHING HSS 82 100.00 56.22 5.21 82 98.78 62.73 7.11 17 100.00 69.94 8.89
JAKAR HSS 127 99.21 55.52 6.99 127 100.00 60.06 6.75 14 100.00 68.64 8.55
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 119 99.16 58.08 6.32 119 100.00 67.87 7.34
KELKI HSS 513 98.44 51.62 6.09 512 94.53 53.02 8.53 28 85.71 51.04 11.09
KUENGA HSS 181 99.45 55.39 7.09 181 95.58 55.32 9.09
MONGAR HSS 135 99.26 57.82 6.73 135 99.26 63.35 8.31 19 100.00 66.79 8.80
MOTITHANG HSS 318 99.37 57.99 7.30 318 97.17 57.14 9.13
NANGKOR HSS 161 99.38 55.76 6.99 161 98.14 59.66 7.91 6 100.00 59.50 6.72
NIMA HSS 533 97.56 51.72 6.88 532 96.99 58.68 9.03 83 97.59 63.60 10.91
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 157 100.00 57.64 6.64 157 94.90 52.59 8.02
LHUNTSE HSS 133 99.25 54.16 5.50 133 100.00 64.35 6.47
PUNAKHA HSS 259 100.00 58.75 6.41 259 99.23 60.26 8.29 11 100.00 72.18 8.73
RANJUNG HSS 149 100.00 56.88 6.62 149 100.00 62.08 7.54
RELDRI HSS 197 98.48 50.96 6.17 197 93.91 53.42 9.58 22 95.45 60.00 11.12
SHERUBLING HSS 85 98.82 56.95 5.76 85 100.00 62.86 7.59
SAMTSE HSS 177 96.05 55.40 8.89 177 94.35 55.33 9.60 2 50.00 42.50 7.78
SONAM KUENPHEN HSS 107 96.26 51.07 6.86 107 100.00 59.12 6.60 3 100.00 71.33 6.11
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 457 99.78 59.70 6.79 454 98.68 58.23 7.93 47 100.00 60.77 10.71
GUD HSS 103 98.06 55.48 8.03 103 100.00 60.32 6.62 18 88.89 59.89 13.19
ZHEMGANG CS 146 100.00 56.19 6.32 146 99.32 64.45 8.17 17 100.00 67.12 8.29
DAGA HSS 87 100.00 55.80 5.13 87 100.00 61.71 7.29 8 100.00 71.13 9.33
DRUJEYGANG HSS 42 100.00 53.76 6.32 42 100.00 59.07 6.07
GASELO HSS 101 97.03 50.21 6.19 101 100.00 60.56 8.21 2 100.00 67.50 2.12
SHARI HSS 131 99.24 57.61 6.54 131 100.00 58.69 7.14
GEDU HSS 63 100.00 58.22 6.32 63 92.06 53.21 8.47
JAMPELING HSS 106 99.06 55.42 6.45 106 99.06 60.08 7.64
NGANGLAM HSS 64 100.00 57.34 5.75 64 100.00 65.28 7.29
PELJORLING HSS 46 97.83 55.43 6.18 46 95.65 56.13 9.24 9 100.00 64.00 11.79
SARPANG HSS 115 93.91 54.03 9.15 115 99.13 60.03 7.23
TRASHITSE HSS 119 100.00 54.39 6.23 119 100.00 61.57 6.35
TENDRUK HSS 116 99.14 55.70 6.23 116 98.28 57.15 9.05
YADI HSS 67 100.00 55.48 6.53 67 100.00 64.13 4.86
DASHIDING HSS 100 100.00 54.75 5.25 100 99.00 61.12 7.52 26 100.00 67.35 6.86
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SCHOOL
ENGLISH DZONGKHA RIGZHUNG
T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV
UTPAL HSS 167 97.01 51.85 6.55 167 91.02 51.65 8.73 17 100.00 61.06 9.33
KARMALING HSS 71 100.00 51.76 5.84 71 100.00 64.14 8.35
DUNGSAM HSS 411 95.13 50.46 7.44 410 96.34 56.89 8.95 6 100.00 60.17 9.89
JAMPEL HSS 342 96.49 51.58 6.91 342 95.61 55.78 9.01 26 100.00 62.15 7.71
KUENDRUP HSS 444 96.40 50.61 6.51 444 94.59 54.14 9.23 20 100.00 60.90 6.80
LOSEL GYATSHO HSS 126 95.24 49.88 6.52 126 96.83 54.85 8.27 28 96.43 54.00 9.85
ORONG HSS 155 100.00 56.65 6.34 155 100.00 64.22 8.10
PELKHIL HSS 421 99.05 53.17 6.89 421 90.50 54.83 10.59
SHERUB RELDRI HSS 129 93.80 49.65 7.05 129 94.57 57.53 10.01 30 100.00 62.07 8.56
TENZIN HSS 212 96.70 50.69 6.94 212 91.04 53.99 10.20 36 97.22 61.58 10.42
YOEZERLING HSS 217 98.62 50.32 6.12 217 92.63 51.46 8.26
Table1.18
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY LITERATURE
T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS
% MEAN STDEV T PASS
% MEA
N STDEV
RINCHEN HSS 204 58.33 40.33 15.77 243 98.77 54.05 7.72
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 55 90.91 55.36 13.83 55 100.00 63.78 6.18 10 90.00 65.40 11.17
BAJOTHANG HSS 31 51.61 35.19 13.61 31 93.55 49.77 7.66
BAYLING HSS 32 96.88 54.78 12.14 35 100.00 63.23 5.62
CHUKHA HSS 48 95.83 60.56 15.71 50 98.00 61.48 8.29
DAMPHU HSS 62 98.39 73.90 11.32 62 100.00 67.26 6.53
GELEPHU HSS 34 70.59 46.65 16.32 34 91.18 58.41 14.71
GYELPOZHING HSS 26 88.46 50.46 14.30 26 100.00 63.46 7.27
JAKAR HSS 40 92.50 55.65 12.46 40 100.00 63.25 5.58
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 41 90.24 59.78 14.82 41 100.00 69.12 7.98
KELKI HSS 163 61.35 41.72 16.24 172 99.42 54.63 7.71 2 100.00 58.00 2.83
KUENGA HSS 28 57.14 39.46 15.66 28 100.00 56.14 7.04
MONGAR HSS 45 84.44 53.87 18.18 45 95.56 66.87 10.11
MOTITHANG HSS 52 86.54 51.75 14.12 52 100.00 62.25 6.63 11 100.00 66.82 11.68
NANGKOR HSS 43 90.70 57.88 13.79 44 100.00 65.45 6.65
NIMA HSS 134 73.13 48.36 18.71 196 98.47 56.40 9.39
LHUNTSE HSS 40 90.00 49.83 12.70 40 97.50 59.30 7.00
PUNAKHA HSS 89 94.38 57.82 13.58 89 100.00 61.62 6.67
RANJUNG HSS 39 94.87 52.23 10.46 39 100.00 60.87 6.28
RELDRI HSS 92 54.35 39.07 14.89 92 100.00 53.54 6.26
SAMTSE HSS 35 48.57 35.06 17.65 35 77.14 44.97 15.04
SONAM KUENPHEN HSS 54 83.33 48.43 14.40 54 98.15 55.69 7.37
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 143 95.10 59.36 13.23 145 100.00 64.34 7.74
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HSS 23 69.57 42.65 14.83 36 97.22 58.56 7.30
ZHEMGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 42 95.24 54.74 13.44 42 100.00 63.24 5.26
DAGA HSS 23 100.00 65.04 12.65 23 100.00 66.70 5.99
GASELO HSS 12 75.00 48.08 19.35 12 91.67 59.75 11.10
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SHARI HSS 33 100.00 58.03 10.74 33 100.00 65.15 6.77
JAMPELING HSS 35 91.43 53.91 14.31 35 100.00 61.69 5.49
NGANGLAM HSS 26 88.46 52.69 12.55 26 100.00 62.27 4.94
PELJORLING HSS 28 92.86 55.82 14.96 28 100.00 62.32 6.91
SARPANG HSS 44 81.82 52.07 19.37 44 90.91 59.27 11.37
YADI HSS 28 100.00 58.29 10.30 28 100.00 64.89 6.29
DASHIDING HSS 52 92.31 51.50 10.62 52 100.00 62.58 5.66
UTPAL HSS 83 68.67 45.00 14.72 84 97.62 54.11 7.92
KARMALING HSS 42 71.43 44.48 12.15 42 100.00 57.71 6.17
DUNGSAM ACADEMY 122 55.74 39.60 15.25 178 97.75 55.07 8.43
JAMPEL HSS 130 73.08 45.73 15.18 143 100.00 60.23 7.52
KUENDRUP HSS 164 70.12 47.93 18.55 170 97.65 58.75 9.00
LOSEL GYATSHO ACADEMY 72 90.28 51.03 13.24 73 101.37 57.40 7.50
ORONG HSS 35 80.00 48.09 14.24 47 100.00 58.70 7.44
PELKHIL HSS 83 50.60 38.52 18.31 103 99.03 56.51 9.01
SHERUB RELDRI HSS 70 52.86 38.36 17.02 82 98.78 56.80 8.78
TENZIN HSS 78 64.10 40.17 14.02 81 93.83 51.02 8.73
YOEZERLING HSS 86 47.67 37.73 18.86 89 98.88 56.43 8.04
Table1.19
SCHOOL
COMMERCE ACCOUNTANCY ECONOMICS
T PASS% MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV
RINCHEN HSS 285 84.21 51.50 14.38 285 52.98 40.04 12.80 365 65.48 40.36 13.98
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 214 96.26 60.03 12.68 214 86.92 52.21 14.56 248 79.03 46.71 14.69
BAJOTHANG HSS 26 96.15 54.54 9.02 26 73.08 44.35 11.07 55 65.45 37.96 13.32
BAYLING HSS 39 94.87 51.85 8.79 39 71.79 41.33 9.43 74 94.59 54.74 12.28
CHUKHA HSS 89 79.78 45.83 10.72 89 60.67 39.73 12.37 135 85.93 47.17 12.72
DAMPHU HSS 27 100.00 58.22 10.53 27 100.00 61.30 10.42 83 92.77 51.54 12.07
DRUKGYEL HSS 104 88.46 50.70 11.35 104 91.35 56.24 15.82 102 90.20 51.14 13.64
GELEPHU HSS 53 96.23 60.74 10.27 53 100.00 65.49 10.76 72 87.50 48.51 14.56
GYELPOZHING HSS 18 94.44 53.89 12.87 18 94.44 49.28 9.94 30 90.00 46.97 11.65
JAKAR HSS 45 95.56 53.62 11.38 45 97.78 56.29 13.16 70 91.43 50.87 12.33
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 41 87.80 47.76 11.95
KELKI HSS 341 80.06 47.76 13.63 341 51.61 38.45 12.68 403 65.76 39.94 13.11
KUENGA HSS 66 84.85 53.65 15.22 66 98.48 57.53 11.61 82 65.85 39.52 15.22
MONGAR HSS 32 100.00 58.63 10.71 32 100.00 71.13 12.86 74 89.19 52.69 15.11
MOTITHANG HSS 139 84.89 48.26 11.91 139 92.09 52.30 12.17 150 77.33 44.01 13.22
NANGKOR HSS 38 94.74 52.32 10.18 38 94.74 48.39 8.05 82 82.93 49.48 14.56
NIMA HSS 160 95.63 57.53 11.39 159 79.25 47.57 14.35 272 73.90 44.03 15.30
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 75 90.67 57.47 13.96 75 69.33 43.23 13.26 75 72.00 44.44 14.23
LHUNTSE HSS 38 94.74 52.66 9.93 38 100.00 55.42 9.81 76 93.42 48.46 9.65
PUNAKHA HSS 42 83.33 47.17 10.69 42 88.10 52.62 14.28 108 88.89 48.84 12.07
RANJUNG HSS 36 100.00 52.86 8.85 36 83.33 46.22 12.92 75 81.33 47.23 11.82
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SCHOOL
COMMERCE ACCOUNTANCY ECONOMICS
T PASS% MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV T PASS% MEAN STDEV
RELDRI HSS 105 80.00 47.68 12.22 105 65.71 42.46 12.26 128 57.03 37.03 14.62
SHERUBLING HSS 27 96.30 58.89 9.82 27 92.59 45.67 9.01 23 95.65 55.17 11.39
SAMTSE HSS 22 63.64 44.95 14.92 21 80.95 48.62 15.31 50 46.00 32.42 16.74
SONAM KUENPHEN HSS 53 86.79 54.45 13.98 53 81.13 50.92 15.61 85 91.76 50.93 12.55
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 158 97.47 57.46 10.94 157 100.00 71.24 11.37 64 100.00 56.17 12.25
GUD HSS 32 96.88 53.69 11.93 32 96.88 55.69 13.84 64 81.25 44.05 13.08
ZHEMGANG CS 36 86.11 50.31 10.89 36 97.22 48.83 9.32 78 82.05 45.23 11.37
DAGA HSS 31 100.00 58.23 9.94 31 100.00 51.03 9.83 54 98.15 52.81 9.64
DRUJEYGANG HSS 13 100.00 58.00 9.96 13 92.31 46.77 10.22 13 61.54 40.00 13.68
GASELO HSS 30 86.67 47.40 9.68 30 93.33 46.73 8.74 32 75.00 43.75 15.08
SHARI HSS 35 97.14 56.54 10.57 35 100.00 50.80 7.85 65 69.23 42.65 15.07
GEDU HSS 29 82.76 50.76 14.19 29 68.97 46.97 18.24 29 75.86 44.90 16.05
JAMPELING HSS 33 100.00 58.70 10.06
NGANGLAM HSS 25 92.00 47.64 9.54
PELJORLING HSS 27 92.59 50.44 12.04
SARPANG HSS 35 94.29 50.40 10.24 35 91.43 50.11 11.74 76 75.00 43.09 15.08
TRASHITSE HSS 39 84.62 46.36 10.53 39 94.87 51.72 12.46 39 92.31 46.87 10.76
TENDRUK HSS 46 91.30 48.35 9.10 46 91.30 47.70 10.48 41 80.49 43.27 10.53
YADI HSS 96.43 54.50 9.78
DASHIDING HSS 48 91.67 52.04 10.44 48 83.33 49.06 12.17 28 88.00 47.86 11.95
UTPAL HSS 83 89.16 53.08 13.55 82 80.49 53.93 19.59 100 59.43 38.42 15.42
KARMALING HSS 29 96.55 53.55 8.42 29 93.10 51.59 12.10 106 81.69 43.97 9.45
DUNGSAM HSS 123 64.23 43.67 17.83 123 68.29 43.41 14.99 71 70.04 42.23 14.51
JAMPEL HSS 156 93.59 57.95 13.22 156 73.72 45.02 13.67 277 81.53 47.65 14.47
KUENDRUP HSS 228 82.89 51.14 14.28 225 78.67 47.94 13.90 249 77.71 47.28 15.20
LOSEL GYATSHO HSS 53 73.58 48.34 15.47 53 73.58 48.92 14.70 323 76.83 47.02 14.93
ORONG HSS 26 80.77 53.42 15.56 26 84.62 50.04 12.79 82 87.67 49.38 14.43
PELKHIL HSS 131 90.84 54.35 13.85 130 67.69 43.73 14.72 73 74.44 42.92 13.51
SHERUB RELDRI HSS 47 87.23 54.77 14.69 47 72.34 47.91 16.56 180 76.58 44.84 15.14
TENZIN HSS 77 72.73 45.66 15.34 77 51.95 38.30 14.07 111 75.42 45.13 15.72
YOEZERLING HSS 128 60.16 40.85 14.35 128 33.59 32.88 13.33 118 67.71 41.63 14.46
Table1.20
SCHOOL
PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY
T PASS % MEAN STDE
V T PASS
% MEAN STDEV T PASS
% MEAN STDEV
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 175 99.43 64.47 11.58 175 98.86 58.42 11.58 84 100.00 61.46 11.01
BAJOTHANG HSS 36 94.44 54.42 10.48 36 94.44 56.69 12.71 17 100.00 63.29 10.73
BAYLING HSS 82 90.24 48.61 9.39 82 95.12 50.01 8.77 43 100.00 55.14 10.11
CHUKHA HSS 80 81.25 51.75 14.00 80 73.75 46.49 14.43 39 94.87 51.00 11.12
DAMPHU HSS 55 98.18 59.18 13.73 55 98.18 53.91 11.30 32 100.00 59.91 10.02
DRUKGYEL HSS 86 100.00 59.29 11.71 86 100.0
0 64.14 10.08 32 100.00 65.81 10.69
GELEPHU HSS 99 89.90 54.19 13.85 99 96.97 61.45 12.63 46 97.83 59.00 10.68
GYELPOZHING HSS 38 89.47 47.66 9.03 38 86.84 45.26 9.17 23 100.00 52.17 7.50
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SCHOOL
PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY
T PASS % MEAN STDE
V T PASS
% MEAN STDEV T PASS
% MEAN STDEV
JAKAR HSS 42 100.00 64.81 11.33 42 100.0
0 60.14 8.95 26 96.15 56.54 11.97
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 78 97.44 61.21 13.66 78 98.72 61.36 12.11 39 100.00 68.05 9.68
KUENGA HSS 87 96.55 59.77 12.58 87 93.10 56.06 11.11 43 86.05 49.77 12.81
MONGAR HSS 58 94.83 51.09 9.52 58 94.83 50.52 9.53 37 100.00 60.32 10.61
MOTITHANG HSS 127 97.64 62.58 14.06 127 90.55 52.02 12.86 53 101.89 57.96 9.86
NANGKOR HSS 79 100.00 60.82 11.87 79 98.73 56.47 10.70 21 95.24 55.71 9.16
NIMA HSS 177 94.92 55.32 11.07 177 97.18 58.62 10.01 86 93.02 55.73 9.54
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 82 95.12 56.82 12.29 82 93.90 52.18 12.47 25 84.00 49.40 9.53
LHUNTSE HSS 55 98.18 56.29 11.00 55 100.0
0 56.33 9.36 25 100.00 57.20 9.78
PUNAKHA HSS 128 96.09 58.80 12.74 128 97.66 61.30 12.46 62 100.00 65.39 9.02
RANJUNG HSS 74 100.00 54.31 11.44 74 100.0
0 50.91 10.20 31 100.00 56.74 10.51
SHERUBLING HSS 58 100.00 59.24 11.58 58 98.28 57.16 11.52 15 100.00 55.20 11.91
SAMTSE HSS 120 84.17 50.40 12.25 120 85.83 48.18 12.70 60 93.33 55.37 11.97
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 154 100.00 76.25 10.21 154 100.0
0 72.68 7.00 38 100.00 64.29 7.53
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HSS 35 100.00 54.80 11.79 35
100.00 50.11 8.60 11 100.00 51.45 8.21
ZHEMGANG CS 68 101.47 60.10 10.54 68 98.53 52.43 10.61 19 105.26 58.79 6.12
DAGA HSS 33 96.97 52.06 9.32 33 93.94 49.94 8.96 9 100.00 53.00 7.40
DRUJEYGANG HSS 29 89.66 47.93 10.18 29 65.52 41.55 9.74 14 92.86 51.14 8.15
GASELO HSS 59 81.36 47.56 11.15 59 91.53 46.98 9.52 40 95.00 52.13 9.35
SHARI HSS 63 98.41 59.54 12.99 63 96.83 53.27 11.22 27 100.00 56.11 10.38
GEDU HSS 34 97.06 61.79 13.48 34 97.06 51.53 13.21 13 100.00 59.08 10.31
JAMPELING HSS 71 85.92 49.20 11.15 71 92.96 48.77 10.24 30 96.67 58.53 10.77
NGANGLAM HSS 38 92.11 49.03 9.33 38 78.95 43.39 8.56 15 93.33 49.87 7.52
PELJORLING HSS 18 83.33 52.11 15.00 18 83.33 46.22 11.62 10 100.00 48.20 5.39
SARPANG HSS 36 97.22 54.72 9.72 36 97.22 55.67 9.94 20 95.00 54.75 11.42
TRASHITSE HSS 80 90.00 50.40 11.29 80 77.50 44.34 10.39 25 80.00 47.12 9.84
TENDRUK HSS 70 97.14 58.94 12.85 70 97.14 55.59 12.75 36 100.00 50.75 7.82
YADI HSS 39 92.31 51.23 9.01 39 89.74 51.44 10.10 21 100.00 56.57 7.37
DUNGSAM ACADEMY 110 85.45 53.42 12.87 110 89.09 53.97 12.23 44 93.18 55.77 13.18
JAMPEL HSS 43 100.00 59.79 9.64 43 97.67 57.77 9.36 18 100.00 59.33 7.65
KUENDRUP HSS 46 97.83 59.04 9.65 46 100.0
0 62.50 9.25 19 94.74 59.68 9.50
ORONG HSS 82 98.78 56.23 9.80 82 100.0
0 52.56 7.73 28 100.00 58.86 10.64
PELKHIL HSS 188 90.96 55.10 13.40 188 87.23 51.29 12.60 74 93.24 51.65 10.56
TENZIN HSS 54 88.89 54.63 12.81 54 87.04 50.43 12.56 26 88.46 48.77 10.65
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Table1.21
SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS BUSINESS MATHEMATICS COMPUTER STUDIES
T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS % MEAN STDEV
RINCHEN HSS 324 83.02 50.63 15.81 75 69.33 42.07 9.96
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 148 97.97 68.17 17.31 230 85.22 53.41 15.92 5 100.00 73.40 6.80
BAJOTHANG HSS 20 95.00 57.95 16.47 26 46.15 34.81 17.81 1 0.00 24.00
BAYLING HSS 42 73.81 45.36 15.91 47 100.00 62.23 14.37
CHUKHA HSS 53 75.47 51.49 23.14 101 72.28 45.67 17.60 3 66.67 47.67 17.21
DAMPHU HSS 24 95.83 65.71 16.89 48 75.00 46.10 13.68
DRUKGYEL HSS 54 100.00 74.83 15.97 104 75.96 49.53 17.57
GELEPHU HSS 56 92.86 54.43 16.12 79 88.61 55.29 15.38
GYELPOZHING HSS 15 80.00 45.27 15.67 18 61.11 40.72 16.51
JAKAR HSS 29 82.76 52.76 16.03 49 67.35 47.37 22.93
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 39 97.44 71.41 18.58 8 87.50 52.38 20.77
KELKI HSS 387 59.69 41.00 17.47 39 92.31 53.46 9.48
KUENGA HSS 61 83.61 55.16 20.98 67 86.57 58.18 17.51 34 97.06 51.12 7.96
MONGAR HSS 21 71.43 41.76 13.06 40 92.50 56.50 18.85
MOTITHANG HSS 94 76.60 52.21 22.62 161 86.96 55.95 17.90 23 100.00 65.65 7.91
NANGKOR HSS 58 84.48 52.74 18.78 61 91.80 52.89 14.80
NIMA HSS 91 83.52 55.02 18.37 192 69.27 48.75 20.73 30 80.00 49.07 14.82
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 72 94.44 62.64 16.32 75 94.67 55.03 12.58
LHUNTSE HSS 30 96.67 64.33 15.66 58 98.28 62.74 12.37
PUNAKHA HSS 67 97.01 62.54 17.60 52 78.85 49.62 15.63 5 100.00 61.40 13.94
RANJUNG HSS 43 83.72 51.88 19.17 40 80.00 46.98 14.21
RELDRI HSS 105 55.24 39.75 17.38 31 67.74 40.32 11.42
SHERUBLING HSS 45 66.67 44.20 19.53 27 59.26 43.48 17.39
SAMTSE HSS 80 60.00 43.83 20.67 24 83.33 51.83 15.83 14 85.71 56.43 20.19
SONAM KUENPHEN HSS 52 100.00 65.08 14.48 16 100.00 64.88 11.98
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 118 100.00 78.29 12.28 167 97.01 64.60 16.35 47 100.00 67.17 9.52
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HSS 24 83.33 54.58 17.17 45 48.89 36.47 18.75
ZHEMGANG CS 49 87.76 51.67 15.79 43 95.35 54.14 12.30
DAGA HSS 24 83.33 50.29 14.84 31 54.84 38.13 19.10
DRUJEYGANG HSS 15 46.67 36.33 16.69 13 69.23 43.62 15.26
GASELO HSS 21 100.00 62.24 17.13 27 62.96 44.37 18.17 8 100.00 60.38 9.26
SHARI HSS 43 93.02 63.02 18.10 52 82.69 47.35 14.08
GEDU HSS 22 86.36 59.86 22.87 29 72.41 48.55 21.31
JAMPELING HSS 41 85.37 49.66 14.83 8 87.50 51.13 11.01
NGANGLAM HSS 23 60.87 38.22 15.69 10 60.00 40.00 9.48
PELJORLING HSS 8 100.00 64.38 16.89 5 80.00 41.00 7.55
SARPANG HSS 22 72.73 42.32 12.89 37 64.86 39.41 13.56 3 100.00 64.67 2.52
TRASHITSE HSS 55 89.09 56.45 18.95 39 76.92 48.21 15.62
TENDRUK HSS 34 97.06 67.06 18.05 40 80.00 48.10 16.24
YADI HSS 18 83.33 49.39 16.90 3 100.00 60.33 5.03
DASHIDING HSS 69 60.87 38.32 14.24
UTPAL HSS 86 76.74 51.52 21.70 38 84.21 51.29 13.01
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SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS BUSINESS MATHEMATICS COMPUTER STUDIES
T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS % MEAN STDEV T PASS % MEAN STDEV
KARMALING HSS 53 83.02 51.98 15.60
DUNGSAM ACADEMY 69 82.61 58.10 20.31 181 66.30 43.05 18.07 8 75.00 47.75 16.17
JAMPEL HSS 27 100.00 57.96 15.08 200 81.50 54.73 19.73 22 100.00 62.86 8.05
KUENDRUP HSS 27 100.00 70.85 12.88 234 73.08 48.90 20.06 72 98.61 59.35 10.94
LOSEL GYATSHO ACADEMY 55 94.55 63.09 16.14 17 94.12 61.35 14.86
ORONG HSS 54 96.30 60.89 16.33 47 87.23 50.68 14.45
PELKHIL HSS 128 81.25 53.25 19.54 153 62.09 43.74 19.39 59 88.14 55.14 13.39
SHERUB RELDRI HSS 63 69.84 46.17 19.43 16 81.25 52.56 12.88
TENZIN HSS 28 100.00 64.54 14.22 88 76.14 51.65 21.21 12 91.67 50.75 9.69
YOEZERLING HSS 154 71.43 44.29 15.40 24 95.83 54.83 9.46
1.12 (BHSEC XII) 2015 EXAMINATION TOPPERS 1.12.1 NATIONAL TOPPERS
The national toppers of BHSEC examination 2015 are presented stream wise. Table1.22 SCIENCE
First Second Third
TASHI WANGCHUK RANGJUNG HSS 88.25%
TASHI TENZIN UGYEN ACADEMY 87.45%
JIGME SHERAB UGYEN ACADEMY 87.25%
NAME: ASHIK RAI SCHOOL: CHUKHA HSS 87.25%
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COMMERCE
FIRST
TSHETRIM YANGDAN MONGAR HSS 86.25
SECOND
DENDUP WANGMO JAMPEL HSS 84.75
THIRD
KARMA DORJI DAGA HSS 81.75
ARTS
FIRST
YESHEY LHAM UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 83.25
SECOND
SANGAY TENZIN DAMPHU HSS 80.25
THIRD
SONAM PELZOM DAMPHU HSS 79.50
KINZANG DORJI MONGAR HSS 79.50
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1.12.2 SUBJECT TOPPERS
Table1.23
SUBJECT
ENGLISH AYESHWINI LAMA YANGCHENPHUG HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 85
DZONGKHA
TSHERING DRAKPA JIGME SHERUBLING HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 87
RIGZHUNG
KINZANG DORJI PUNAKHA HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 86
LIT. IN ENGLISH
TASHI PALDON MOTITHANG HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 83
HISTORY
SONAM PELZOM DAMPHU HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 97
GEOGRAPHY
UGYEN DORJI JIGME SHERUBLING HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 85
ECONOMICS
DENDUP WANGMO JAMPEL HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 91
COMMERCE
TSHETRIM YANGDAN MONGAR HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 89(commerce)
ACCOUNTANCY MARKS OBTAINED: 94(accountancy)
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ACCOUNTANCY
TANDIN TSHEWANG UGYEN ACADEMY HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 94
ACCOUNTANCY
TENZIN UGYEN ACADEMY HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 94
MATHS
GESAR NAMGYEL TRASHITSE HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 100
PHYSICS
TASHI TENZIN UGYEN ACADEMY HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 96
CHEMISTRY
KINZANG THUKTEN GELEPHU HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 92
BIOLOGY
TSHERING DENDUP JIGME SHERUBLING HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 89
COMPUTER STUDIES
SEUNG HO BAEK UGYEN ACADEMY HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 90
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
JIHWAN KIM UGYEN ACADEMY HSS MARKS OBTAINED: 99
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CHAPTER 2: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION (LCSCE-XII) 2015
2.1 GENERAL INFORMATION NO OF CANDIDATES OVERALL PASS FAILED 2014
REGISTERED APPEARED TOTAL % TOTAL % PASS %
625 601 514 85.52 87 14.48 84.20
A total of 625 candidates from Taktse Higher Secondary School, School for Language and Culture Studies (SLCS), Dzongkha Development Training Institute (DDTI) and Kuenphen Language and Cultural Training Institute (KLCTI) were registered and 601 of them appeared the LCSCE 2015 Examination. Of the total candidates appearing the examination, 514 (85.52%) passed it.
2.2 OVERALL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE
SUBJECT PASS% MEAN
CHOEDJUK 85.52 65.26
DZONGKHA 85.52 66.99
ENGLISH 85.40 46.09
KHEJUK 100.00 52.00
SUMTAG 85.52 61.24
NYENGAG 85.52 49.54
DRAJUR 85.52 55.44
DRIGLAM 80.53 62.55
NYENCHA 90.00 75.13
GYELRAB 88.24 61.05
TSE 100.00 69.21
In the subject-wise performance 100% pass was recorded for Khejug and Tse.
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SUBJECT WISE PASSPERCENTAGE
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2.3 LCSCE PASS PERCENTAGE FOR PAST YEARS
The highest pass percentage was recorded in 2012 at 96.84% and dropped to 87.84 to 84.20 in the following years. In 2015 examination pass percentage increased by 1.32. 2.4 LCSCE-XII TOPPERS
FIRST SECOND THIRD
TASHI DORJI
TAKTSE HSS
AVERAGE: 77.57%
UGYEN CHODEN
TAKTSE HSS
AVERAGE: 77.29%
NECHEN ZANGPO
TAKTSE HSS
AVERAGE: 77.29%
SHACHA DORJI
TAKTSE HSS
76.86% All the candidates in the top three list of LCSCE 2015 examination are from Taktse HSS
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CHAPTER 3: REPORT ON 2015 BHSEC EXAMINATIONS
3.1 CONDUCT OF BHSEC EXAMINATIONS
In the Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC-XII) examinations there were 56 centres (37 government and 19 private schools) registered for the examinations. In order to carry out fair and smooth conduct of examinations there were approximately 1764 teachers involved as Supervising Examiners, Visiting Examiners and invigilators. The officials from BCSEA, Dzongkhag Education officers (DEO) and Thromde Education Officers (TEO) also provided support and guidance to the examination centers. The conduct of practical examination for Geography, Science, Computer Studies and Accountancy started from November 14 to November 28, 2015. The conduct of the theory examinations started on November 30 and ended on December 12, 2015.
CONCERNS
1. Some supervising examiners were noticed bringing their family members at the
examination centres. Such practice will be curbed in the future as it puts the security and
confidentiality of the question papers at risk.
2. Wrong Paper Delivered: Instead of Dzongkha to English translation question paper,
Dzongkha Choekey was distributed in one of the centres. This caused a delay in conduct
of the paper; however, the paper was administered the same day.
3. Missing Paper: In one of the centers it was reported by the supervising examiner that
both theory and practical papers of Physics were missing. The BCSEA office took
immediate action to reach the same on time. While in two centers Low vision papers had
not been sent to them. They had to be taken by the BCSEA officials on exam- inspection
duties.
ANSWER SCRIPT MARKING
The Marking of Answer Scripts for BHSEC (XII) and LCSCE (XII & X) started from
December 20, 2015 and ended on January 7, 2016. The total number of officials involved
in the marking were 627 (Answer Script Managers 39, Markers 532, Data Tabulators 54
and Braille Transcriber 2).
The answer scripts are marked following the standard procedure at the marking camp:
ANSWER SCRIPTS MANAGEMENT
Papers are sorted out subject wise and a series of clerical works carried out to maintain
the anonymity and kept ready to hand them over to the markers through the chief
markers.
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MARKING
Pre marking procedure includes hands on marking on 5 sample papers by every individual marker and standardization of marking except in Mathematics, Computer Studies and Science
Answer scripts are marked by the markers and supervised by the Chief markers and Subject Coordinators
Marked answer scripts then pass through the cross checkers in the marking room, who check the accuracy of marks assigned against each item and also cancel an extra item attempted, if any.
Break up marks are added and reflected in the answer scripts against the ‘total’ column, by a marker assigned to do this.
The total marks are then entered in the Theory Marks Form by mark tabulator. Chief Marker further re-evaluates the answer scripts at random. Answer scripts are then compiled lot wise and the total marks further
Cross-checked against the Theory Marks Form and submitted to the Answer Script management.
DATA TABULATION
The marked answer scripts are entered item-wise and errors rectified, if any, in the marking room and the changed marks are re-entered
The data tabulators further cross check the entered marks with the Theory Marks Form
Final crossed checked answer scripts are returned to Answer Script Management for packing and appropriate labelling.
Positive Points:
1. The new timing worked well – the marking could begin by 8:30am. 2. The question cum answer script booklet introduced for BHSEC examinations in
2015 made the marking smooth. 3. Use of chief-marker’s log book made the marking process efficient. 4. There was no report of mal-practice from the centres nor detected at the marking.
DECLARATION OF RESULTS
After having completed the required formalities, the results of BHSEC (XII) and LCSCE
(XII) were declared on January 26, 2016 through a press release.
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ལལལལལལ པ ; འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་གངོ་མའྲི་ཤསེ་ཡནོ་ལག་ཁརེ་ཆསོ་རྒྱུགས་ཀྲི་སྙན་ཞུ། ༢༠༡༥
༣ .༡ ཆསོ་རྒྱུགས་འག་ོའདནེ།
འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་གོང་མའྲི་ཤེས་ཡནོ་ལག་ཁེར་གྲི་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་༥༦ གྲིས་ ཐོ་བཀོད་འབད་ས་ལས་ གཞུང་གྲི་སོབ་གྲྭ་༣༧ དང་སེར་གྲི་སོབ་གྲྭ་༡༩ ནང་ འགོ་འདེན་འཐབ་ཡོདཔ་ཨྲིན། ལས་རྲིམ་འདྲི་ཕོགས་ལྷུང་དང་ དཀའ་ངལ་མདེ་པར་ལེགས་ཤོམ་འབད་ འགོ་འདེན་འཐབ་ཐབས་ལུ་ ཚོད་རྲིས་འབད་བ་ཅྲིན་ སོབ་དཔོན་གྲངས་༡༧༦༤ གྲིས་ འབེལ་གཏོགས་འབད་དེ་ཡོད། དེ་ནང་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་བཀོད་དཔོན་དང་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལ་རགོ་པ་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལ་སོར་པ་བཅས་ཀྲིས་འགོ་འདནེ་འཐབ་པའྲི་ཁ་ལུ་ འབྲུག་གྲི་སོབ་གྲྭའྲི་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་དང་བརག་ཞྲིབ་ཚོགས་སེ་གྲི་ འགན་འཛནི་པ་ཚུ་དང་ དེ་ལས་རངོ་ཁག་དང་ ཁོམ་སེའྲི་ཤེས་རྲིག་འག་ོདཔོན་ཚུ་གྲིས་ཡང་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་ཚུ་ནང་ ལ་སོར་འབད་དེ་ ལམ་སོན་དང་རྒྱབ་སོར་ཚུ་ བྲིན་ཡོདཔ་ཨྲིན།
ས་ཆ་རྲིག་པ་དང་ཚན་རྲིག་ གོག་རྲིག་ཆོས་ཚན་ཚུ་གྲི་ ལག་ལནེ་དངོས་བསར་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་འདྲི་ སྲི་ཚེས་༡༤-༢༨/༡༡/༢༠༡༥ གྲི་ནང་འཁོད་ལུ་ འགོ་འདེན་འཐབ་ཡོདཔ་དང་། དེ་
ལས་འབྲི་རྒྱུགས་འདྲི་ སྲི་ཚེས་༣༠/༡༡/༢༠༡༥ ལས་ འགོ་བཙུགས་ཏེ་ སྲི་ཚེས་༡༢/༡༢/༢༠༡༥ ལུ་མཇུག་བསྡུ་ཡྲི།
༡ དཀའ་ངལ་དང་བ་སབས་མ་བདཝེ;
ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་ལ་ལོ་གཅྲིག་ནང་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་བཀོད་དཔོན་གཅྲིག་གྲིས་ བཟའ་ཚང་འཁྲིད་དེ་ འོང་ཡོདཔ་འབད་ཤེས་ གསལ་བྱུང་ཡྲི། དྲི་ཤོག་ཚུ་གསང་བ་དམ་ཟབ་འབད་བཞག་དགོཔ་ལས་བརེན་ མ་འོངས་པའྲི་ནང་ འདྲི་བཟུམ་འཁྲིད་ནྲི་འདྲི་ མ་ ཆོགཔ་འབད་ཨྲིན།
༢ -དྲི་ཤགོ་ཕྲི་འགྱུར་བཀལ་ཡདོཔ;
ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་གཅྲིག་ནང་ རོང་ཁ་དང་ཨྲིང་སད་ཀྲི་ སྒྲ་སྒྱུར་གྲི་དྲི་ཤོག་བཀྲམ་དགོ་ས་ལུ་ རོང་ཁ་དང་ཆོས་སད་གྲི་ སྒྲ་ སྒྱུར་གྲི་དྲི་ཤོག་བཀྲམ་ནུག། དེ་གྲིས་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་འགོ་འདེན་འཐབ་ནྲི་ལུ་ བར་ཆད་བྱུང་རུང་ ཉྲིནམ་འདྲི་ནང་རང་ འགོ་འདེན་ འཐབ་ཚུགས་ཏེ་དཀའ་ངལ་བསལ་ཚུགས་ཅྲི།
༣ -དྲི་ཤགོ་མ་ཚངམ;
ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་གཅྲིག་ནང་ དངོས་ཁམས་རྲིག་པའྲི་ལག་ལནེ་དངོས་བསར་དང་འབྲི་རྒྱུགས་ཀྲི་དྲི་བ་གཉྲིས་ཆ་རང་མ་ལདོ་པར་ལུས་རུང་ ཡྲིག་ཚང་གྲི་ཁ་ཐུག་ལས་དུས་འཕོས་ལས་དང་ལནེ་འབད་དེ་བསལ་ཡྲི། ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་ལ་ལོ་ནང་མཐངོ་ནུས་ཆུང་བའྲི་ དྲི་ཤགོ་མ་ཚང་པས་ཟེར་བའྲི་སོར་ལས་དང་། གཞན་མྲི་ལེ་བ་གཅྲིག་ནང་ལུ་ གོག་རྲིག་གྲི་ལག་ལནེ་དངོས་བསར་གྲི་དྲི་ཤོག་ མ་ཚང་པའྲི་སྙན་ཞུ་ཚུ་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་བཀོད་དཔོན་ཚུ་ལས་ཐོབ་ཅྲི། ཨྲིན་རུང་ཡྲིག་ཚང་གྲི་ཁ་ཐུག་ལས་ དེ་འཕལ་ལས་དང་ལེན་འབད་ད་ེ དུས་ཚོད་ལུ་དྲི་ཤོག་ཚུ་ བཀྲམ་སེལ་འབད་ཡྲི།
ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་མ་འདཝ་ཚུ་ནང་ ས་ཆ་རྲིག་པའྲི་དྲི་ཤགོ། དངོས་ཁམས་རྲིག་པའྲི་དྲི་ཤགོ་དང་པ་དང་གཉྲིས་པ། འབུར་ཡྲིག་གྲི་དྲི་ཤོག་ཚུ་ཚངམ་འབད་མ་ལོད་པར་ལུས་ནུག།
ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་དབ་ེཞྲིབ།
འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་གོང་མའྲི་ཤེས་ཡནོ་ལག་ཁེར་(XII) པ་དང་ སད་ཡྲིག་དང་ལམ་སོལ་སོབ་སོང་གྲི་ལག་ཁེར་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་(X+XII) པ་གྲི་ལན་ཤོག་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་ལཱ་འདྲི་
སྲི་ཚེས་༢༠/༡༢/༢༠༡༥ ལས་འགོ་བཙུགས་ཏེ་ སྲི་ཚེས་༧/༡/༢༠༡༦ གྲི་ནང་འཁོད་མཇུག་བསྡུ་ཡྲི། འདྲི་ནང་ ལས་བེདཔ་བསོམས་༦༢༧ གྲིས་འབེལ་གཏོགས་འབད་ས་ལས་
འཛིན་སོང་པ་༣༩ ། དབེ་ཞྲིབ་པ་༥༣༢ ། གནས་སྡུད་བཀོད་མྲི་༥༤ དང་ འབུར་ཡྲིག་འད་བཤུས་ཕབ་མྲི་/སྣག་ཚ་བཀལ་མྲི་༢ བཅས་ཨྲིན། ལན་ཤོག་ཚུ་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གནས་སར་ནང་
ལུ་འབད་ གཤམ་གསལ་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་ གནས ་ཚད་འགྲོ་ལུགས་ལར་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་འབདཝ་ཨྲིན།
ལན་ཤགོ་འཛནི་སངོ་།
ལན་ཤགོ་འཛིན་སོང་པ་གྲིས་ ལན་ཤགོ་ཚུ་ཆོས་ཚན་འབད་ ཁ་དབེ་བཞག་སེ་ གོ་རྲིམ་བཞྲིན་ ཚབ་ཨང་བྲིས་སེ་ མྲིང་མེདཔ་བཟོ་མྲི་འདྲི་ གྲ་འགྲྲིགས་བཞག་སེ་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་དོན་ལུ་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གཙོ་འཛིན་ལུ་རྲིས་སོད་འབདཝ་ཨྲིན།
དབ་ེཞྲིབ་འབད་ཐངས།
སོན་འགྲོའྲི་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་བ་རྲིམ་འདྲི་ རྲིས་དང་ གོག་རྲིག་ ཚན་རྲིག་གྲི་ཆོས་ཚན་གསུམ་མ་གཏགོས་ གཞན་ག་ར་ ལན་ཤོག་ལྔ་རེ་ལེན་ཏེ་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་པ་རེ་རེ་བཞྲིན་གྲིས་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་སང་བ་ གནས་ཚད་དང་ལྡནམ་འབད་ འབདཝ་ཨྲིན།
དབེ་ཞྲིབ་པ་ཚུ་གྲིས་ ལན་ཤོག་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་འབད་བའྲི་སབས་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གཙོ་འཛིན་དང་ ཆོས་ཚན་འགོ་འདེན་པ་གྲིས་ ལམ་སོན་དང་་ལ་རགོ་འབདཝ་ཨྲིན།
དབེ་ཞྲིབ་འབད་ཚར་མྲི་ལན་ཤོག་ཚུ་ བདེན་དཔྱད་པ་ལུ་སོདཔ་ཨྲིན། བདེན་དཔྱད་པ་གྲིས་སྐུགས་ཚད་དང་འཁྲིལ་ཏེ་ ཏན་ཏན་འབད་ བཀོད་ནུག་ག་ཚུ་བལཝ་ཨྲིན། གཞན་ཡང་དྲི་བ་ལག་ཆད་ཚུ་ཡོད་མེད་ བདེན་དཔྱད་འབད་ཞྲིནམ་ལས་ འཛོལ་བ་རེ་མཐོང་པ་ཅྲིན་ དེ་ཚུ་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་པ་དང་མཉམ་འབེལ་ཐོག་ དུས་མཐུན་བཟོཝ་ཨྲིན།
དབེ་ཞྲིབ་པ་ཚུ་གྲིས་ དྲི་བའྲི་ཆ་ཤས་ཀྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་བསོམས་ཏེ་ ལན་ཤོག་གྲི་ཡོངས་བསོམས་བཀོད་སའྲི་བཅད་ཐྲིག་ནང་བཀང་དགོ།
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སྐུགས་སོམ་མྲི་ཚུ་གྲིས་ སྐུགས་བསོམས་ཚུ་ སྐུགས་བཀོད་འབྲི་ཤགོ་ནང་བཀང་དགོ།
དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གཙོ་འཛིན་གྲིས་ ལན་ཤགོ་ཚུ་གང་འབྱུང་འབད་ བསར་ཞྲིབ་འབད་འོང་། དེ་སབས་སྐུགས་ མཐོ་དམའ་ཞུགསཔ་ལ་སོགས་པ་ ག་ཅྲི་ར་མཐོང་རུང་ དེ་ཚུ་ལོག་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་འབད་བཅུག་སེ་ ཚད་ལྡན་གྲི་སྐུགས་བྲིན་བཅུག་པའྲི་ཤུལ་ལུ་ དག་བཅོས་ཡང་འབདཝ་ཨྲིན།
ལན་ཤགོ་ཚུ་ བམ་ཚན་འབད་བད་ེཞྲིབ་ཟོ་དགོ། དེ་ལས་ ད་རུང་ཡང་ལན་ཤགོ་དང་ སྐུགས་བཀོད་འབྲི་ཤགོ་ནང་གྲི་སྐུགས་གཉྲིས་ བདེན་དཔྱད་འབད་ཞྲིནམ་ལས་ ལོག་སེ་ར་འཛནི་སོང་པ་ལུ་རྲིས་སོད་དགོཔ་ཨྲིན།
གནས་སྡུད་བཀདོ་ལུགས།
དབེ་ཞྲིབ་འབད་ཚར་མྲི་ ལན་ཤོག་ཚུ་ ལན་ཤགོ་འཛིན་སོང་པ་ལས་ལེན་ཏེ་ དྲི་བ་རེ་རེ་བཞྲིན་གྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་གོག་རྲིག་ནང་བཀདོ་ནྲི་དང་ དེ་བསང་འཛོལ་བ་རེ་བདའ་ཟུན་པ་ཅྲིན་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཁང་ནང་ལུ་སྙན་ཞུ་འབད་དེ་ སྒྱུར་བཅོས་འབད་དེ་སྒྱུར་བཅོས་ཡོད་པའྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་ ལོག་དག་བཅོས་འབད་དེ་ བཀོད་དགོ།
གནད་སྡུད་བཀདོ་མྲི་གྲིས་ སྐུགས་ཐོ་ པར་བསྐྲུན་འབད་ཞྲིནམ་ལས་ སྐུགས་བཀོད་འབྲི་ཤོག་དང་ལན་ཤགོ་གཉྲིས་ མཉམ་འབེལ་འབད་དེ་ བདནེ་དཔྱད་འབད་དགོ།
ལན་ཤགོ་ཚུ་ མཐའ་མའྲི་བདེན་དཔྱད་འདྲི་ གནས་སྡུད་བཀོད་མྲི་ཚུ་གྲིས་ འབདཝ་ཨྲིན།
མཐའ་མའྲི་བདནེ་དཔྱད་ འབད་ཚར་མྲི་ལན་ཤགོ་ཚུ་ ལན་ཤོག་འཛནི་སོང་པ་ལུ་ རྲིས་སོད་འབདཝ་ཨྲིན། ལན་ཤོག་འཛིན་སོང་པ་ཚུ་གྲིས་ ལན་ཤོག་ཚུ་ སོབ་གྲྭ་ཁག་དང་ ཆོས་ཚན་ཁག་སོ་སོ་འབད་ ཁ་དབེ་མྲི་འདྲི་ བམ་ཚན་བཟོ་སེ་སམ་རྐྱབ་དགོ། དེ་གུ་ཁ་བང་ ཁ་གསལ་འབད་བཏགས་དགོཔ་ཨྲིན།
ལལལལལལལལལལལ
༡. རྲིའུ་མྲིག་གསརཔ་བཟོ་སེ་ དོ་པ་ཆུ་ཚོད་༨.༣༠ ལུ་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ལཱ་འགོ་བཙུགས་ཚུགས་ཅྲི།
༢. འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་གོང་མའྲི་ཤེས་ཡནོ་ལག་ཁརེ་དང་ སད་ཡྲིག་དང་ལམ་སོལ་སོབ་སོང་གྲི་ལག་ཁེར་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྲི་དནོ་ལུ་
དྲིས་ལན་དེབ་ཆུང་ གཅྲིག་ཁར་བཟོ་མྲི་འདྲི་གྲིས་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་རྲིམ་ལུགས་ཞྲིབ་ཞྲིབ་འགོ་ནྲི་ལུ་ ཕན་ཐོགས་བྱུང་ཡོད།
༣. དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གཙོ་འཛིན་གྲི་ ཐོ་དེབ་བཟོ་མྲི་དེ་གྲིས་ ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་གནས་སྡུད་བཀོད་ནྲི་ལུ་ཕན་ཡྲི།
༤. དུས་ཅྲི་གྲི་ལོ་ནང་ བ་ངན་འབད་བའྲི་་སྙན་ཞུ་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་གཅྲིག་ལས་ཡང་མ་ལོདཔ་མ་ཚད་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གནས་སར་ནང་ལས་ཡང་ བདའ་མ་ཟུན་མྲི་འདྲི་ངལ་རངས་ཀྲི་གཞྲི་གཅྲིག་ཨྲིན་མས།
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གྲུབ་འབས་གསལ་བསྒྲགས།
ཡྲིག་ཆའྲི་སྒྲྲིག་རྲིམ་ལར་བསྒྲྲིགས་ཚར་ཞྲིནམ་ལས་ འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་གོང་མའྲི་ཤེས་ཡོན་ལག་ཁེར་དང་(XII)སད་ཡྲིག་དང་ལམ་སོལ་སོབ་སོང་གྲི་ལག་ཁེར་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་(XII)
པ་ གཉྲིས་ཀྲི་གྲུབ་འབས་ཀྲི་ གནས་ཚུལ་གསལ་བཏོན་འདྲི་ སྲི་༢༦/༡/༢༠༡༦ ལུ་ འབད་ཡདོཔ་ཨྲིན།
3.2 REPORT ON CLERICAL RE-CHECK FOR BHSEC EXAMINATION
The clerical recheck for BHSEC 2015 examination was held from February 13 till
February 19, 2016. There was a total of 163 applicants with a total of 263 papers. The
details of which are given below:
Sl. No. Subject/Paper No. of papers
1. English I 32
2. English II 21
3. Dzongkha I 15
4. Dzongkha II 15
5. Rigzhung 1
6. History 6
7. Geography 5
8. Economics 11
9. Commerce 5
10. Accountancy 18
11. Maths 45
12. Physics 28
13. Chemistry 31
14. Biology 15
15. Computer Studies 1
16. Business Mathematics 14
TOTAL PAPERS 263
The clerical re-check is coordinated by controller of examinations and carried out by subject coordinators. Clerical recheck is carried out in the following steps: (a) that all parts of the answer-scripts booklets have been marked; (b) that the marks for each sub-part/question have been correctly totaled; (c) that the total marks for these sub-part/question have been correctly transferred to the
front page of the answer script booklet;
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(d) that the marks on the front page have been correctly totaled and (e) that any examiner or moderation adjustments, if applicable, have been correctly applied. (f) that the correct marks from the Mark Tabulation Form have been correctly entered in the
Result Processing System; (g) that the other components for the result like Project Work and Paper 2 marks have been
correctly incorporated in the Result Processing System for the BHSEC recheck applicants and they have not been awarded a ‘0’ (zero) in their external marks;
(h) the BCSE recheck applicants have not been awarded a ‘0’ (zero) in their external marks and whether they also have their internal marks (Continuous Assessment) and
(i) that the changes in the result are incorporated in the result processing system. From the total of 163 clerical recheck applicants, there was a change only for one candidate in English I. The recheck results were announced on February 20, 2016 in print media and BCSEA website.
༣.༢ སྲི་ལ་ོ༢༠༡༥ ལོའྲི་ འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་བར་མའྲི་ཤསེ་ཡནོ་ལག་ཁརེ་ཆསོ་རྒྱུགས་ཀྲི་ ལན་ཤགོ་ཞྲིབ་དཔྱད་སྙན་ཞུ། འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་གོང་མའྲི་ ཤེས་ཡནོ་ལག་ཁེར་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྲི་ ལན་ཤགོ་བསར་ཞྲིབ་འདྲི་
སྲི་ཚེས་༡༣-༡༩/༢༠༡༦ ཚུན་འགོ་འདེན་འཐབ་ཅྲི། འདྲི་ནང་མྲི་ང་ོ༡༦༣ གྲིས་ཞུ་ཡྲིག་འབྲི་ཤོག་བཙུགས་མྲི་ཚུ་གྲི་ ལན་ཤོག་བསོམས་༢༦༣ འའའའའ དེ་ཚུའྲི་ཁ་གསལ་གཤམ་ལར།
ཨང་ ཆོས་ཚན/དྲི་ཤོག། དྲི་ཤོག་གྲི་གྲངས།
༡ ཨྲིང་སད་ ༡ པ། ༣༢
༢ ཨྲིང་སད་ ༢ པ། ༢༡
༣ རོང་ཁ་ ༡ པ། ༡༥
༤ རོང་ཁ་ ༢ པ། ༡༥
༥ རྲིག་གཞུང་། ༡
༦ འབྱུང་རབས། ༦
༧ ས་ཆ་རྲིག་པ། ༥
༨ དཔལ་འབོར་རྲིག་པ། ༡༡
༩ ཚོང་རྲིག། ༥
༡༠ རྲིས་རྲིག། ༡༨
ཨང་ ཆོས་ཚན/དྲི་ཤོག། དྲི་ཤོག་གྲི་གྲངས།
༡༡ ཨང་རྲིས་རྲིག་པ། ༤༥
༡༢ དངོས་ཁམས་རྲིག་པ། ༢༨
༡༣ རས་འབོར་རྲིག་པ། ༣༡
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༡༤ སེ་ལྡན་རྲིག་པ། ༡༥
༡༥ གོག་རྲིག་སོབ་སོང་། ༡
༡༦ ཚོང་འབེལ་ཨང་རྲིས། ༡༤
ལན་ཤོག་བསོམས་ ༢༦༣
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའ ལན་ཤགོ་བསར་ཞྲིབ་འདྲི་ འགོ་གྲི་བ་རྲིམ་བཞྲིན་ འག་ོའདནེ་འཐབ་ཅྲི། ཀ ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་ དྲི་བའྲི་ཆ་ཤས་ག་ར་ལུ་ ཞྲིབ་དཔྱད་འབད་ནུག་ག་བལ་ཡྲི། ཁ ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་ དྲི་བའྲི་ཆ་ཤས་ག་ར་ལུ་ ཞྲིབ་དཔྱད་འབད་བའྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་ མ་འཛོལ་བས་ག་ བལ་ཡྲི། ག ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་ དྲི་བའྲི་ཆ་ཤས་ག་ར་ལུ་ ཞྲིབ་དཔྱད་འབད་ད་ེསྐུགས་ཚུ་ ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་གདོང་ཁར་བཀོད་ནུག་ག་ བལ་ཡྲི། ང ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་གདོང་ཁར་བཀོད་པའྲི་ སྐུགས་བསོམས་ཚུ་ཀྲྲིག་ཀྲྲི་འདུག་ག་ བལ་ཡྲི།
ཅ སྐུགས་ཐོ་བཀོད་ཁམ་གྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་RPSནང་ ལག་ཆད་མདེ་པར་བཀོད་ནུག་ག་ བལ་ཡྲི།
ཆ འབྲུག་འབྲིང་རྲིམ་བར་མའྲི་ ཤེས་ཡོན་ལག་ཁེར་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ ལས་འགུལ་དང་དྲི་ཤོག་གཉྲིས་པའྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའནང་ དུས་མཐུན་དང་མཉམ་འབེལ་འབད་ བཀོད་ནུག་ག་དང་ འབྲི་རྒྱུགས་ཀྲི་སྐུགས་ཚུ་ མ་བཀོད་པར་ལུས་ནུག་ག་ཚུ།
ཇ བསར་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་ཞུ་ཡྲིག་བཙུགས་མྲི་ མྲི་ང་ོཚུ་ལུ་ དུས་རྒྱུན་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་སྐུགས་`0’འབད་ མ་ལུས་ག་དང་ ཀྲྲིག་ཀྲྲི་འབད་བཀདོ་ནུག་ག་ཚུ་ བལཝ་ཨྲིན། ཉ སྒྱུར་བཅོས་ཡོད་པ་ཅྲིན་ གྲུབ་འབས་ཚུ་ དུས་མཐུན་བཟོཝ་ཨྲིན། ཡོངས་བསོམས་མྲི་ངོམ་༡༦༣ གྲིས་ ལན་ཤོག་བསར་ཞྲིབ་ཀྲི་དོན་ལུ་ཞུ་ཡྲིག་བཙུགས་ས་ལས་ མྲི་ངོམ་གཅྲིག་གྲི་ ཨྲིང་སད་དང་པ་རྐྱངམ་ཅྲིག་མ་གཏོགས་འཛོལ་བ་མ་བྱུང་།
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའ
༢༠ /༢ /༢༠༡༦ འའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ.འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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CHAPTER 4: BHUTAN CERTIFICATE FOR SECONDARY
EDUCATION (BCSE - X) 2015
4.1 OVERALL INFORMATION
All candidates registered for the BCSE examination did not appear the examination
as they withdrew due to medical or other genuine problems. The pass percentage
is therefore worked out on the number of candidates that actually appeared the
examination. Registration is categorized as follows:
REG-Candidates appearing the examination with regular class attendance.
PVT-Candidates with PCNA (Pass Certificate not Awarded) in the previous
examination and appearing examination in the following year.
SUP-Candidates with PCA (Pass Certificate Awarded) in the previous examination
and appearing the examination again for improvement.
Table 4.1
Out of the total of 11570 candidates registered for the BCSE examination, 11324
candidates appeared the examination. The pass percentage of the regular candidates
was 93.00%, for the private candidates it was recorded at 87.36% and
supplementary candidates achieved 92.84% pass percentage.
4.2 OVERALL GENDER WISE PERFORMANCE
A total of 5454 boys and 5 8 7 0 girls were registered for 2015 BCSE examinations. Out of
them 5126 boys and 5400 girls passed the examination.
Figure 3.1: Gender wise pass percentage.
Of the 11324 candidates, 93.99% of boys and 91.99% of girls passed the examination.
92.95
93.99
91.99
90.00
91.00
92.00
93.00
94.00
95.00
TOTAL BOYS GIRLS
TYPE
ENTERED APPEARED PASS FAIL ABSENT PASS%
T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F TOTAL BOYS GIRLS
REG 11048 5342 5706 10860 5237 5623 10100 4926 5174 760 311 449 188 105 83 93.00 94.06 92.01
PVT 92 49 43 87 46 41 76 41 35 11 5 6 5 3 2 87.36 89.13 85.37
SUP 430 203 227 377 171 206 350 159 191 27 12 15 53 32 21 92.84 92.98 92.72
TOTAL 11570 5594 5976 11324 5454 5870 10526 5126 5400 798 328 470 246 140 106 92.95 93.99 91.99
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4.3 PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES BY REGISTRATION TYPE
The table below shows the number of candidates (categorized as REG-Regular, PVT-
Private and SUP- Supplementary) in each center that appeared and passed the
examination.
For BCSE 2015 Examination, 112 schools were registered out of which 18 schools achieved cent percent pass result.
Table 4.2
SCHOOL
APPEARED PASS PASS %
REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT
YANGCHENPHUG HSS 323 X 3 326 308 0 3 311 95.36 X 100.00 95.40
BAJOTHANG HSS 181 X 11 192 160 0 8 168 88.40 X 72.73 87.50
BAYLING HSS 118 3 5 126 107 2 5 114 90.68 66.67 100.00 90.48
CHUKHA HSS 145 X 11 156 129 0 11 140 88.97 X 100.00 89.74
DAMPHU HSS 210 X 6 216 202 0 6 208 96.19 X 100.00 96.30
DRUKGYEL HSS 142 X X 142 138 0 0 138 97.18 X X 97.18
GELEPHU HSS 226 X 5 231 215 0 5 220 95.13 X 100.00 95.24
GYELPOZHING HSS 141 X 5 146 140 0 4 144 99.29 X 80.00 98.63
JAKAR HSS 143 1 4 148 140 1 4 145 97.90 100.00 100.00 97.97
JIGME SHERUBLING HSS 100 X 1 101 99 0 1 100 99.00 X 100.00 99.01
MONGAR HSS 194 X 5 199 188 0 5 193 96.91 X 100.00 96.98
MOTITHANG HSS 289 X 4 293 257 0 1 258 88.93 X 25.00 88.05
NANGKOR HSS 104 X 4 108 103 0 4 107 99.04 X 100.00 99.07
PHUENTSHOLING HSS 168 X 7 175 149 0 4 153 88.69 X 57.14 87.43
LHUNTSE HSS 64 X 1 65 64 0 1 65 100.00 X 100.00 100.00
PUNAKHA HSS 44 X 3 47 44 0 3 47 100.00 X 100.00 100.00
RANJUNG HSS 128 X 3 131 126 0 2 128 98.44 X 66.67 97.71
SHERUBLING HSS 99 X 3 102 94 0 3 97 94.95 X 100.00 95.10
SAMTSE HSS 192 X 14 206 173 0 12 185 90.10 X 85.71 89.81
UGYEN ACADEMY HSS 70 X X 70 70 0 0 70 100.00 X X 100.00
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HSS 203 X 17 220 190 0 16 206 93.60 X 94.12 93.64
ZHEMGANG CS 90 X 4 94 85 0 4 89 94.44 X 100.00 94.68
CHAPCHA MSS 79 X 1 80 76 0 1 77 96.20 X 100.00 96.25
CHUMEY MSS 72 X X 72 69 0 0 69 95.83 X X 95.83
DAGA HSS 136 X 4 140 135 0 4 139 99.26 X 100.00 99.29
DARLA MSS 78 X 9 87 73 0 9 82 93.59 X 100.00 94.25
GARPAWONG MSS 71 X 3 74 63 0 3 66 88.73 X 100.00 89.19
DRUJEYGANG HSS 64 2 6 72 59 2 6 67 92.19 100.00 100.00 93.06
GASELO HSS 107 X 3 110 80 0 3 83 74.77 X 100.00 75.45
SHARI HSS 91 8 2 101 88 7 1 96 96.70 87.50 50.00 95.05
GEDU HSS 50 X 6 56 49 0 6 55 98.00 X 100.00 98.21
GOMTU MSS 113 11 6 130 108 10 6 124 95.58 90.91 100.00 95.38
JAMPELING HSS 78 X 4 82 74 0 4 78 94.87 X 100.00 95.12
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SCHOOL
APPEARED PASS PASS %
REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT
KHASADRAPCHU MSS 52 X X 52 46 0 0 46 88.46 X X 88.46
KHURUTHANG MSS 82 1 2 85 77 1 1 79 93.90 100.00 50.00 92.94
LUNGTENZAMPA MSS 388 X 4 392 334 0 3 337 86.08 X 75.00 85.97
NGANGLAM HSS 192 X 7 199 176 0 6 182 91.67 X 85.71 91.46
PELJORLING HSS 125 X 5 130 113 0 5 118 90.40 X 100.00 90.77
PEMA GATSHEL MSS 66 X 4 70 60 0 4 64 90.91 X 100.00 91.43
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR MSS 83 4 6 93 71 3 6 80 85.54 75.00 100.00 86.02
SARPANG HSS 185 X 2 187 177 0 2 179 95.68 X 100.00 95.72
SHABA MSS 118 X 3 121 115 0 3 118 97.46 X 100.00 97.52
TAKTSE MSS 52 X 1 53 45 0 1 46 86.54 X 100.00 86.79
TANGMACHU CS 110 2 4 116 103 2 4 109 93.64 100.00 100.00 93.97
DECHENTSEMO CS 111 X 1 112 101 0 1 102 90.99 X 100.00 91.07
TRASHIGANG MSS 31 X 6 37 29 0 4 33 93.55 X 66.67 89.19
TSENKARLA CS 187 6 3 196 160 5 3 168 85.56 83.33 100.00 85.71
TRASHITSE HSS 199 X 6 205 190 0 6 196 95.48 X 100.00 95.61
WANGCHUK MSS 58 X 6 64 54 0 5 59 93.10 X 83.33 92.19
YEBILAPTSA MSS 100 X 4 104 95 0 4 99 95.00 X 100.00 95.19
DECHHENCHOELING HSS 163 1 6 170 154 1 6 161 94.48 100.00 100.00 94.71
SAMTENGANG CS 145 X X 145 136 0 0 136 93.79 X X 93.79
MENDREGANG CS 100 X 6 106 94 0 6 100 94.00 X 100.00 94.34
TENDRUK HSS 159 6 5 170 140 5 5 150 88.05 83.33 100.00 88.24
YOESELTSE MSS 91 2 6 99 83 2 6 91 91.21 100.00 100.00 91.92
KHANGKHU MSS 89 1 X 90 89 1 0 90 100.00 100.00 X 100.00
YADI HSS 98 X 4 102 98 0 4 102 100.00 X 100.00 100.00
DRAMETSE CS 52 3 2 57 52 3 2 57 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
BJISHONG CS 59 4 X 63 58 4 0 62 98.31 100.00 X 98.41
PHUENTSHOLING MSS 93 X 1 94 91 0 1 92 97.85 X 100.00 97.87
LANGO MSS 89 X X 89 75 0 0 75 84.27 X X 84.27
DASHIDING HSS 92 X X 92 88 0 0 88 95.65 X X 95.65
JOMOTSHANGKHA MSS 22 X X 22 21 0 0 21 95.45 X X 95.45
LOSELING MSS 101 X 3 104 91 0 3 94 90.10 X 100.00 90.38
RADHI MSS 19 X 1 20 19 0 1 20 100.00 X 100.00 100.00
DR. TOBGYEL MSS 14 X X 14 14 0 0 14 100.00 X X 100.00
LHAMOYZINGKHA MSS 44 X X 44 43 0 0 43 97.73 X X 97.73
AUTSHO MSS 68 X X 68 58 0 0 58 85.29 X X 85.29
BITEKHA MSS 80 X 4 84 79 0 4 83 98.75 X 100.00 98.81
KABESA MSS 43 X X 43 42 0 0 42 97.67 X X 97.67
KIDHEYKHAR MSS 59 X X 59 59 0 0 59 100.00 X X 100.00
KUZUCHEN MSS 27 X 1 28 26 0 1 27 96.30 X 100.00 96.43
PAKSHIKHA CS 144 X 9 153 137 0 8 145 95.14 X 88.89 94.77
BULI MSS 58 3 3 64 58 3 3 64 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
CHANGANGKHA MSS 127 X X 127 125 0 0 125 98.43 X X 98.43
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SCHOOL
APPEARED PASS PASS %
REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT REG PVT SUP TOT
DRUK SCHOOL 28 X X 28 28 0 0 28 100.00 X X 100.00
SAMCHOLING MSS 69 X 1 70 66 0 1 67 95.65 X 100.00 95.71
TANG CS 44 X 2 46 41 0 2 43 93.18 X 100.00 93.48
UTPAL HSS 18 X 15 33 17 0 14 31 94.44 X 93.33 93.94
KAMJI MSS 101 X 5 106 96 0 4 100 95.05 X 80.00 94.34
CHUMIGTHANG MSS 48 4 X 52 40 3 0 43 83.33 75.00 X 82.69
GESARLING CS 76 X 2 78 70 0 2 72 92.11 X 100.00 92.31
GONGTHUNG MSS 63 X 1 64 60 0 1 61 95.24 X 100.00 95.31
KARMALING HSS 75 X 3 78 66 0 3 69 88.00 X 100.00 88.46
PHOBJIKHA MSS 63 X X 63 57 0 0 57 90.48 X X 90.48
RAMJAR MSS 77 4 6 87 68 2 6 76 88.31 50.00 100.00 87.36
CHASKHAR CS 18 X X 18 18 0 0 18 100.00 X X 100.00
CHUNGDU CS 10 2 1 13 9 2 1 12 90.00 100.00 100.00 92.31
GOMDAR CS 17 X X 17 15 0 0 15 88.24 X X 88.24
MINJEY MSS 19 X X 19 15 0 0 15 78.95 X X 78.95
MINJEYWOONG CS 17 X X 17 17 0 0 17 100.00 X X 100.00
TSHANGKHA MSS 12 X X 12 12 0 0 12 100.00 X X 100.00
WANAKHA CS 8 X X 8 8 0 0 8 100.00 X X 100.00
WANGBAMA CS 36 X X 36 36 0 0 36 100.00 X X 100.00
UDZORONG CS 54 X X 54 47 0 0 47 87.04 X X 87.04
YELCHEN CS 14 1 1 16 13 1 1 15 92.86 100.00 100.00 93.75
YURUNG CS 71 X X 71 70 0 0 70 98.59 X X 98.59
ZHILUKHA MSS 78 X 1 79 78 0 1 79 100.00 X 100.00 100.00
BABESA MSS 126 X 3 129 103 0 3 106 81.75 X 100.00 82.17
DOROKHA CS 143 X 18 161 116 0 16 132 81.12 X 88.89 81.99
MARTSHALLA MSS 76 X 3 79 76 0 3 79 100.00 X 100.00 100.00
NORBULING CS 177 X 1X 177 161 0 10 171 90.96 X X 96.61
ORONG HSS 114 X 3 117 102 0 2 104 89.47 X 66.67 88.89
PELRITHANG MSS 90 3 1 94 82 2 1 85 91.11 66.67 100.00 90.43
PHUNTSHOTHANG MSS 56 X 1 57 52 0 1 53 92.86 X 100.00 92.98
TASHIDINGKHA MSS 139 X 2 141 133 0 2 135 95.68 X 100.00 95.74
URA MSS 46 1 3 50 43 1 3 47 93.48 100.00 100.00 94.00
BARTSHAM MSS 88 2 X 90 83 2 0 85 94.32 100.00 X 94.44
PELKHIL HSS 13 8 6 27 12 7 6 25 92.31 87.50 100.00 92.59
SONAMTHANG CS 103 X 9 112 92 0 9 101 89.32 X 100.00 90.18
DAGAPELA MSS 88 X 2 90 73 0 2 75 82.95 X 100.00 83.33
DUNGTSE MSS 97 4 3 104 94 4 3 101 96.91 100.00 100.00 97.12
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4.4 PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH AND FOUR BEST SUBJECTS
Candidates’ entry into higher secondary level is determined by their performance in
English and four best subjects. The table below represents the performance of
candidates by score range in English and four best subjects.
Table 4.3
RANGE N %
0-34 28 0.25
35-50 2799 24.72
51-60 3942 34.81
61-70 3009 26.57
71-80 1301 11.49
81-100 245 2.16
‘RANGE’ reflects the mark range of the number of candidates (N) where 3942 candidates out of 11324 scored in the range of 56-70.
4.5 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE
Table 4.4
SUBJECT
PASS % MEAN STDEV
T M F T M F T M F
ENGLISH 99.89 99.82 99.97 52.95 53.13 52.78 9.02 9.38 8.61
DZONGKHA 99.52 99.30 99.73 56.41 56.45 56.36 9.62 8.86 10.34
ECONOMICS 93.08 95.05 91.50 48.13 50.24 46.44 12.94 12.88 12.82
MATHS 80.77 82.56 79.10 44.34 46.30 42.51 15.27 14.37 16.02
HISTORY CIVICS & GEOGRAPHY 97.94 98.51 97.41 53.65 55.53 51.90 12.10 12.19 11.81
SCIENCE 91.90 92.72 91.14 45.28 46.82 43.85 12.39 11.79 12.90
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 99.94 99.92 99.96 77.45 77.61 77.28 9.76 9.76 9.76
Subjects like Computer Applications, Dzongkha and HCG have higher mean scores of 77.45, 56.41, 53.65 with the Standard deviation of 9.76, 9.62 and 12.10 respectively. Note: SD (Standard Deviation) tells us how much scores are moving away from the
mean. Lesser the SD more consistent are the scores.
4.5.1 NATIONAL SUBJECT-WISE MARK RANGE
Table 4.5 SUBJECT 0-34 35-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-100
ENGLISH 12 3257 4666 2614 715 60
DZONGKHA 54 1834 3850 4011 1431 115
ECONOMICS 387 2362 1442 916 392 92
MATHS 2178 5364 1709 1085 639 349
HISTORY CIVICS & GEOGRAPHY 233 3559 3373 2650 1268 241
SCIENCE 917 6587 1987 1125 553 155
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 3 47 168 688 1620 2613
The table shows the marks range of the candidates who appeared the examination.
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Figure 3.2: Subject Wise Marks Range
The performance in Computer Applications is good with the maximum candidates scoring in 81-100 range. Scores of most candidates are concentrated in 35-60 range in all other subjects.
4.6 PERFORMANCE BY PARENTAL OCCUPATION
Occupational background of the parents and guardians has a bearing on children’s academic performance. The following tables show the record of performance by occupational group:
4.6.1 SUBJECT WISE PASS PERCENTAGE BY PARENTAL OCCUPATIONAL GROUP
Table 4.6
OCCUPATION ENG DZO ECO MAT HCG SCI COMP
FARMER 99.95 99.66 92.03 80.45 97.64 90.98 99.96
BUSINESS 99.76 99.15 96.64 80.44 98.66 93.92 99.77
GOVT. SERVICE 99.82 99.30 93.52 82.75 98.71 93.98 99.89
CORPORATION 100.00 99.73 94.74 80.85 97.87 93.09 100.00
OTHER 99.80 99.00 94.33 79.45 98.83 91.39 100.00
N/A 99.82 99.65 93.13 78.13 97.53 90.12 100.00
ARM FORCE 99.89 99.78 94.48 81.57 97.79 91.94 100.00
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 100.00 100.00 95.45 78.72 95.74 97.87 100.00
N ORGANIZATION 100.00 100.00 100.00 65.00 100.00 85.00 100.00
PVT.COMPANY 99.84 99.04 92.41 80.32 97.60 92.64 100.00
RELIGIOUS BODY 100.00 100.00 100.00 89.25 97.85 93.55 100.00
Computer Application has cent percent performance in almost all parental occupational
groups. Children of parents in the NGO, Corporation, Local Government, Non-
Government Organization and Religious Body achieved cent percent pass in English,
Dzongkha and HCG. Pass Percentage in English in most occupational groups are better
than all other subjects, except Computer.
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
ENGLISH DZONGKHA ECONOMICS MATHS HISTORYCIVICS &
GEOGRAPHY
SCIENCE COMPUTERAPPLICATIONS
0-34
35-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-100
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4.6.2 SUBJECT WISE MEAN BY PARENTAL OCCUPATIONAL GROUP Table 4.7
Children of parents in the Religious Body scored the highest mean in Dzongkha,
Mathematics and HCG. Children of parents in the NGOS scored highest mean in
English, Science and Computer Application. Children of parents in OTHER scored
highest mean in Economics.
4.7 CANDIDATES QUALIFYING FOR HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL IN
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Candidates’ admission into higher secondary education in government schools is
determined by the aggregate of English and three best scored subjects. The entry cut
off point is worked out on the availability of seats in the government schools by MOE.
Table 3.9 shows the percentage of candidates who qualified to government schools.
Table 4.8
SCHOOL N QUALIFIED %
YANGCHENPHUG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 326 159 48.77
BAJOTHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 192 70 36.46
BAYLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 126 62 49.21
CHUKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 156 65 41.67
DAMPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 216 135 62.50
DRUKGYEL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 142 92 64.79
GELEPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 231 92 39.83
GYELPOZHING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 146 84 57.53
JAKAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 148 80 54.05
JIGME SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 101 86 85.15
MONGAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 199 113 56.78
MOTITHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 293 139 47.44
NANGKOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 108 78 72.22
PHUENTSHOLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 175 82 46.86
LHUNTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 65 37 56.92
PUNAKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 47 32 68.09
RANJUNG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 131 95 72.52
OCCUPATION ENG DZO ECO MAT HCG SCI COMP
FARMER 54.43 61.63 51.59 45.86 55.81 46.89 78.62
BUSINESS 58.79 56.20 52.02 46.75 56.72 48.30 80.67
GOVT. SERVICE 63.62 57.90 56.64 52.19 61.37 53.12 83.91
CORPORATION 60.67 57.00 53.24 50.25 59.51 52.38 81.17
OTHER 59.23 61.52 66.67 48.85 59.35 52.88 77.36
N/A 57.48 58.13 51.27 46.41 56.45 47.78 79.64
ARM FORCE 60.33 52.00 35.00 37.67 49.33 45.33 81.50
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 57.00 52.75 46.00 35.25 49.00 38.25 68.50
N ORGANIZATION 67.80 51.20 61.50 50.00 65.80 53.20 85.33
PVT.COMPANY 60.11 53.03 50.43 46.42 56.21 48.12 81.65
RELIGIOUS BODY 60.00 68.50 46.00 53.50 66.50 52.50 83.00
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SCHOOL N QUALIFIED %
SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 102 56 54.90
SAMTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 206 67 32.52
UGYEN ACADEMY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 70 57 81.43
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 220 91 41.36
ZHEMGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 94 52 55.32
CHAPCHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 80 33 41.25
CHUMEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 72 28 38.89
DAGA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 140 89 63.57
DARLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 87 32 36.78
GARPAWONG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 74 28 37.84
DRUJEYGANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 72 34 47.22
GASELO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 110 32 29.09
SHARI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 101 51 50.50
GEDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56 29 51.79
GOMTU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 130 51 39.23
JAMPELING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 82 45 54.88
KHASADRAPCHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52 30 57.69
KHURUTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 85 42 49.41
LUNGTENZAMPA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 392 171 43.62
NGANGLAM HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 199 90 45.23
PELJORLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 130 55 42.31
PEMA GATSHEL MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 70 31 44.29
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 93 32 34.41
SARPANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 187 97 51.87
SHABA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 121 73 60.33
TAKTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53 24 45.28
TANGMACHU CENTRAL SCHOOL 116 45 38.79
DECHENTSEMO CENTRAL SCHOOL 112 67 59.82
TRASHIGANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37 19 51.35
TSENKARLA CENTRAL SCHOOL 196 72 36.73
TRASHITSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 205 96 46.83
WANGCHUK MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 64 26 40.63
YEBILAPTSA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 104 53 50.96
DECHHENCHOELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 170 64 37.65
SAMTENGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 145 82 56.55
MENDREGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 106 46 43.40
TENDRUK HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 170 47 27.65
YOESELTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 99 47 47.47
KHANGKHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 90 66 73.33
YADI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 102 77 75.49
DRAMETSE CENTRAL SCHOOL 57 34 59.65
BJISHONG CENTAL SCHOOL 63 39 61.90
PHUENTSHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 94 55 58.51
LANGO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 89 26 29.21
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SCHOOL N QUALIFIED %
DASHIDING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 92 42 45.65
JOMOTSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 22 8 36.36
LOSELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 104 43 41.35
RADHI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 20 15 75.00
DR. TOBGYEL SCHOOL 14 13 92.86
LHAMOYZINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 44 26 59.09
AUTSHO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 68 26 38.24
BITEKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 84 41 48.81
KABESA MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 43 33 76.74
KIDHEYKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 59 45 76.27
KUZUCHEN MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 28 15 53.57
PAKSHIKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 153 68 44.44
BULI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 64 43 67.19
CHANGANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 127 60 47.24
DRUK SCHOOL 28 26 92.86
SAMCHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 70 34 48.57
TANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 46 20 43.48
UTPAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 33 12 36.36
KAMJI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 106 30 28.30
CHUMIGTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52 16 30.77
GESARLING CENTRAL SCHOOL 78 28 35.90
GONGTHUNG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 64 29 45.31
KARMALING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 78 27 34.62
PHOBJIKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 63 25 39.68
RAMJAR MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 87 26 29.89
CHASKHAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 18 10 55.56
CHUNGDU CENTRAL SCHOOL 13 3 23.08
GOMDAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 17 6 35.29
MINJEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 19 2 10.53
MINJEYWOONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 17 9 52.94
TSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY CHOOL 12 6 50.00
WANAKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 8 5 62.50
WANGBAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL 36 21 58.33
UDZORONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 54 24 44.44
YELCHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL 16 7 43.75
YURUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL 71 35 49.30
ZHILUKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 79 45 56.96
BABESA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 129 33 25.58
DOROKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 161 37 22.98
MARTSHALLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 79 57 72.15
NORBULING CENTRAL SCHOOL 187 72 38.50
ORONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 117 50 42.74
PELRITHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 94 40 42.55
PHUNTSHOTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57 21 36.84
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SCHOOL N QUALIFIED %
TASHIDINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 141 65 46.10
URA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50 20 40.00
BARTSHAM MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 90 47 52.22
PELKHIL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 27 11 40.74
SONAMTHANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 112 42 37.50
DAGAPELA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 90 36 40.00
DUNGTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 104 74 71.15
Lungtenzampa MSS has the highest number of students qualifying to government schools. Druk School and Dr. Tobgyel MSS both have 92.86% of their students qualifying for the government schools.
4.8 DZONGKHAG WISE PERFORMANCE
4.8.1 SUBJECT WISE PASS PERCENTAGE
Table 4.9
DZONGKHAG ENG DZO ECO MAT HCG SCI COMP
BUMTHANG 100.00 100.00 97.62 80.06 99.68 95.25 100.00
CHUKHA 99.80 99.22 92.78 77.61 97.07 91.10 100.00
DAGANA 100.00 99.53 95.34 83.96 98.82 93.40 100.00
GASA 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.24 98.41 98.41 100.00
HAA 100.00 100.00 97.92 86.27 98.28 87.98 100.00
LHUNTSE 99.63 100.00 90.21 82.46 96.64 92.91 100.00
MONGAR 100.00 100.00 98.76 90.36 100.00 97.59 100.00
PARO 100.00 99.40 94.70 83.38 99.25 94.46 99.73
PEMAGATSHEL 100.00 100.00 91.90 83.62 97.84 94.18 100.00
PUNAKHA 100.00 99.66 95.86 86.95 99.49 89.83 100.00
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 99.64 100.00 89.82 79.78 96.21 89.89 100.00
SAMTSE 99.78 98.77 91.81 71.76 95.87 89.06 99.71
SARPANG 100.00 99.57 94.21 75.82 99.00 93.28 100.00
THIMPHU 99.83 98.83 92.83 78.12 98.12 90.80 100.00
TRASHIGANG 100.00 99.89 91.92 88.63 98.87 95.16 100.00
TRASHIYANGTSE 99.76 100.00 84.02 79.22 95.60 86.31 100.00
TRONGSA 100.00 99.58 97.96 77.64 98.31 92.41 100.00
TSIRANG 100.00 100.00 96.35 83.54 100.00 95.34 100.00
WANGDUE PHODRANG 99.80 99.80 89.87 76.27 94.31 86.08 99.60
ZHEMGANG 100.00 100.00 92.81 80.21 98.66 92.78 100.00
Except for Samtse, Paro and Wangduephodrang Dzongkhags, all the other
Dzongkhags have 100% pass percentage in Computer Applications. No Dzongkhags attained 100% pass in Mathematics and Science.
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4.8.2 SUBJECT WISE MEAN
Table 4.10
The highest mean scores for most subjects were between 51 – 61 marks. Gasa
dzongkhag has the maximum mean score of 84.29 in Computer Applications.
4.8.3 SUBJECT WISE STANDARD DEVIATION.
Table 4.11
DZONGKHAG ENG DZO ECO MAT HCG SCI COMP
BUMTHANG 8.86 8.75 13.10 13.96 11.52 11.24 8.94
CHUKHA 9.01 9.30 12.94 15.81 11.90 11.92 10.75
DAGANA 8.47 8.54 14.37 14.65 12.01 12.06 9.97
GASA 8.45 8.40 12.09 15.71 13.22 12.66 7.18
HAA 8.43 8.61 10.29 14.02 11.48 11.00 7.53
LHUNTSE 7.87 7.27 12.53 13.79 12.01 10.98 9.56
MONGAR 8.20 7.86 13.92 13.90 11.24 12.00 8.78
PARO 9.01 8.99 12.19 15.41 11.11 12.64 9.35
PEMAGATSHEL 8.83 8.17 13.20 15.03 11.46 12.09 9.80
PUNAKHA 9.04 8.16 11.95 15.88 10.76 12.12 8.38
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 8.63 9.56 11.74 14.44 11.98 11.54 8.95
SAMTSE 8.52 9.12 12.87 14.79 11.85 11.79 10.43
SARPANG 8.71 9.73 11.70 14.76 12.21 11.89 10.74
THIMPHU 9.91 9.63 12.31 16.01 12.73 13.27 9.44
TRASHIGANG 8.45 7.81 13.52 15.70 11.94 12.94 8.77
TRASHIYANGTSE 8.29 7.17 12.54 13.99 12.44 12.24 8.25
DZONGKHAG ENG DZO ECO MAT HCG SCI COMP
BUMTHANG 56.48 62.26 54.77 44.76 57.34 46.44 80.35
CHUKHA 56.32 57.75 50.71 45.86 54.96 46.72 76.02
DAGANA 55.20 60.31 54.47 47.25 57.33 48.62 77.57
GASA 56.10 61.49 56.22 51.11 57.76 49.05 84.29
HAA 53.75 60.20 50.85 47.03 56.35 43.97 83.67
LHUNTSE 51.82 64.20 48.92 45.69 54.42 46.30 75.20
MONGAR 57.26 66.51 58.75 49.28 59.69 49.62 80.63
PARO 58.88 60.10 52.75 47.71 56.45 48.54 80.37
PEMAGATSHEL 55.58 64.41 49.66 46.94 55.63 49.39 78.15
PUNAKHA 56.78 60.51 53.72 49.28 57.73 47.12 79.11
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR 53.02 62.44 49.63 45.55 53.75 45.65 78.62
SAMTSE 54.03 53.31 51.06 42.36 52.97 46.05 78.14
SARPANG 55.84 56.27 50.00 44.38 56.51 46.90 80.85
THIMPHU 58.65 56.21 50.26 46.34 57.54 48.17 81.86
TRASHIGANG 56.67 66.24 52.09 50.05 58.09 50.75 80.94
TRASHIYANGTSE 53.51 62.53 47.07 44.54 53.89 44.07 76.38
TRONGSA 55.12 62.73 58.49 44.88 56.16 47.32 76.86
TSIRANG 56.18 57.81 56.65 46.57 60.16 47.44 83.32
WANGDUE PHODRANG 54.20 59.59 51.25 44.37 53.95 46.18 77.92
ZHEMGANG 55.72 63.68 51.54 46.22 55.96 48.46 77.89
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DZONGKHAG ENG DZO ECO MAT HCG SCI COMP
TRONGSA 7.97 8.10 12.55 15.03 11.71 12.54 9.23
TSIRANG 7.75 8.09 12.66 14.85 11.31 11.06 8.37
WANGDUE PHODRANG 8.96 9.08 13.18 14.97 13.17 13.17 10.65
ZHEMGANG 8.53 8.55 12.34 15.34 11.89 12.58 9.52
SD (Standard Deviation) tells us how much scores are moving away from the mean. Lower the SD, more consistent are the scores. SD for English, Dzongkha and Computer Applications are more consistent in almost all the Dzongkhags compared to other subjects.
4.9 CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT MARKS FOR SCHOOLS.
BCSE candidates are assessed externally by BCSEA in written examination with 80%
weighting and school based assessment as Continuous Assessment with 20% weighting. Table 3.13 shows the subject wise mean scores of written examination and Continuous Assessment for each school.
Table 4.12
ENG1 ENG2 DZO1 DZO2 ECO MAT
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20
YANGCHENPHUG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 44.14 17.82 39.97 18.03 38.87 18.39 37.62 18.57 34.27 18.42 30.18 18.21
BAJOTHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.10 17.86 35.09 17.99 40.39 18.03 36.81 18.03 35.66 18.48 26.20 17.64
BAYLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.39 19.11 32.89 18.87 44.52 19.00 40.51 18.92 33.68 18.22 26.48 18.58
CHUKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 43.06 19.08 36.05 19.01 42.06 18.63 40.97 18.69 38.10 18.42 25.97 18.69
DAMPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 42.06 18.55 34.87 18.69 41.84 19.20 37.11 18.69 40.99 19.56 29.03 18.98
DRUKGYEL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 44.39 18.79 36.67 18.79 43.23 18.65 42.63 18.83 38.07 19.37 38.01 19.16
GELEPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.07 18.26 34.76 17.97 37.51 18.59 36.04 18.47 31.70 18.56 24.85 18.44
GYELPOZHING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.26 18.47 35.23 18.52 45.32 18.98 49.17 18.95 34.25 19.23 29.90 18.83
JAKAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.60 18.82 39.27 18.80 46.04 19.22 42.71 19.22 38.32 18.92 25.32 19.22
JIGME SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 44.21 19.86 37.50 19.82 49.12 19.32 48.86 19.30 36.81 19.62 35.01 19.91
MONGAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.88 18.46 38.30 18.46 45.42 18.70 45.06 18.60 44.31 18.46 28.94 18.48
MOTITHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.75 17.99 38.89 17.89 38.57 18.85 36.94 19.17 30.25 16.38 26.56 18.00
NANGKOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.26 19.41 36.43 19.41 46.92 18.93 47.33 19.06 40.10 19.17 32.38 18.15
PHUENTSHOLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.91 17.32 39.70 17.29 42.47 18.35 37.42 18.30 28.43 16.39 31.57 17.74
LHUNTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.48 18.68 32.48 18.66 43.57 18.32 43.27 18.40 39.00 18.20 42.14 18.26
PUNAKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.34 18.02 40.18 17.91 41.33 19.11 41.71 19.02 42.38 18.25 27.34 18.79
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ENG1 ENG2 DZO1 DZO2 ECO MAT
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20
RANJUNG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.63 19.65 38.36 19.65 45.43 19.56 48.07 19.57 39.18 19.90 30.46 19.27
SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.18 17.05 38.37 17.50 44.14 18.09 44.21 18.87 40.97 18.13 30.44 17.38
SAMTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.66 18.05 33.64 18.17 35.80 18.06 33.78 18.15 28.91 18.64 25.28 17.76
UGYEN ACADEMY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 47.92 19.40 44.94 19.54 41.27 19.78 38.46 19.81 X X 39.99 19.87
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.22 17.93 33.11 17.87 42.42 18.91 40.44 19.03 31.94 18.67 28.19 18.96
ZHEMGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 40.09 19.04 39.18 18.64 42.38 18.71 41.01 18.81 38.02 18.86 26.11 18.43
CHAPCHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.71 18.23 33.84 18.31 42.45 18.36 39.69 18.81 30.84 18.04 23.41 18.70
CHUMEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.30 18.82 31.85 18.96 39.78 19.08 39.11 19.31 33.17 19.13 27.48 18.46
DAGA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.54 18.76 36.94 18.74 44.18 19.02 44.43 18.99 43.76 19.19 31.03 18.65
DARLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.73 19.64 33.88 19.84 32.67 19.02 32.85 19.03 29.37 18.98 19.57 19.00
GARPAWONG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.74 19.55 32.20 19.30 37.95 19.28 38.43 19.31 23.41 19.63 23.90 19.22
DRUJEYGANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.10 19.14 31.60 19.19 42.57 19.50 43.49 19.50 28.83 19.30 21.44 19.56
GASELO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.00 18.55 27.90 18.54 39.15 18.70 38.97 19.05 25.13 17.23 21.16 18.78
SHARI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.11 18.96 37.98 19.18 40.53 18.87 42.96 19.11 32.98 18.18 23.01 18.94
GEDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.48 18.55 35.29 18.43 43.51 18.55 39.74 18.88 28.10 18.24 26.87 18.36
GOMTU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.46 18.10 35.85 18.48 35.93 18.68 35.83 18.74 31.85 17.83 23.57 18.71
JAMPELING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.09 19.05 36.40 19.06 45.20 19.46 43.19 19.61 38.40 18.40 32.94 19.02
KHASADRAPCHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.28 17.69 34.07 18.06 42.02 19.02 37.52 19.19 X X 28.75 18.08
KHURUTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.09 16.08 36.05 14.88 40.97 17.69 39.76 17.75 40.00 16.35 33.97 18.89
LUNGTENZAMPA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 42.20 18.39 39.11 18.50 37.16 18.52 33.68 18.67 28.17 18.37 28.27 18.90
NGANGLAM HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.76 19.09 31.30 18.80 43.68 18.80 43.49 18.88 26.12 18.28 26.32 18.39
PELJORLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.62 17.18 32.97 17.29 33.67 18.36 34.90 18.48 37.91 18.84 27.59 16.93
PEMA GATSHEL MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 42.84 18.50 35.69 18.51 44.44 18.80 46.69 18.84 29.47 18.74 25.43 18.41
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.98 17.74 33.02 17.66 38.27 18.32 40.19 18.66 32.44 18.37 23.49 17.95
SARPANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 42.05 18.68 38.74 18.76 40.09 18.78 36.53 18.70 34.64 17.99 25.65 18.21
SHABA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 43.17 19.19 39.26 19.19 40.59 18.47 37.56 18.63 33.47 18.91 28.80 18.98
TAKTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.61 17.75 29.21 17.77 40.99 17.83 45.16 18.09 X X 22.83 17.23
TANGMACHU CENTRAL SCHOOL 37.63 18.99 26.82 18.64 44.58 18.23 49.10 18.66 25.57 19.79 21.10 19.69
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ENG1 ENG2 DZO1 DZO2 ECO MAT
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20
DECHENTSEMO CENTRAL SCHOOL 39.61 18.21 33.34 18.21 42.68 18.69 41.40 18.75 33.05 19.15 34.16 18.92
TRASHIGANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 43.12 16.58 39.09 17.00 44.64 18.70 45.74 18.68 30.06 17.59 24.23 17.63
TSENKARLA CENTRAL SCHOOL 38.32 18.38 32.31 18.60 43.50 18.79 46.83 18.49 26.96 16.91 27.27 17.68
TRASHITSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.87 18.80 30.97 18.80 46.36 18.89 46.81 18.85 31.93 18.63 30.58 18.56
WANGCHUK MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.21 18.31 36.55 18.33 45.57 18.47 42.72 18.56 24.19 18.69 29.19 17.64
YEBILAPTSA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.32 19.39 34.23 19.45 43.84 18.96 48.08 19.32 32.73 19.18 27.46 19.41
DECHHENCHOELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.01 18.29 35.97 18.08 38.48 19.23 36.05 18.68 32.47 18.18 24.81 19.02
SAMTENGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 40.09 19.20 34.42 19.20 42.42 18.69 42.53 18.64 32.14 18.76 27.10 19.48
MENDREGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 39.03 18.60 31.94 18.46 36.65 19.08 37.82 18.98 32.28 18.09 24.45 18.87
TENDRUK HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 36.18 19.07 31.29 18.48 35.19 18.46 32.31 18.71 37.46 18.39 23.70 18.58
YOESELTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.72 17.91 34.12 18.15 33.92 18.38 35.63 18.57 29.89 18.13 22.31 17.10
KHANGKHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 49.17 18.43 43.04 18.64 46.39 18.06 46.19 18.41 41.65 17.69 30.71 18.31
YADI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.73 19.29 32.53 19.28 48.69 19.13 52.71 19.27 39.95 19.31 32.02 19.11
DRAMETSE CENTRAL SCHOOL 39.71 18.30 34.13 18.37 47.29 18.86 56.65 18.86 31.44 18.55 34.73 18.51
BJISHONG CENTAL SCHOOL 41.64 19.29 32.02 18.94 41.59 19.06 43.25 18.92 36.50 19.44 31.97 19.05
PHUENTSHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 44.37 18.26 40.39 18.14 42.48 18.48 39.68 18.70 35.54 18.24 37.05 18.71
LANGO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.14 19.02 34.06 18.71 38.68 18.40 36.39 18.56 27.97 18.91 21.38 18.44
DASHIDING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 40.57 18.43 35.44 18.61 40.48 18.38 36.92 18.40 34.25 18.91 24.64 17.96
JOMOTSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.70 18.73 33.43 18.95 38.65 17.91 37.95 17.91 32.50 19.09 32.62 19.45
LOSELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 42.07 18.81 36.42 18.79 36.11 19.00 38.90 19.01 31.17 18.74 25.96 18.92
RADHI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 44.95 19.25 37.43 19.25 46.15 19.15 47.13 19.15 37.88 19.25 37.90 19.45
DR. TOBGYEL SCHOOL 49.32 19.07 48.75 19.00 37.88 18.86 37.11 18.86 X X 44.11 19.57
LHAMOYZINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 43.91 18.23 36.81 17.77 37.22 19.09 37.76 19.05 34.22 18.50 39.54 18.23
AUTSHO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.34 16.15 30.09 16.81 43.89 18.72 46.47 18.78 25.45 18.32 21.51 19.06
BITEKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.85 18.79 32.80 19.11 43.01 19.32 42.77 19.37 31.29 19.05 27.66 19.57
KABESA MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 39.88 19.30 40.93 19.37 41.92 18.72 49.86 18.70 X X 32.04 18.21
KIDHEYKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.15 19.47 36.38 18.80 45.67 18.78 47.22 18.97 42.62 19.48 29.63 19.22
KUZUCHEN MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.79 19.50 38.30 19.11 40.10 19.25 38.04 19.32 32.42 19.67 25.50 19.00
PAKSHIKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 37.88 19.50 31.25 19.54 36.90 19.77 37.23 19.76 33.51 20.00 23.89 20.00
48
ENG1 ENG2 DZO1 DZO2 ECO MAT
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20
BULI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.20 18.19 36.37 18.20 49.90 19.17 52.18 19.28 35.50 18.32 35.37 19.34
CHANGANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 44.76 18.81 39.52 19.19 36.10 18.23 34.93 18.21 32.54 19.73 30.48 18.91
DRUK SCHOOL 55.46 19.64 56.82 19.64 40.68 18.64 39.70 18.32 46.21 19.29 44.64 19.04
SAMCHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.04 18.90 33.24 19.17 42.97 19.31 44.01 19.54 38.06 18.98 24.65 18.99
TANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 41.21 19.54 33.37 19.09 46.88 19.33 47.87 19.52 32.09 19.31 20.16 19.59
UTPAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.48 18.76 37.26 18.76 32.45 19.24 32.02 19.36 23.95 18.30 21.53 18.64
KAMJI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 36.97 19.19 28.50 19.08 36.52 19.40 37.72 19.41 30.37 18.83 24.84 18.14
CHUMIGTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.13 18.52 32.27 18.56 29.00 19.08 27.38 19.02 37.21 18.93 28.74 18.37
GESARLING CENTRAL SCHOOL 37.25 18.41 33.81 18.51 40.71 19.40 41.17 19.35 25.98 18.93 25.98 18.71
GONGTHUNG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.95 18.98 31.30 18.98 43.32 19.02 47.08 19.06 29.85 19.22 29.87 19.08
KARMALING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 35.67 17.77 26.96 17.77 42.21 18.44 44.84 17.92 33.50 18.81 27.75 18.14
PHOBJIKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 36.83 17.25 29.60 17.03 46.33 17.84 51.26 17.95 31.20 17.39 29.68 17.92
RAMJAR MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 36.07 18.80 26.23 18.69 41.28 19.02 42.25 19.13 30.23 19.25 23.49 19.18
CHASKHAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 40.58 18.78 32.92 18.50 45.89 19.33 47.36 19.56 28.00 17.33 31.71 18.39
CHUNGDU CENTRAL SCHOOL 38.81 18.38 32.50 18.54 36.73 19.08 34.54 19.00 30.94 18.88 26.34 18.15
GOMDAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 38.47 3.24 28.76 18.24 43.46 18.35 45.68 18.24 33.50 18.25 28.96 18.12
MINJEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 31.92 18.95 24.03 19.63 48.82 17.89 46.74 18.11 24.45 19.11 23.39 19.16
MINJEYWOONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 38.74 18.29 29.74 18.47 46.38 18.88 47.03 18.94 33.57 18.43 27.51 16.47
TSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY CHOOL 39.75 17.17 32.13 17.17 48.19 19.25 47.88 19.25 42.00 17.33 29.60 17.08
WANAKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 41.69 18.13 36.94 17.75 42.09 18.63 44.44 18.75 28.50 18.50 35.15 18.75
WANGBAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL 41.06 18.72 36.06 18.72 43.50 18.56 42.22 18.69 41.50 18.78 31.82 19.08
UDZORONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 38.25 18.69 30.06 18.63 45.44 19.33 48.08 19.07 23.65 18.19 33.10 19.13
YELCHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL 41.13 19.25 32.13 19.00 47.67 18.81 51.94 18.56 29.14 18.73 27.65 19.50
YURUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL 40.23 17.08 34.30 17.34 48.20 17.83 47.72 17.99 38.90 17.95 32.57 17.28
ZHILUKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 46.66 18.06 40.20 17.46 43.48 17.97 45.15 17.96 37.18 17.91 22.71 17.81
BABESA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.05 16.85 30.37 16.81 37.14 17.97 37.72 18.25 33.73 17.16 23.46 16.84
DOROKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 37.67 18.04 29.83 18.25 35.62 18.06 35.83 18.17 30.79 18.60 22.47 18.69
MARTSHALLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.64 18.92 31.68 18.86 51.73 18.99 55.84 18.95 35.30 18.38 35.72 19.18
NORBULING CENTRAL SCHOOL 39.03 18.40 31.41 18.40 38.74 18.82 38.47 18.89 30.92 19.21 28.15 18.81
ORONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 39.02 19.07 26.56 19.07 44.66 19.20 48.26 19.17 29.57 17.99 26.62 18.01
PELRITHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.09 18.84 31.37 18.93 35.90 18.40 35.28 18.49 24.67 19.13 23.97 18.49
49
ENG1 ENG2 DZO1 DZO2 ECO MAT
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20
PHUNTSHOTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.46 18.54 31.01 18.65 40.46 18.68 36.45 18.54 28.25 18.07 21.52 19.12
TASHIDINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.09 18.45 32.68 18.48 44.21 18.47 44.40 18.57 33.28 18.26 26.04 17.67
URA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 37.69 17.62 29.14 17.52 41.87 18.22 39.64 17.98 32.72 18.36 28.76 18.82
BARTSHAM MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.61 18.24 31.96 17.31 47.91 18.19 48.37 18.18 28.36 18.52 33.25 18.69
PELKHIL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 42.05 18.68 34.02 18.68 28.61 18.73 30.35 18.50 X X 24.70 18.21
SONAMTHANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 36.55 18.79 29.26 19.16 42.63 17.61 44.16 17.58 28.69 17.84 23.59 18.31
DAGAPELA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 38.69 17.87 30.53 18.33 39.82 18.52 34.03 18.44 35.33 18.53 27.04 18.21
DUNGTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 41.80 19.24 35.61 19.09 47.95 18.69 53.26 18.42 37.87 19.28 26.62 18.36
Table 4.13
HIS GEO PHY CHE BIO COMP
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 30 20 50
YANGCHENPHUG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
40.55 17.95 40.80 18.59 32.24 18.91 28.28 18.41 36.19 18.26 23.57 18.53 44.26
BAJOTHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.35 18.67 36.89 18.59 28.45 17.22 21.71 17.44 31.27 17.33 17.18 18.33 42.49
BAYLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.05 18.33 40.81 18.60 25.30 17.60 17.62 18.20 27.31 17.56 17.86 18.74 37.49
CHUKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.23 18.34 36.02 18.40 30.11 17.41 22.38 18.40 32.45 19.70 16.21 18.73 35.97
DAMPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.75 19.39 44.01 19.66 33.12 19.19 23.14 19.33 32.41 19.30 20.00 19.78 43.47
DRUKGYEL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
36.75 18.27 40.04 18.29 34.94 19.29 23.10 19.11 35.54 19.22 19.07 19.48 43.66
GELEPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.40 18.26 37.17 18.41 29.88 18.40 20.73 18.34 37.55 18.10 18.35 18.14 41.31
GYELPOZHING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.38 18.48 38.72 19.46 30.58 19.17 22.27 19.14 31.84 18.29 18.73 18.85 41.77
JAKAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.05 19.02 42.95 19.37 31.23 18.82 22.21 19.09 32.03 19.05 19.71 19.62 43.10
JIGME SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.76 19.24 48.73 18.81 39.45 19.95 31.79 20.00 42.37 19.56 18.87 19.87 44.36
MONGAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.32 19.41 44.35 19.14 29.44 18.97 24.69 18.91 36.47 18.91 20.57 19.04 45.04
MOTITHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.09 17.13 42.51 18.15 30.94 18.58 25.41 17.35 33.76 18.26 21.54 19.30 44.31
NANGKOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.63 19.56 38.19 19.34 34.00 18.78 26.43 19.01 37.79 19.23 18.81 18.65 42.63
PHUENTSHOLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
31.95 18.16 35.69 17.56 29.15 17.53 21.82 17.47 33.28 18.25 17.49 18.85 38.61
LHUNTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.94 19.35 43.01 19.05 33.98 18.49 24.43 18.66 38.90 18.29 18.93 18.40 43.40
PUNAKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
42.26 18.17 37.89 19.45 33.66 18.89 29.71 19.19 39.82 19.13 17.34 17.26 42.23
RANJUNG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.53 19.76 38.73 19.76 32.69 19.68 26.90 19.32 39.48 19.65 21.04 19.97 44.76
50
HIS GEO PHY CHE BIO COMP
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 30 20 50
SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.65 18.00 39.75 17.93 32.40 18.25 22.81 17.86 35.24 18.45 16.03 19.07 43.96
SAMTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
31.01 18.25 33.39 18.06 31.08 18.10 22.99 18.32 34.24 18.87 18.15 18.33 36.02
UGYEN ACADEMY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
42.70 19.67 41.68 19.87 35.94 19.76 27.01 19.73 39.52 19.56 20.85 19.99 41.63
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
36.03 18.37 39.60 19.03 29.55 18.15 21.19 17.88 26.89 17.86 21.15 19.13 44.27
ZHEMGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL
38.10 18.63 38.89 18.60 32.28 18.79 25.09 18.36 34.36 19.04 17.84 19.06 39.53
CHAPCHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.29 18.21 40.07 19.30 31.93 18.15 23.39 18.16 32.00 18.23 16.38 18.77 42.03
CHUMEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.94 19.13 37.89 19.00 29.28 19.15 20.33 19.19 30.56 18.93 18.22 19.10 39.83
DAGA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
42.95 19.13 43.15 19.04 32.28 19.01 27.49 19.15 37.83 19.26 19.39 19.44 40.86
DARLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
34.41 19.39 39.06 19.53 30.21 19.49 20.65 19.31 32.70 19.41 15.84 19.60 38.80
GARPAWONG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
29.16 19.70 34.09 19.43 28.81 19.45 21.42 19.23 30.01 19.04 16.21 18.36 42.69
DRUJEYGANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.67 19.21 32.14 19.50 33.03 19.17 22.64 18.97 32.49 19.21 16.08 19.51 38.11
GASELO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
26.30 18.51 31.58 17.05 27.40 17.35 18.24 17.87 26.79 18.94 15.02 17.65 40.88
SHARI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.83 18.51 37.58 19.01 29.04 18.87 22.15 18.40 31.52 18.50 16.45 18.49 43.60
GEDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.09 18.48 40.04 18.77 33.78 18.13 23.75 17.70 35.73 19.39 19.81 19.09 38.80
GOMTU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
34.97 17.96 36.33 18.55 28.73 17.45 25.08 18.19 34.78 17.98 18.68 19.08 39.51
JAMPELING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.95 19.01 38.69 17.88 32.93 18.49 24.06 19.12 32.79 19.26 17.50 18.49 42.83
KHASADRAPCHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.70 17.98 45.80 17.63 28.99 17.92 22.29 17.60 30.23 17.85 18.02 19.64 37.36
KHURUTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
41.21 17.42 37.22 17.56 31.26 18.02 19.47 17.79 31.01 18.19 17.93 17.07 43.00
LUNGTENZAMPA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.17 18.43 38.76 18.38 31.84 17.87 23.08 17.85 33.62 18.41 23.10 18.44 44.85
NGANGLAM HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
31.48 18.52 40.83 18.34 28.09 19.35 25.48 18.10 34.10 19.00 16.44 19.38 44.43
PELJORLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.80 18.53 37.52 18.54 30.98 18.15 23.35 19.14 32.05 16.97 19.08 17.63 43.36
PEMA GATSHEL MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.99 18.90 35.63 18.27 28.71 18.56 20.01 18.66 38.38 18.33 17.64 19.17 35.17
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
30.56 17.34 33.84 18.06 25.06 17.54 19.29 17.49 29.65 17.84 15.67 18.53 38.39
SARPANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.17 18.81 46.37 19.05 32.24 18.90 21.05 18.87 31.92 19.09 18.44 19.72 41.27
SHABA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.39 19.40 41.94 19.25 32.02 18.91 22.03 18.96 35.14 18.98 19.57 19.12 46.11
TAKTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
28.60 18.64 36.09 18.15 28.66 17.96 20.70 17.83 26.34 16.87 13.93 17.32 41.11
TANGMACHU CENTRAL SCHOOL
31.13 19.72 38.09 18.73 27.39 18.69 20.64 19.53 28.41 18.34 17.45 19.93 37.21
DECHENTSEMO CENTRAL SCHOOL
36.60 18.87 40.17 19.38 29.53 16.08 20.29 15.71 29.08 17.00 15.51 18.78 44.24
51
HIS GEO PHY CHE BIO COMP
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 30 20 50
TRASHIGANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.72 17.59 41.30 16.68 34.11 18.16 23.51 18.16 32.51 17.57 17.76 18.71 40.19
TSENKARLA CENTRAL SCHOOL
32.18 17.99 38.22 18.18 30.11 17.04 23.34 17.91 31.57 17.30 17.41 17.75 44.66
TRASHITSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
36.92 18.61 37.73 19.01 35.77 18.77 27.12 19.24 32.65 18.78 15.55 19.26 41.56
WANGCHUK MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
32.40 18.23 40.27 15.91 31.08 16.80 26.80 18.89 31.75 15.58 19.14 17.37 44.00
YEBILAPTSA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.48 18.98 39.96 18.99 29.97 19.39 25.70 18.63 34.62 18.75 15.94 19.52 40.30
DECHHENCHOELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.62 18.41 40.16 18.35 27.90 19.01 21.70 18.30 33.63 18.11 19.27 18.40 42.53
SAMTENGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL
37.83 18.61 42.47 18.39 32.85 19.69 25.15 18.79 37.08 18.99 18.14 19.69 43.12
MENDREGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL
36.97 18.57 40.91 18.09 30.70 18.37 18.88 16.66 29.98 18.23 20.89 16.88 44.36
TENDRUK HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.74 18.61 31.82 18.25 25.81 18.58 17.07 18.13 29.15 18.67 16.92 19.31 41.02
YOESELTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
34.64 18.85 40.21 18.51 31.29 18.26 28.15 18.47 37.60 17.98 20.20 19.20 45.57
KHANGKHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.93 18.81 43.02 18.47 34.84 18.51 25.55 18.20 45.00 18.43 20.51 19.17 43.59
YADI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
40.65 19.10 41.45 19.67 36.53 18.97 27.93 19.28 39.17 19.06 18.16 19.56 42.45
DRAMETSE CENTRAL SCHOOL
33.23 17.84 39.01 17.77 33.37 17.98 26.89 17.26 40.79 18.35 18.73 17.62 39.31
BJISHONG CENTAL SCHOOL 38.52 19.29 38.36 19.22 31.42 19.68 24.87 18.86 32.52 19.62 19.08 19.08 45.83
PHUENTSHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.20 18.79 39.76 18.72 33.24 18.46 30.09 18.93 35.07 18.41 20.17 18.74 43.77
LANGO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
34.10 19.06 34.63 17.76 29.49 18.22 19.65 18.31 27.63 18.33 14.99 19.34 37.86
DASHIDING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.89 17.84 39.02 17.30 29.89 18.42 21.60 18.05 34.29 18.41 14.73 18.43 40.66
JOMOTSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.75 18.23 34.05 18.41 35.30 18.95 22.59 18.95 39.57 18.95 X X X
LOSELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
32.82 19.08 32.81 18.85 28.06 18.73 20.28 19.05 26.20 18.29 18.21 18.79 44.63
RADHI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
44.33 19.25 46.95 19.35 36.50 19.65 27.03 19.00 42.85 19.25 20.08 19.08 40.83
DR. TOBGYEL SCHOOL 51.18 19.29 48.89 19.29 42.50 19.57 43.61 19.50 48.96 19.50 22.14 19.93 46.36
LHAMOYZINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
40.59 19.41 41.56 18.86 39.31 18.41 28.32 18.39 45.89 18.73 19.77 18.69 44.54
AUTSHO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
30.49 18.94 36.14 17.22 29.38 18.18 20.87 17.71 32.73 18.16 13.84 17.98 40.87
BITEKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
34.01 19.05 35.29 19.00 30.98 19.54 21.87 18.93 32.30 19.06 16.18 19.59 45.39
KABESA MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL
42.85 18.14 46.30 18.72 30.59 18.79 26.83 18.58 35.93 18.88 18.59 18.35 43.51
KIDHEYKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.79 18.49 49.29 19.14 32.11 18.07 22.51 18.88 36.01 19.93 X X X
KUZUCHEN MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
37.98 18.82 37.29 19.43 29.18 19.25 19.57 19.07 28.07 19.25 15.09 18.55 43.14
PAKSHIKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL
34.02 19.95 36.50 20.00 25.14 19.04 17.92 20.00 27.27 20.00 15.78 20.00 40.37
52
HIS GEO PHY CHE BIO COMP
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 30 20 50
BULI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
40.04 18.33 43.21 18.30 37.51 19.52 27.45 18.89 38.20 18.94 19.12 19.06 45.85
CHANGANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
42.31 18.35 40.29 18.57 33.36 18.96 26.10 18.43 35.03 19.02 20.69 19.32 44.03
DRUK SCHOOL 48.09 18.50 49.66 19.29 42.13 19.07 33.57 19.46 50.11 19.11 22.43 19.95 41.86
SAMCHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.52 18.96 39.41 18.70 32.86 19.34 23.04 19.14 31.82 19.26 14.31 19.17 42.38
TANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 33.03 19.48 34.98 19.35 29.72 19.46 21.21 19.57 29.21 18.65 19.00 19.00 43.14
UTPAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.89 18.27 30.12 18.85 30.06 18.39 20.74 18.55 31.45 18.55 19.26 18.22 34.04
KAMJI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
39.33 19.11 36.39 19.14 27.12 19.42 21.16 19.27 35.14 18.81 X X X
CHUMIGTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
30.54 18.63 32.82 18.35 25.73 18.40 20.19 18.50 29.00 18.48 14.84 19.08 37.71
GESARLING CENTRAL SCHOOL
34.38 18.65 36.98 18.77 28.20 18.74 20.26 18.74 30.72 18.95 17.47 19.24 34.74
GONGTHUNG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
34.78 18.63 37.63 19.28 30.54 18.95 23.00 19.00 33.56 19.00 14.55 19.63 40.88
KARMALING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
31.33 19.05 37.54 18.24 26.78 16.51 21.11 17.68 25.81 19.04 15.44 17.92 43.89
PHOBJIKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.99 17.37 35.53 17.70 28.92 18.25 21.66 17.71 34.98 18.21 15.38 16.23 41.30
RAMJAR MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL
31.87 18.63 32.41 19.10 28.75 18.91 17.60 19.06 27.36 19.64 11.98 19.12 40.00
CHASKHAR CENTRAL SCHOOL
34.17 18.17 39.69 18.50 28.58 18.06 25.28 18.89 27.67 17.94 19.29 18.25 41.50
CHUNGDU CENTRAL SCHOOL
31.15 18.85 35.50 17.23 29.27 18.08 22.85 17.62 27.08 17.92 15.70 16.20 39.80
GOMDAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 29.59 18.12 42.29 18.24 31.50 18.24 23.21 18.00 39.59 18.06 19.10 19.20 46.40
MINJEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
27.55 19.16 25.13 19.21 26.61 19.16 16.68 19.68 28.89 19.11 16.95 19.00 41.10
MINJEYWOONG CENTRAL SCHOOL
32.50 18.59 40.06 18.59 37.09 18.65 24.56 18.41 31.76 18.18 X X X
TSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY CHOOL
40.46 17.08 44.58 18.42 34.63 17.17 21.67 17.08 41.33 18.08 X X X
WANAKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL
40.31 18.25 44.50 18.25 32.31 19.00 25.56 18.50 38.88 18.25 16.17 19.17 37.17
WANGBAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL
37.43 19.14 39.58 19.14 31.04 19.08 19.32 18.81 29.78 18.81 15.64 19.00 41.22
UDZORONG CENTRAL SCHOOL
29.46 18.93 35.40 18.48 31.19 19.39 19.38 19.41 26.78 18.85 15.94 19.85 38.48
YELCHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL 30.81 18.44 30.38 18.88 27.38 19.31 19.22 18.44 32.63 19.50 17.70 18.60 33.20
YURUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL 38.82 17.70 38.66 17.31 35.59 18.48 27.92 17.75 37.05 18.08 19.33 17.86 37.79
ZHILUKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
43.77 17.53 38.58 18.25 33.13 18.82 30.05 18.62 38.76 18.59 21.18 18.59 40.76
BABESA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
31.56 16.90 32.72 17.85 25.65 17.19 19.16 18.06 29.09 17.77 14.68 18.12 38.23
DOROKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL
33.34 18.01 35.48 17.47 27.23 18.08 16.86 17.62 28.49 18.60 X X X
MARTSHALLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
40.20 18.78 47.70 18.73 28.23 18.85 23.54 18.46 34.94 17.76 20.53 17.03 46.78
NORBULING CENTRAL SCHOOL
34.53 19.28 38.70 19.15 30.21 18.61 20.93 18.41 30.37 18.75 19.19 18.73 46.14
ORONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
29.85 17.76 37.85 18.22 27.02 18.73 21.40 18.96 32.59 18.63 22.07 19.17 46.33
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HIS GEO PHY CHE BIO COMP
SCHOOL 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 80 20 30 20 50
PELRITHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.57 18.72 34.56 17.77 28.48 18.35 21.64 18.77 32.03 17.39 22.35 19.95 46.15
PHUNTSHOTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
33.45 18.86 38.02 19.02 28.37 19.88 20.74 19.54 33.18 19.28 16.38 19.83 38.62
TASHIDINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
36.03 18.39 37.46 18.12 30.02 18.36 21.29 18.18 30.31 17.72 18.29 19.02 43.49
URA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
35.60 18.24 41.23 18.14 24.29 18.54 23.05 18.34 29.15 18.54 18.72 18.56 38.25
BARTSHAM MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
38.32 18.63 39.09 19.04 30.37 18.50 24.28 18.31 34.57 18.60 19.28 19.28 47.17
PELKHIL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
30.80 18.79 32.95 18.25 28.61 18.54 20.32 18.93 32.25 18.82 15.84 18.75 34.86
SONAMTHANG CENTRAL SCHOOL
32.95 18.43 35.42 18.29 28.74 18.73 19.27 18.96 27.50 18.48 15.56 18.21 43.05
DAGAPELA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
36.73 18.79 35.55 17.82 28.02 18.18 17.08 18.24 28.11 18.34 14.42 18.92 44.30
DUNGTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
40.57 18.89 46.37 18.41 31.27 18.73 25.45 19.16 34.41 19.36 20.58 19.71 44.71
The above table shows the correlation between the mean scores of CA marks by the schools and the mean marks obtained by the students in the board examination. The candidates of Druk School show a very high co-relation between the mean scores of CA marks and the board examination mean marks. Schools like Minjey MSS and Karmaling CS have a very weak correlation between the CA mean scores and the students’ performance in the board examination.
4.10 BCSE SCHOOL WISE PERFORMANCE FOR SUBJECTS
Of the 112 higher and middle secondary schools registered for BCSE, most schools
provided subject options between Computer Studies and Economics therefore, the number of candidates in these subjects varies. The table below shows school wise
subject mean scores and standard deviation (SD). Table 4.14
ENG DZO ECO MAT
SCHOOL MEAN STDEV M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
YANGCHENPHUG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.10 9.06 56.85 9.28 53.03 11.81 48.51 15.95
BAJOTHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.13 9.56 56.70 9.18 54.41 11.84 43.92 15.21
BAYLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.25 8.62 61.51 6.54 52.20 12.55 44.94 13.61
CHUKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.72 9.77 60.26 8.66 56.61 11.78 44.86 15.39
DAMPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.19 7.81 58.54 8.34 60.83 12.13 48.12 15.96
DRUKGYEL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.43 9.47 61.77 9.27 57.63 10.98 57.16 17.24
GELEPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.67 9.41 55.39 8.62 50.56 10.41 43.41 15.39
GYELPOZHING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.86 8.51 66.31 7.60 53.70 11.32 48.81 13.76
JAKAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.34 8.75 63.64 8.95 57.51 13.99 44.73 14.02
JIGME SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.84 8.04 68.43 7.27 56.69 15.06 54.93 17.80
MONGAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.65 8.76 63.96 8.57 62.97 14.53 47.55 14.91
MOTITHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.38 10.56 56.83 10.55 46.92 12.66 44.68 16.19
54
ENG DZO ECO MAT
SCHOOL MEAN STDEV M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
NANGKOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.40 8.78 66.19 7.90 59.46 15.08 50.64 15.99
PHUENTSHOLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.74 10.22 58.35 9.10 45.11 12.31 49.35 16.82
LHUNTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.77 7.91 61.86 7.11 57.49 10.77 60.34 12.42
PUNAKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.34 7.83 60.66 7.22 60.92 9.83 46.26 12.73
RANJUNG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.78 8.79 66.42 7.91 59.38 10.80 49.82 14.80
SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.67 8.12 62.78 8.68 59.31 12.26 47.87 16.60
SAMTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.87 9.73 53.00 9.38 47.91 11.84 43.09 15.98
UGYEN ACADEMY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 65.99 8.94 59.74 9.32 59.80 15.07
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.72 8.47 60.53 8.51 50.90 10.44 47.18 13.80
ZHEMGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 58.57 8.21 60.51 8.46 57.23 10.50 44.55 14.88
CHAPCHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.65 8.41 59.75 8.18 49.14 12.33 42.20 13.77
CHUMEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.10 8.98 58.79 7.80 52.42 11.88 46.03 15.62
DAGA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.07 8.87 63.39 7.26 63.16 11.61 49.71 13.24
DARLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.69 7.06 51.86 10.15 48.66 11.96 38.67 14.25
GARPAWONG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.57 8.08 57.57 7.06 43.32 10.74 43.20 15.70
DRUJEYGANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.65 8.89 62.58 8.00 48.43 15.09 41.04 12.56
GASELO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.63 9.21 58.02 8.44 42.48 14.13 40.09 12.70
SHARI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.71 8.57 60.80 9.40 51.48 12.05 42.09 13.14
GEDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.02 7.54 60.45 7.34 46.67 11.03 45.34 14.14
GOMTU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.08 8.46 54.68 7.63 49.81 11.72 42.42 12.41
JAMPELING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.40 8.84 63.79 7.69 57.02 15.35 51.96 16.20
KHASADRAPCHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.13 7.24 58.92 8.97 46.81 16.19
KHURUTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.14 10.06 58.19 7.24 56.62 16.81 52.99 18.50
LUNGTENZAMPA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.23 10.00 54.16 9.79 46.76 11.48 47.28 16.89
NGANGLAM HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.57 8.40 62.51 9.10 44.69 11.36 44.85 14.49
PELJORLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.18 8.51 52.80 8.23 56.98 11.13 44.62 17.49
PEMA GATSHEL MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.89 10.63 64.41 6.15 48.50 10.83 44.01 14.99
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.85 9.23 57.82 8.21 51.00 14.22 41.57 13.73
SARPANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.21 8.40 57.14 11.18 52.89 11.71 43.87 13.56
SHABA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.53 8.60 57.71 7.85 52.63 11.51 47.83 13.39
TAKTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.28 7.57 61.19 8.99 40.21 14.45
TANGMACHU CENTRAL SCHOOL 51.22 7.06 65.36 7.40 45.68 10.79 40.93 11.16
DECHENTSEMO CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.82 8.30 60.82 8.65 52.48 10.75 53.11 17.41
TRASHIGANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.05 8.52 63.97 8.76 48.06 13.71 42.03 12.69
TSENKARLA CENTRAL SCHOOL 53.93 8.10 63.88 7.39 44.15 11.95 45.03 14.56
TRASHITSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.83 7.90 65.51 8.32 50.80 14.15 49.16 14.63
WANGCHUK MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.33 8.27 62.73 7.48 43.14 9.50 46.81 13.30
YEBILAPTSA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.29 8.66 65.20 7.65 52.14 12.24 47.00 14.25
DECHHENCHOELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.36 8.58 56.25 7.69 50.92 11.66 43.94 14.18
SAMTENGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 56.52 7.62 61.48 8.16 50.94 12.67 46.74 14.90
55
ENG DZO ECO MAT
SCHOOL MEAN STDEV M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
MENDREGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.11 7.23 56.34 7.37 50.61 10.94 43.42 11.73
TENDRUK HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.67 7.26 52.41 9.26 56.11 12.22 42.46 13.24
YOESELTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.04 8.86 53.39 9.16 48.33 12.79 39.51 16.46
KHANGKHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 64.78 8.09 64.60 7.66 59.58 9.51 49.12 14.49
YADI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.07 7.74 69.97 6.30 59.52 13.06 51.12 13.48
DRAMETSE CENTRAL SCHOOL 55.39 6.99 70.98 5.25 50.23 11.55 53.33 10.96
BJISHONG CENTAL SCHOOL 56.10 8.45 61.49 8.40 56.22 12.09 51.11 15.71
PHUENTSHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.71 8.45 59.77 8.54 54.07 12.03 55.82 18.06
LANGO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.60 8.54 56.12 9.15 47.07 13.71 39.93 13.29
DASHIDING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.68 8.01 57.13 8.13 53.50 12.28 42.61 11.78
JOMOTSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.55 8.01 56.32 9.30 51.95 12.43 52.09 14.62
LOSELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.15 9.14 56.63 8.66 50.21 12.07 44.96 14.82
RADHI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.60 6.95 65.90 7.90 57.38 7.80 57.55 16.12
DR. TOBGYEL SCHOOL 68.21 9.10 56.50 8.18 63.57 17.99
LHAMOYZINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.48 8.62 56.59 8.31 52.89 9.36 57.82 16.24
AUTSHO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.29 7.18 64.01 7.19 44.00 12.44 40.66 9.88
BITEKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.37 6.82 62.36 7.06 50.63 10.10 47.33 12.74
KABESA MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 59.86 7.79 64.70 6.08 50.30 12.28
KIDHEYKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.02 7.07 65.36 7.15 62.41 11.11 48.90 13.57
KUZUCHEN MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.54 8.15 58.50 7.46 52.50 10.50 44.61 11.97
PAKSHIKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.18 7.82 56.87 8.55 53.75 13.95 44.04 13.82
BULI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.09 8.07 70.34 7.58 54.13 12.08 54.70 16.34
CHANGANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 61.26 9.47 53.80 9.81 52.56 12.16 49.43 14.76
DRUK SCHOOL 75.93 5.20 58.75 7.84 65.71 13.09 63.68 15.68
SAMCHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.36 7.76 63.01 5.74 57.24 13.78 43.74 12.41
TANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 56.76 7.03 66.93 7.30 51.72 13.17 39.80 9.55
UTPAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.24 7.87 51.58 6.23 42.60 10.15 40.27 11.97
KAMJI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.99 7.66 56.58 7.94 49.49 12.24 43.05 15.09
CHUMIGTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.88 9.42 47.37 9.44 56.43 16.19 47.19 16.00
GESARLING CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.12 7.04 60.40 7.79 45.20 9.96 44.78 12.39
GONGTHUNG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.72 7.53 64.33 7.54 49.30 11.55 48.98 15.32
KARMALING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 49.27 8.89 61.79 6.90 52.60 10.84 46.06 15.04
PHOBJIKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.49 7.26 66.78 6.80 48.82 13.71 47.73 16.47
RAMJAR MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 50.03 7.19 60.95 7.04 49.74 12.17 42.85 13.22
CHASKHAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 55.39 6.80 66.11 6.03 45.50 11.10 50.06 12.99
CHUNGDU CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.23 8.15 54.77 8.59 50.00 7.75 44.54 17.69
GOMDAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 44.47 9.82 63.06 6.65 52.00 13.17 47.00 11.81
MINJEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 47.42 9.95 65.79 5.59 44.00 11.87 42.63 9.18
MINJEYWOONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 52.76 7.64 65.71 6.50 52.29 11.80 44.00 11.98
TSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY CHOOL 53.17 6.58 67.33 9.58 59.67 9.30 46.67 12.84
WANAKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 57.50 7.37 62.13 6.79 47.50 16.26 54.13 15.68
WANGBAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL 57.36 6.70 61.50 6.63 60.50 12.38 50.97 10.84
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ENG DZO ECO MAT
SCHOOL MEAN STDEV M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
UDZORONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 52.96 8.33 66.02 7.53 42.15 9.30 52.28 14.75
YELCHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL 55.81 8.43 68.69 6.13 48.18 12.11 47.19 11.46
YURUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.58 6.45 66.03 6.64 57.12 12.11 49.96 14.47
ZHILUKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 61.39 8.23 62.38 9.57 55.31 11.23 40.61 12.94
BABESA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.65 8.51 55.62 9.55 51.14 11.52 40.43 15.36
DOROKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 52.00 7.35 53.91 10.27 49.69 13.52 41.23 12.79
MARTSHALLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.70 7.69 72.87 7.26 54.02 9.96 54.96 14.47
NORBULING CENTRAL SCHOOL 53.73 7.47 57.56 9.64 50.42 12.57 47.06 15.09
ORONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.95 7.70 65.74 8.97 47.82 11.25 44.64 12.21
PELRITHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.77 7.81 54.15 8.92 44.04 9.06 42.47 14.28
PHUNTSHOTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.96 7.90 57.16 8.59 46.68 10.44 40.74 12.33
TASHIDINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.96 6.88 62.91 7.30 51.88 9.72 43.84 13.30
URA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.16 7.12 58.86 7.69 51.40 8.80 47.58 13.84
BARTSHAM MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.67 7.52 66.36 7.21 47.13 10.48 51.99 16.26
PELKHIL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.67 8.00 48.12 8.55 43.15 15.58
SONAMTHANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 52.02 7.69 61.11 7.49 46.82 12.02 42.04 14.26
DAGAPELA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.88 7.55 55.46 8.79 54.08 16.07 45.33 15.96
DUNGTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.97 7.02 69.24 6.41 57.38 11.08 45.04 15.02
Table 4.15
HCG SCI COMP
SCHOOL M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
YANGCHENPHUG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.09 11.93 50.87 13.28 86.58 5.58
BAJOTHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.89 13.37 44.58 12.77 78.29 11.45
BAYLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.48 11.45 41.29 9.92 74.37 6.50
CHUKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.10 12.01 46.97 12.57 71.14 11.67
DAMPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 61.52 11.64 48.93 11.59 83.55 8.74
DRUKGYEL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.79 11.29 50.51 14.52 82.49 6.95
GELEPHU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.75 12.51 47.81 12.52 78.07 10.50
GYELPOZHING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.18 10.32 47.21 10.92 79.59 9.05
JAKAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.83 11.74 47.61 11.37 82.67 9.10
JIGME SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 62.88 12.11 57.77 13.29 83.39 7.21
MONGAR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 61.26 12.28 49.24 13.02 84.90 9.08
MOTITHANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.56 13.91 48.18 13.91 85.40 7.84
NANGKOR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.47 10.86 51.87 12.37 80.31 7.76
PHUENTSHOLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.75 11.93 45.95 12.10 75.19 11.05
LHUNTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.78 10.31 51.00 11.16 80.95 8.39
PUNAKHA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.04 9.17 53.55 10.04 77.00 9.58
RANJUNG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.54 11.78 52.65 11.82 86.01 7.25
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HCG SCI COMP
SCHOOL M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.81 11.25 48.44 13.46 79.33 7.03
SAMTSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.50 11.91 47.99 11.51 72.75 12.38
UGYEN ACADEMY HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 62.10 9.15 53.94 12.54 82.69 6.68
GONGZIM UGYEN DORJI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.64 11.33 43.94 10.97 84.81 6.49
ZHEMGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 57.22 11.56 49.36 11.67 76.65 11.46
CHAPCHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.59 11.77 47.30 12.16 77.40 8.34
CHUMEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.10 11.77 45.97 12.13 77.43 8.66
DAGA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 62.26 10.87 51.74 11.09 79.93 8.80
DARLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.32 11.85 47.37 10.98 74.53 9.73
GARPAWONG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.27 12.63 46.16 13.05 77.47 8.31
DRUJEYGANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.36 12.46 48.61 12.01 74.00 11.61
GASELO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 46.89 12.30 42.31 11.39 73.67 8.39
SHARI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.62 11.41 46.30 11.86 78.82 9.62
GEDU HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.79 10.13 49.59 12.05 78.00 8.50
GOMTU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.03 10.61 47.51 11.90 77.55 7.22
JAMPELING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.88 13.22 49.02 14.61 79.03 10.19
KHASADRAPCHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.27 11.05 45.00 12.26 75.25 8.57
KHURUTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.82 11.35 45.36 14.25 78.33 10.02
LUNGTENZAMPA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.50 13.95 47.70 14.39 86.65 4.83
NGANGLAM HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.73 11.69 48.14 11.80 80.49 8.65
PELJORLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.31 11.67 47.02 12.19 80.29 10.08
PEMA GATSHEL MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.03 12.66 47.61 12.04 72.22 13.29
SAMDRUP JONGKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.06 11.77 42.42 10.08 72.85 8.27
SARPANG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.79 10.97 47.45 11.15 79.59 12.08
SHABA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.60 9.79 48.83 11.97 85.08 5.77
TAKTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.87 11.30 42.91 11.76 72.61 10.53
TANGMACHU CENTRAL SCHOOL 53.94 11.42 44.45 10.28 74.75 8.53
DECHENTSEMO CENTRAL SCHOOL 57.64 11.22 42.67 11.13 78.76 7.64
TRASHIGANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.81 11.84 48.05 11.28 77.00 9.59
TSENKARLA CENTRAL SCHOOL 53.44 13.05 45.94 13.79 80.05 7.74
TRASHITSE HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.24 12.00 50.88 13.39 76.61 6.49
WANGCHUK MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.61 10.73 47.16 12.17 80.77 9.46
YEBILAPTSA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.83 11.56 49.21 13.11 76.00 7.79
DECHHENCHOELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.40 10.87 46.30 11.40 80.48 7.92
SAMTENGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 58.76 11.79 51.00 13.39 81.22 10.08
MENDREGANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 57.41 10.10 44.41 9.22 82.39 6.71
TENDRUK HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.34 11.06 42.58 9.57 77.44 10.15
58
HCG SCI COMP
SCHOOL M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
YOESELTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.24 13.38 50.66 15.09 85.20 7.05
KHANGKHU MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.24 10.03 53.59 11.50 83.54 8.99
YADI HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.59 10.64 53.65 11.74 80.47 7.29
DRAMETSE CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.04 9.12 51.63 11.06 75.88 9.22
BJISHONG CENTAL SCHOOL 57.76 13.22 49.05 12.66 84.29 7.18
PHUENTSHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.44 12.22 51.49 14.50 82.91 8.81
LANGO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.92 11.62 44.00 13.03 72.41 7.85
DASHIDING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.14 11.22 47.00 11.02 74.07 8.52
JOMOTSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.41 12.06 51.55 10.23
LOSELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.91 11.27 43.69 10.99 81.89 8.68
RADHI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 64.90 8.98 54.95 12.84 80.25 6.03
DR. TOBGYEL SCHOOL 69.36 11.81 64.71 14.05 88.57 5.29
LHAMOYZINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.32 9.77 56.41 13.22 83.23 6.50
AUTSHO MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.59 12.03 45.75 11.24 72.98 9.77
BITEKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.87 10.37 47.68 10.74 81.43 6.86
KABESA MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 63.19 12.19 49.91 12.01 80.72 7.74
KIDHEYKHAR MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 63.42 10.49 49.29 11.39
KUZUCHEN MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.00 10.24 44.86 8.01 76.95 7.01
PAKSHIKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 55.40 12.26 43.29 9.23 76.34 9.91
BULI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 60.03 10.95 53.64 14.16 84.36 6.26
CHANGANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.90 11.70 50.39 11.84 84.30 7.17
DRUK SCHOOL 67.86 8.13 61.21 10.49 84.43 7.32
SAMCHOLING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 58.44 12.01 48.56 11.50 76.10 10.33
TANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 53.48 9.68 46.02 9.89 81.50 8.14
UTPAL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.73 10.26 45.97 8.78 71.78 13.94
KAMJI MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.12 10.75 47.10 9.56
CHUMIGTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.27 11.96 43.60 13.00 71.89 11.04
GESARLING CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.53 10.38 45.42 10.54 71.68 10.62
GONGTHUNG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.27 11.01 48.08 12.18 75.32 8.98
KARMALING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.22 12.08 42.41 10.37 77.47 8.08
PHOBJIKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 52.35 11.69 46.75 13.71 73.13 9.99
RAMJAR MIDDLE SEONDARY SCHOOL 51.15 11.80 43.87 10.83 71.38 8.43
CHASKHAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 55.33 9.57 45.44 8.67 79.17 6.46
CHUNGDU CENTRAL SCHOOL 51.54 13.38 44.46 12.04 71.80 7.98
GOMDAR CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.18 8.41 49.65 11.23 85.00 3.54
MINJEY MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 45.74 11.51 43.53 9.49
MINJEYWOONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 54.82 9.08 49.65 9.34 77.20 4.98
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HCG SCI COMP
SCHOOL M STDEV M STDEV M STDEV
TSHANGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY CHOOL 60.58 8.71 50.17 10.03
WANAKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 60.88 13.02 51.00 13.20 72.67 8.59
WANGBAMA CENTRAL SCHOOL 57.78 10.96 45.72 8.52 76.17 8.35
UDZORONG CENTRAL SCHOOL 51.30 11.04 45.11 9.40 74.56 10.40
YELCHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL 49.44 12.51 45.69 8.62 69.80 3.49
YURUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL 56.35 9.63 51.70 12.41 75.24 7.98
ZHILUKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 59.18 10.46 52.73 12.68 80.74 6.61
BABESA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 49.65 11.11 42.41 11.25 71.29 10.37
DOROKHA CENTRAL SCHOOL 52.30 11.70 42.45 9.53
MARTSHALLA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 62.84 10.02 47.37 12.69 84.59 4.83
NORBULING CENTRAL SCHOOL 55.94 11.73 45.83 11.60 84.30 7.60
ORONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 51.96 11.16 45.91 11.57 87.72 4.74
PELRITHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 53.49 12.67 45.65 12.20 88.68 4.76
PHUNTSHOTHANG MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.82 11.34 47.07 10.67 75.10 8.71
TASHIDINGKHA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 55.13 9.30 45.42 10.27 81.09 6.89
URA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 56.74 10.59 44.06 10.55 75.94 6.75
BARTSHAM MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 57.63 10.59 48.27 12.73 86.08 5.46
PELKHIL HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL 50.48 8.83 46.07 11.22 69.07 11.01
SONAMTHANG CENTRAL SCHOOL 52.69 12.21 44.04 10.40 77.10 9.32
DAGAPELA MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 54.62 12.67 42.74 10.71 77.88 8.64
DUNGTSE MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL 62.28 10.09 49.53 11.42 85.26 6.59
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4.10.1 FOR SCIENCE AND HCG PAPERS GRADES ARE INTERPRETED AS FOLLOWS:
4.11 (BCSE X) 2015 EXAMINATION TOPPERS 4.11.1 NATIONAL TOPPERS
The national toppers of BCSE examination 2015 are as follows:
FIRST
PRAKASH KUIKEL DAGA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TOTAL: 464 AVERGAE: 92.80
SECOND
DECHEN LHAMO GYELTSHEN YANGCHENPHUG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TOTAL: 456 AVERAGE: 91.20
THIRD
SONAM ZANGPO SHERUBLING HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TOTAL: 454 AVERAGE: 90.80
TSHERING NIDUP NGANGLAM HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TOTAL: 454 AVERAGE: 90.80
TASHI TENGYAL DECHHENCHOELING MIDDLE SECONDARY SCHOOL TOTAL: 454 AVERAGE: 90.80
GRADE RANGE
A 80-100
B 66-79
C 56-65
D 40-55
E 0-39
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4.11.2 SUBJECT TOPPERS
SUBJECT
ENGLISH
BANDANA SUBBA PEMA GATSHEL MSS MARKS: 88
DZONGKHA
DORJI SELDON BULI MSS MARKS: 90
ECONOMICS
CHIMI WANGMO MONGAR HSS MARKS: 93
MATHS
PRAKASH KUIKEL DAGA HSS MARKS: 98
MATHS
RINCHEN DORJI 'A' MARTSHALLA MSS MARKS: 98
MATHS
DORJI GYELTSHEN PHOBJIKHA MSS MARKS: 98
HCG
UGYEN TSHERING SHERUBLING HSS MARKS: 90
HCG
TSHERING NIDUP NGANGLAM HSS MARKS: 90
HCG
THINLEY DORJI TSENKARLA CS MARKS: 90
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HCG
TASHI TENGYAL DECHHENCHOELING MSS MARKS:90
HCG
LAK TSHERING LEPCHA YOESELTSE MSS MARKS:90
SCIENCE
SONAM ZANGPO SHERUBLING HSS MARKS: 95
SCIENCE
PRAKASH KUIKEL DAGA HSS MARKS: 95
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
KINLEY WANGMO LUNGTENZAMPA MSS MARKS: 99
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CHAPTER 5: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
(LCSCE-X) 2015
5.1 LCSCE PASS PERCENTAGE FOR PAST YEARS
Year 2012 2013 2014 2015
Pass % 93.74 96.74 98 86.17
5.2 2015 LCSCE EXAMINATIONS
ENTERED APPEARED PASS FAILED PASS %
TOT M F TOT M F TOT M F TOT M F TOT M F
96 43 53 94 42 52 81 38 43 13 4 9 86.17 90.48 82.69
Three institutes offered Class X LCSCE course in 2015:
School for Language and Culture Studies (SLCS),
Kuenphen Language and Cultural Training Institute (KLCTI) and
Dzongkha Development Training Institute (DDTI)
A total of 96 candidates from the three centres were registered and 94 of them appeared the
LCSCE 2015 Examination. 81 candidates (86.17%) passed the examinations.
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
2012 2013 2014 2015
Year
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5.3 OVERALL SUBJECT-WISE PERFORMANCE
5.4 2015 LCSCE TOPPERS
FIRST
JAMYANG DORJEE Dzongkha Development Training Institute (DDTI) TOTAL: 405 AVERAGE: 81.00
SECOND
SANGAY TSHEWANG School for Language and Culture Studies (SLCS) TOTAL: 377 AVERAGE: 75.40
CHOKI DORJI Dzongkha Development Training Institute (DDTI) TOTAL: 377 AVERAGE: 75.40
NAMGAY THINLEY Kuenphen Language and Cultural Training Institute (KLCTI) TOTAL: 377 AVERAGE: 75.40
THIRD
JIGME TENZIN School for Language and Culture Studies (SLCS) TOTAL: 375 AVERAGE: 75.00
SUBJECT PASS % MEAN
ENGLISH 96.10 46.19
KHORDEY LAM SUM 100.00 71.65
DZONGKHA 100.00 66.20
NGAGDON 88.30 51.70
KANED SELWAI MELONG 98.94 63.67
NYERKHOI NAMSHED 97.87 59.38
0
50
100
150
English KhordeyLam Sum
Dzongkha Ngagdon KanedSelwai
Melong
NyerkhoiNamshed
Subject wise Pass % and Mean
Pass % Mean
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CHAPTER 6: REPORT ON 2015 BCSE EXAMINATIONS
6.1 CONDUCT OF BCSE EXAMINATIONS
A total of 114 centres (110 government and 4 private schools) offered the BCSE
examinations in 2015.
In order to carry out fair and smooth conduct of examinations there were approximately
1082 teachers involved as Supervising Examiners, Visiting Examiners and invigilators.
The officials from BCSEA, Dzongkhag Education officers (DEO) and Thromde Education
Officers (TEO) provided support and guidance to the examination centers.
The conduct of the BCSE examination started with the Computer Application practical on
November 28, 2015. The conduct of the theory examinations started on November 30 and
ended on December 12, 2015.
CONCERNS
1. An incompetent Supervisor: From one of the examination centers we received a
report of an incompetent supervisor, which demanded an immediate action. The action
and decision taken were: i) replaced him immediately and ii) that he would not be
involved in any of BCSEA examination related duties in the future.
2. Some supervising examiners were noticed bringing their family members. Such
practice will be curbed in the future as it puts the security and confidentiality of the
question papers at risk.
3. Missing Paper: Question papers were not sent to a centre meant for low vision
candidate had not been sent to them. They had to be taken by the BCSEA officials on exam-
inspection duties.
ANSWER SCRIPTS MARKING
The Marking of Answer Scripts for BCSE (X) started from December 8, 2015 and ended
on January 27,2016. The total numbers of officials involved in the marking were 601
(Answer Script Managers :40; Markers : 479 ; Data Tabulators : 82).
The answer scripts were marked following the standard procedure at the marking camp:
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ANSWER SCRIPTS MANAGEMENT
Papers are sorted out subject wise and a series of clerical works carried out to maintain
the anonymity and kept ready to hand them over to the markers through the chief
markers.
MARKING
Pre marking procedure includes hands on marking on 5 sample papers by every individual Marker and standardization of marking except in Mathematics, Computer Studies and Science.
Answer scripts are marked by the markers and supervised by the Chief markers and Subject Coordinators
Marked answer scripts then pass through the cross checkers in the marking room, who check the accuracy of marks assigned against each item and also cancel an extra item attempted, if any.
Break up marks are added and reflected in the answer scripts against the ‘total’ column, by a marker assigned to do this.
The total marks are then entered in the Theory Marks Form by mark tabulator. Chief Marker further re-evaluates the answer scripts at random. Answer scripts are then compiled lot wise and the total marks further cross-
checked against the Theory Marks Form and submitted to the Answer Script
management.
DATA TABULATION
The marked answer scripts are entered item-wise and errors rectified, if any, in the marking room and the changed marks are re-entered
The data tabulators further cross check the entered marks with the Theory Marks Form
Final Crossed checked answer scripts are returned to Answer Script Management for packing and appropriate labelling.
POSITIVE POINTS
1. The new timing worked well – the marking could begin by 8:30am. 2. Use of chief-marker’s log book made the marking process efficient. 3. There was no report of mal-practice from the centres nor detected at the marking.
DECLARATION OF RESULTS
After having completed the required formalities, the results of BCSE (X) and LCSCE (X)
were declared on February 15, 2016 through a press release.
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ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ ༢༠༡༥
ཀ༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའ༡༠༨༢ འའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
དང་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའ/༡༡ /༢༠༡༥ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ/༡༡ /༢༠༡༥ འའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ/༡༢ /༢༠༡༥ འའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཁ༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
༡ . འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའཏངམ་མ་ཚད་ ད་ལས་ཕར་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
༢ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
༣ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའ
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༤ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ནང་ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལའའའའའའའའ
ལས་དང་། འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ག༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ(X)འའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའ/༡ /༢༠༡༦ འའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ/༡ /༢༠༡༦ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འབད་ས་ལས་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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ང༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
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འའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཅ༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
གཞན་ག་ར་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའཏན་ཏན འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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འའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འབད་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའ འའ
འའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཆ༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཇ༽ ལེགས་པའྲི་ཆ།
༡ རྲིའུ་མྲིག་གསརཔ་བཟོ་མྲི་གྲིས་ དོ་པ་ཆུ་ཚོད་༨.༣༠ ལུ་དབེ་ཞྲིབ་ལཱ་འགོ་བཙུགས་ཚུགས་ཅྲི།
༣ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གཙོ་འཛིན་གྲི་ ཐ་ོདེབ་བཟོ་མྲི་ད་ེགྲིས་ ལན་ཤགོ་གྲི་གནས་སྡུད་བཀོད་ནྲི་ལུ་ཕན་ཡྲི།
༤ དུས་ཅྲི་གྲི་ལོ་ནང་ བ་ངན་འབད་བའྲི་་སྙན་ཞུ་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ལེ་བ་གཅྲིག་ལས་ཡང་མ་ལོདཔ་མ་ཚད་ དབེ་ཞྲིབ་གནས་སར་ནང་ལས་ཡང་ བདའ་མ་ཟུན་མྲི་འདྲི་ངལ་རངས་ཀྲི་གཞྲི་གཅྲིག་ཨྲིན་མས།
ཉ༽ ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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(X)འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའ
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6.2 REPORT ON CLERICAL RE-CHECK FOR BHSEC (12) 2015
The clerical recheck for BHSEC 2015 examination was held from March 9 till March 17,
2016. There was a total of 68 applicants with a total of 135 papers. The details of which
are given below:
S.NO. SUBJECT/PAPER NO. OF PAPERS
1. English I 10
2. English II 10
3. Dzongkha I 9
4. Dzongkha II 14
5. Mathematics 32
6. History 7
7. Geography 9
8. Economics 13
9. Physics 7
10. Chemistry 9
11. Biology 10
12. Computer Applications 5
TOTAL PAPERS 135
The clerical re-check is coordinated by controller of examinations and carried out by subject coordinators. Clerical recheck is carried out in the following steps:
(a) that all parts of the answer-scripts booklets have been marked; (b) that the marks for each sub-part/question have been correctly totaled; (c) that the total marks for the sub-part/question have been correctly transferred
to the front page of the answer script booklet; (d) that the marks on the front page have been correctly totaled and (e) that any examiner or moderation adjustments, if applicable, have been correctly
applied. (f) that the correct marks from the Mark Tabulation Form have been correctly
entered in the Result Processing System; (g) that the other components for the result like Project Work and Paper 2 marks
have been correctly incorporated in the Result Processing System for the BHSEC recheck applicants and they have not been awarded a ‘0’ (zero)in their external marks;
(h) the BCSE recheck applicants have not been awarded a ‘0’ in their external marks (i) and whether they also have their internal marks (Continuous Assessment) and (j) that the changes in the result are incorporated in the result processing system.
There were no changes in marks for all 68 candidates. The recheck announcement was given in print media and BCSEA website on March 22, 2016.
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ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ
ལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལལ ༢༠༡༥ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ_-
༡༧ /༣ /༢༠༡༦ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ:
ཨང་ འའའའའའ/འའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའ
༡ འའའའའའའའ ༡ ༡༠
༢ འའའའའའའའ ༢ ༡༠
༣ འའའའའའའ ༡ ༩
༤ འའའའའའའ ༢ ༡༤
༥ འའའའའའའའའའ ༧
༦ འའའའའའའའའའ ༩
༧ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
པ་
༡༣
༨ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ ༣༢
༩ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ ༧
༡༠ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
པ་
༩
༡༡ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ ༡༠
༡༢ འའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའ
༥
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའ ༡༣༥
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཀ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཁ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ག འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ང འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཅ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའRPS འའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
ཆ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
RPS འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
དང་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའ
ཇ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ`0’འའའའའའའའའའའའ
དང་ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
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ཉ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའ འའའའའའའའའའའ/༣ /༢༠༡༦ འའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའའ
འའའའའའའའའ
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CHAPTER 7: SUBJECT-WISE ITEM ANALYSIS
Item analysis was performed on the whole population of candidates who appeared for BHSEC and BCSE examination papers. Difficulty index for item analysis:
SL.NO MARK RANGE DIFFICULTY
LEVEL
1 0-25 DIFFICULT
2 26-60 MODERATE
3 61-100 EASY
Item analysis determines the following:
distribution of items based on difficulty levels difficulty of the content areas students ability in the subject area improvement of item aspects for future.
BHSEC-ENGLISH I
ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB
CAT ITM_ITEM AVERAG
E STDE
V MIN
MAX
FMKS
%SCORE
ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Sec A (a) Essay Layout 3.21 0.5 2 5 5 64 EASY
N = 1697 Sec A (a) Essay
Content & features 5.96 1.04 3 9.5 10 60 MODERATE
17% Sec A (a) Essay Language 8.72 1.35 5.5 13.5 15 58 MODERATE
2 Sec A (b) Essay Layout 3.22 0.53 1.5 5 5 64 EASY
N = 4794 Sec A (b) Essay
Content & features 5.93 1.00 2.5 9.5 10 59 MODERATE
48% Sec A (b) Essay Language 8.53 1.31 4 14 15 57 MODERATE
3 Sec A (c) Essay Layout 3.26 0.52 1.5 5 5 65 EASY
N = 2957 Sec A (c) Essay
Content & features 5.96 1.02 2.5 9 10 60 MODERATE
30% Sec A (c) Essay Language 8.60 1.39 4.5 14 15 57 MODERATE
4 Sec A (d) Essay Layout 3.25 0.53 2 5 5 65 EASY
N = 507 Sec A (d) Essay Content & features 5.91 1.08 2.5 9 10 59 MODERATE
5% Sec A (d) Essay Language 8.68 1.48 5 13 15 58 MODERATE
5 Section
A Story Q2-Con.&Ele 8.81 1.55 0 14.5 15 59 MODERATE
Section
A Story Q2-Language 8.97 1.56 0 14 15 60 MODERATE
6 Section
B Language Q3 i 0.86 0.35 0 1 1 86
EASY
7 Section
B Language Q3 ii 0.78 0.41 0 1 1 78
16 Section
B Grammar Q5 v 0.71 0.45 0 1 1 71
13 Section
B Grammar Q5 ii 0.7 0.46 0 1 1 70
15 Section
B Grammar Q5 iv 0.69 0.46 0 1 1 69
17 Section
B Rewrite Q6 i 0.67 0.47 0 1 1 67
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ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB
CAT ITM_ITEM AVERAG
E STDE
V MIN
MAX
FMKS
%SCORE
ITEM DIFFICULTY
14 Section
B Grammar Q5 iii 0.63 0.48 0 1 1 63
12 Section
B Grammar Q5 i 0.57 0.49 0 1 1 57
MODERATE
10 Section
B Language Q4 ii 0.83 0.45 0 2 2 42
36 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-ix 0.42 0.49 0 1 1 42
21 Section
B Rewrite Q6 v 0.38 0.49 0 1 1 38
23 Section
B Rewrite Q6 vii 0.3 0.46 0 1 1 30
20 Section
B Rewrite Q6 iv 0.29 0.46 0 1 1 29
18 Section
B Rewrite Q6 ii 0.28 0.44 0 1 1 28
8 Section
B Language Q3 iii 0.25 0.44 0 1 1 25
DIFFICULT
33 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-vi 0.24 0.43 0 1 1 24
27 Section
B Cloze Text Q7 1.13 0.82 0 5 5 23
9 Section
B Language Q4 i 0.43 0.5 0 2 2 21
30 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-iii 0.2 0.4 0 1 1 20
25 Section
B Rewrite Q6 ix 0.18 0.39 0 1 1 18
19 Section
B Rewrite Q6 iii 0.16 0.36 0 1 1 16
11 Section
B Language Q4 iii 0.42 0.77 0 3 3 14
32 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-v 0.13 0.33 0 1 1 13
29 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-ii 0.09 0.29 0 1 1 9
28 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-i 0.08 0.27 0 1 1 8
31 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-iv 0.08 0.27 0 1 1 8
22 Section
B Rewrite Q6 vi 0.07 0.26 0 1 1 7
34 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-vii 0.07 0.26 0 1 1 7
24 Section
B Rewrite Q6 viii 0.05 0.22 0 1 1 5
26 Section
B Rewrite Q6 x 0.05 0.21 0 1 1 5
37 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-x 0.05 0.21 0 1 1 5
35 Section
B Edit&rewrite Q8-viii 0.04 0.19 0 1 1 4
Item 1 from Section A required the students to write one argumentative essay out of
four given choices.
The most attempted topic was, ‘Most of the currently available foreign TV
channels need to be removed as they are detrimental to our culture.’ About 48%
of the population chose this topic.
The least chosen topic was, ‘Ranking of schools produces the best of students and
teachers.’ Only about 5% of the population attempted it.
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The 30 mark item was divided into (a) layout – 5marks (b) content and features – 10
marks (c) language use – 15 marks. The difficulty index of the layout sub-mark shows
that most of the candidates know how to present their writings into well formatted
paragraphs. However, much practice is still needed to be given in writing argumentative
essays. Students find it hard to score in the language aspect of formal writing.
Item 2 of Section A was short story writing. This item is compulsory and there is no
choice provided. The topic given for the exam was, ‘Write an original short story of
horror genre set in Bhutan in the early 1900s. Employ all the elements of short story
with an emphasis on the setting.’
The performance was moderate as shown by the data. During the marking of the short
story writings, we noticed that some candidates didn’t know the meaning of the word
“horror” given in the topic.
The items on Nature of Language were found in all the three levels on difficulty index
with the full score being 10marks.
Grammar items were found to be mostly difficult on the index level. Out of the 30marks
given to this section, 19 marks items were found to be difficult. Some items which were
found difficult were:
Rewriting: Q6 (vi) The river is deep. We can’t wade it. [Use “shallow”] Rewriting: Q6 (viii) “When you see Seldon don’t forget to thank her,” she said to her husband. [Use ‘asked’] Edit and rewrite: Q8 (v) The thieves stole a bank last Sunday. Edit and rewrite: Q8 (viii) The children accidently broke the glass door while playing football.
BHSEC-ENGLISH II
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVERAGE STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.i 0.96 0.19 0 1 1 96
EASY
34 Section D-Set I Drama Q1a.i 0.93 0.25 0 1 1 93
15 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.iv 0.91 0.28 0 1 1 91
14 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.iii 0.87 0.33 0 1 1 87
36 Section D-Set I Drama Q1a.iii 0.85 0.35 0 1 1 85
23 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 a.i 0.84 0.36 0 1 1 84
12 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.i 0.84 0.37 0 1 1 84
41 Section D-Set I Drama Q1b.iii 3.64 0.68 0 5 5 73
13 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.ii 0.72 0.45 0 1 1 72
27 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 a.v 0.68 0.47 0 1 1 68
39 Section D-Set I Drama Q1b.i 3.39 0.5 0 5 5 68
18 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.ii 3.38 0.87 0 4.5 5 68
2 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.ii 0.68 0.47 0 1 1 68
42 Section D-Set I Drama Q1b.iv 3.37 0.79 0 5 5 67
19 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.iii 3.37 0.64 0 5 5 67
40 Section D-Set I Drama Q1b.ii 3.34 0.83 0 4.5 5 67
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ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVERAGE STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
38 Section D-Set I Drama Q1a.v 0.66 0.47 0 1 1 66
MODERATE
6 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.i 3.18 0.86 0 5 5 64
16 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.v 0.62 0.49 0 1 1 62
10 Section A-Set
II Short Stories Q2.i 6.2 0.97 0 9 10 62
32 Section C-Set
II Poetry Q2.i 6.13 1.87 0 9.5 10 61
20 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.iv 3.04 0.73 0 5 5 61
3 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.iii 0.61 0.49 0 1 1 61
4 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.iv 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
11 Section A-Set
II Short Stories Q2.ii 8.68 2.51 0 15 15 58
5 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.v 0.55 0.5 0 1 1 55
33 Section C-Set
II Poetry Q2.ii 8.17 2.22 0 14 15 54
35 Section D-Set I Drama Q1a.ii 0.54 0.5 0 1 1 54
30 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 b.iii 2.69 1 0 4.5 5 54
31 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 b.iv 2.65 0.92 0 5 5 53
17 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.i 2.62 0.73 0 5 5 52
8 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.iii 2.6 0.52 0 5 5 52
7 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.ii 2.54 0.82 0 5 5 51
28 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1b.i 2.36 1.22 0 5 5 47
43 Section D-Set
II Drama Q2.i 4.6 2.09 0 8.5 10 46
21 Section B-Set
II Essay Q2. i 4.45 1.02 0 9 10 45
24 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 a.ii 0.41 0.49 0 1 1 41
29 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1b.ii 2.04 1.14 0 4.5 5 41
22 Section B-Set
II Essay Q2.ii 5.97 1.67 0 12.5 15 40
9 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.iv 1.84 1.07 0 4.5 5 37
37 Section D-Set I Drama Q1a.iv 0.36 0.48 0 1 1 36
44 Section D-Set
II Drama Q2.ii 5.2 3.28 0 13.5 15 35
26 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 a.iv 0.28 0.45 0 1 1 28
25 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1 a.iii 0.13 0.33 0 1 1 13 DIFFICULT
The items of 2015 BHSEC English II were found to be mostly easy and moderate with only one item being difficult. This year there was almost an equal distribution of choices taken up by the candidates regarding the items from either Set I or Set II across all the four genres. Normally, three Set I items are chosen followed by Set II of Poetry Section. Section A (Short Stories) items were attempted well by the candidates. Out of a total of 50 marks items, 18 marks items were easy and 32 marks items were moderate. The easiest item was from this section which was a multiple choice question: Q1a (i) The silver plated mirror with the initial A.C.S. was given to Alice by her
A twin. B father. C doctor. D mother.
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About 96% of the candidates could answer this correctly. The item which was moderate but scored the least from this section was: Q1b (iv) Comment on the reporter who scaled the hospital building to take photos of Alice when she was recuperating from her operation. Only about 37% could answer this item correctly. Section B (Essay) items were attempted well by the candidates. Out of a total of 50 marks items, 20 marks items were easy and 30 marks items were moderate. Section C (Poetry) items fell in all the three levels of difficulty index. Out of a total of 50 marks items, 12 marks items were easy and 37 marks items were moderate and 1 mark item was difficult. The difficult item was an mcq: Sec C Q1a.iii) ‘Repent, humanity, repent!’
The given line says that the human beings should
A recall what they have done. B avenge what they have done. C atone for what they have done. D remember what they have done.
Only about 13% could answer the item correctly. The teachers who came as markers gave feedback that words like, “avenge”, “atone” were too difficult for the students. Section D (Play) items were attempted well by the candidates. Out of a total of 50 marks items, 23 marks items were easy and 27 marks items were moderate. Sec D Q2.i item was moderate and 46% candidates were able to answer it.
BHSEC-DZONGKHA I
ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Sec A (a) Essay Content 5.86 0.86 0 8.5 9 65 EASY
1 Sec A (a) Essay Grammar Use 4.52 0.98 0 6.5 7 65 EASY
1 Sec A (a) Essay Layout 2.48 0.45 0 4 4 62 EASY
1 Sec A (b) Essay Content 5.9 0.85 2.5 8.5 9 66 EASY
1 Sec A (b) Essay Grammar Use 4.56 0.98 1.5 7 7 65 EASY
1 Sec A (b) Essay Layout 2.51 0.44 1 4 4 63 EASY
1 Sec A (c) Essay Content 6.1 0.86 2.5 8.25 9 68 EASY
1 Sec A (c) Essay Grammar Use 4.73 0.99 2.5 6.5 7 68 EASY
1 Sec A (c) Essay Layout 2.57 0.44 1.5 4 4 64 EASY
1 Sec A (d) Essay Grammar Use 4.78 0.94 0 6.5 7 68 EASY
1 Sec A (d) Essay Content 6.1 0.87 0 8.25 9 68 EASY
1 Sec A (d) Essay Layout 2.6 0.46 0 4 4 65 EASY
2 Sec A (a) Letter Writing Content 2.66 0.46 0 4 4 66 EASY
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ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
2 Sec A (a) Letter Writing Grammar Use 2.2 0.55 0 4 4 55 MODERATE
2 Sec A (a) Letter Writing Layout 1.12 0.26 0 2 2 56 MODERATE
2 Sec A (b) Letter Writing Content 2.63 0.51 0.5 4 4 66 EASY
2 Sec A (b) Letter Writing Grammar Use 2.23 0.57 0 4 4 56 MODERATE
2 Sec A (b) Letter Writing Layout 1.11 0.26 0 2 2 55 MODERATE
2 Sec A (c) Letter Writing Content 2.62 0.53 1.5 3.5 4 65 EASY
2 Sec A (c) Letter Writing Grammar Use 2.22 0.67 0.5 3.5 4 55 MODERATE
2 Sec A (c) Letter Writing Layout 1.12 0.27 0.5 2 2 56 MODERATE
2 Sec A (d) Letter Writing Content 3 0 3 3 4 75 EASY
2 Sec A (d) Letter Writing Grammar Use 2.75 0.35 2.5 3 4 69 EASY
2 Sec A (d) Letter Writing Layout 1.25 0.35 1 1.5 2 63 EASY
BHSEC DZO 1: GRAMMAR ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
7 Section A Passage Q3 B.1 0.96 0.19 0 1 1 96
EASY
9 Section A Passage Q3 B.3 0.96 0.2 0 1 1 96
19 Section B Language Q5 A.1 0.94 0.24 0 1 1 94
4 Section A Passage Q3 A.2 1.67 0.39 0 2 2 84
3 Section A Passage Q3 A.1 0.79 0.37 0 1 1 79
10 Section A Passage Q3 B.4 0.73 0.44 0 1 1 73
13 Section A Passage Q3 D SENTENCE 3.45 1.31 0 5 5 69
29 Section B Language Q5 C.1 1.39 0.67 0 2 2 69
5 Section A Passage Q3 A.3 1.31 0.36 0 2 2 66
23 Section B Language Q5 A.5 0.65 0.48 0 1 1 65
28 Section B Language Q5 B.5 1.3 0.83 0 2 2 65
21 Section B Language Q5 A.3 0.64 0.48 0 1 1 64
32 Section B Language Q5 C.4 3.03 1.07 0 5 5 61
24 Section B Language Q5 B.1 1.18 0.85 0 2 2 59
MODERATE
26 Section B Language Q5 B.3 1.18 0.9 0 2 2 59
27 Section B Language Q5 B.4 1.17 0.75 0 2 2 59
6 Section A Passage Q3 A.4 2.88 0.72 0 4.5 5 58
31 Section B Language Q5 C.3 3.42 1.9 0 6 6 57
12 Section A Passage Q3 C MEANING 2.44 0.91 0 5 5 49
25 Section B Language Q5 B.2 0.98 0.91 0 2 2 49
15 Section B Language Q4.1 0.92 0.9 0 2 2 46
14 Section A Passage Q3 E 2.17 1.04 0 5 5 43
8 Section A Passage Q3 B.2 0.42 0.49 0 1 1 42
20 Section B Language Q5 A.2 0.4 0.49 0 1 1 40
30 Section B Language Q5 C.2 0.64 0.74 0 2 2 32
11 Section A Passage Q3 B.5 0.28 0.45 0 1 1 28
22 Section B Language Q5 A.4 0.25 0.43 0 1 1 25
DIFFICULT 17 Section B Language Q4.3 0.69 0.72 0 3 3 23
16 Section B Language Q4.2 0.12 0.39 0 2 2 6
18 Section B Language Q4.4 0.15 0.35 0 3 3 5
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རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརར རརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
རར རརརར རརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར ར) རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར
རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརར ར) རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
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རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
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BHSEC-DZONGKHA II
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Section A Essay Q1A.1 0.98 0.13 0 1 1 98
EASY
24 Section C Story Q1A.2 0.98 0.13 0 1 1 98
3 Section A Essay Q1A.3 0.98 0.14 0 1 1 98
12 Section B Poetry Q1A.1 0.97 0.16 0 1 1 97
2 Section A Essay Q1A.2 0.96 0.18 0 1 1 96
35 Section D Sheting Q1A.2 0.93 0.26 0 1 1 93
38 Section D Sheting Q1A.5 0.87 0.34 0 1 1 87
39 Section D Sheting Q1B.1 4.24 1.13 0 5 5 85
23 Section C Story Q1A.1 0.82 0.39 0 1 1 82
14 Section B Poetry Q1A.3 0.75 0.43 0 1 1 75
42 Section D Sheting Q1B.4 3.74 0.71 0 5 5 75
31 Section C Story Q1B.4 3.52 0.62 0 5 5 70
6 Section A Essay Q1B.1 3.49 0.78 0 5 5 70
4 Section A Essay Q1A.4 0.69 0.46 0 1 1 69
30 Section C Story Q1B.3 3.39 0.77 0 5 5 68
19 Section B Poetry Q1B.3 3.39 0.62 0 5 5 68
7 Section A Essay Q1B.2 3.33 0.56 0 5 5 67
11 Section A Essay Q2.2 9.97 1.61 0 14 15 66
33 Section C Story Q2.2 9.97 2.16 0 14.5 15 66
34 Section D Sheting Q1A.1 0.66 0.47 0 1 1 66
32 Section C Story Q2.1 6.53 1.16 0 9.5 10 65
13 Section B Poetry Q1A.2 0.63 0.49 0 10 1 63
37 Section D Sheting Q1A.4 0.61 0.57 0 10 1 61
8 Section A Essay Q1B.3 2.95 0.81 0 5 5 59
MODERATE
29 Section C Story Q1B.2 2.92 0.99 0 5 5 58
9 Section A Essay Q1B.4 2.91 0.65 0 4.5 5 58
43 Section D Sheting Q2.1 5.82 0.99 0 9.5 10 58
10 Section A Essay Q2.1 5.75 0.86 0 8.5 10 58
22 Section B Poetry Q2.2 8.00 2.51 0 13.5 15 53
17 Section B Poetry Q1B.1 2.49 1.08 0 5 5 50
44 Section D Sheting Q2.2 7.23 2.40 0 13.5 15 48
28 Section C Story Q1B.1 2.41 1.29 0 5 5 48
20 Section B Poetry Q1B.4 2.38 0.87 0 5 5 48
40 Section D Sheting Q1B.2 2.30 1.38 0 5 5 46
15 Section B Poetry Q1A.4 0.45 0.50 0 1 1 45
18 Section B Poetry Q1B.2 2.22 0.91 0 5 5 44
21 Section B Poetry Q2.1 4.03 2.58 0 9 10 40
27 Section C Story Q1A.5 0.39 0.49 0 1 1 39
41 Section D Sheting Q1B.3 1.85 1.25 0 5 5 37
26 Section C Story Q1A.4 0.32 0.47 0 1 1 32
36 Section D Sheting Q1A.3 0.16 0.37 0 1 1 16
DIFFICULT
25 Section C Story Q1A.3 0.16 0.37 0 1 1 16
5 Section A Essay Q1A.5 0.12 0.32 0 1 1 12
16 Section B Poetry Q1A.5 0.10 0.31 0 1 1 10
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རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར རརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརར
BHSEC-RIGZHUNG
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX ITM MKS %SCORE ITM_DIFF
ITM35 Section C Ngenjed Q1A.5 0.98 0.12 0 1 1 98
EASY
ITM5 Section A Chejug Q1A.5 0.95 0.21 0 1 1 95
ITM1 Section A Chejug Q1A.1 0.95 0.23 0 1 1 95
ITM31 Section C Ngenjed Q1A.1 0.92 0.27 0 1 1 92
ITM3 Section A Chejug Q1A.3 0.88 0.32 0 1 1 88
ITM32 Section C Ngenjed Q1A.2 0.86 0.35 0 1 1 86
ITM34 Section C Ngenjed Q1A.4 0.85 0.36 0 1 1 85
ITM18 Section B Ngengag Q1A.2 0.84 0.37 0 1 1 84
ITM2 Section A Chejug Q1A.2 0.82 0.39 0 1 1 82
ITM22 Section B Ngengag Q1B.1 4.06 1.27 0 5 5 81
ITM17 Section B Ngengag Q1A.1 0.81 0.40 0 1 1 81
ITM40 Section C Ngenjed Q2.2 7.60 2.48 0 10 10 76
ITM24 Section B Ngengag Q1B.3 3.76 0.88 0 5 5 75
ITM6 Section A Chejug Q1B.1 3.73 1.61 0 5 5 75
ITM20 Section B Ngengag Q1A.4 0.74 0.44 0 1 1 74
ITM29 Section B Ngengag Q2.2 7.42 1.68 2 10 10 74
ITM19 Section B Ngengag Q1A.3 0.73 0.44 0 1 1 73
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ITM13 Section A Chejug Q1B.8 3.66 0.41 2 5 5 73
ITM8 Section A Chejug Q1B.3 3.55 1.15 0 5 5 71
ITM11 Section A Chejug Q1B.6 3.42 0.49 1 5 5 68
ITM30 Section B Ngengag Q2.3 10.24 1.83 1 13 15 68
ITM37 Section C Ngenjed Q1B.2 3.40 1.41 0 5 5 68
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX ITM MKS %SCORE ITM_DIFF
ITM4 Section A Chejug Q1A.4 0.68 0.47 0 1 1 68
ITM16 Section A Chejug Q2.3 10.01 1.55 4 13 15 67
MODERATE
ITM15 Section A Chejug Q2.2 9.68 1.75 4 13 15 65
ITM28 Section B Ngengag Q2.1 6.01 1.96 0 10 10 60
ITM9 Section A Chejug Q1B.4 2.85 0.75 0 5 5 57
ITM39 Section C Ngenjed Q2.1 5.65 1.83 1 10 10 56
ITM7 Section A Chejug Q1B.2 2.67 0.78 0 5 5 53
ITM14 Section A Chejug Q2.1 7.96 3.16 0 12 15 53
ITM10 Section A Chejug Q1B.5 2.59 0.74 0 4 5 52
ITM12 Section A Chejug Q1B.7 2.50 0.89 0 5 5 50
ITM36 Section C Ngenjed Q1B.1 2.30 1.64 0 5 5 46
ITM25 Section B Ngengag Q1B.4 2.21 1.75 0 5 5 44
ITM26 Section B Ngengag Q1B.5 2.16 1.66 0 5 5 43
ITM23 Section B Ngengag Q1B.2 2.03 1.30 0 5 5 41
ITM38 Section C Ngenjed Q1B.3 1.89 1.26 0 5 5 38
ITM21 Section B Ngengag Q1A.5 0.34 0.47 0 1 1 34
ITM33 Section C Ngenjed Q1A.3 0.31 0.46 0 1 1 31
ITM27 Section B Ngengag Q1B.6 0.84 1.27 0 5 5 17 DIFFICULT
རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར
རརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
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BHSEC-HISTORY
ITEM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 1.80 0.60 0 2 2 90 EASY
15 Section A Question 1 Q1-xv) 1.72 0.70 0 2 2 86
18 Section B Question 3 Q3-a) 3.39 1.28 0 4 4 85
4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 1.54 0.84 0 2 2 77
12 Section A Question 1 Q1-xii) 1.53 0.85 0 2 2 77
2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 1.51 0.86 0 2 2 76
16 Section B Question 2 Q2-a) 3.78 1.84 0 5 5 76
21 Section B Question 4 Q4-b) 2.25 1.19 0 3 3 75
10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 1.46 0.89 0 2 2 73
17 Section B Question 2 Q2-b) 1.46 0.78 0 2 2 73
3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 1.44 0.90 0 2 2 72
39 Section B Question 14 Q14-a) 2.79 1.31 0 4 4 70
22 Section B Question 5 Q5-a) 2.69 1.75 0 4 4 67
7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 1.34 0.94 0 2 2 67
5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 1.31 0.95 0 2 2 65
8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 1.31 0.95 0 2 2 65
36 Section B Question 12 Q12-b) 1.95 1.36 0 3 3 65
25 Section B Question 6 Q6-b) 1.88 1.21 0 3 3 63
29 Section B Question 8 Q8-b) 1.23 0.83 0 2 2 62
37 Section B Question 13 Q13-a) 2.37 1.43 0 4 4 59 MODERATE
13 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiii) 1.18 0.98 0 2 2 59
35 Section B Question 12 Q12-a) 2.32 1.32 0 4 4 58
24 Section B Question 6 Q6-a) 2.31 1.88 0 4 4 58
31 Section B Question 10 Q10-a) 2.20 1.70 0 4 4 55
19 Section B Question 3 Q3-b) 1.62 1.35 0 3 3 54
32 Section B Question 10 Q10-b) 1.61 1.30 0 3 3 54
23 Section B Question 5 Q5-b) 1.61 1.36 0 3 3 54
1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 1.06 1.00 0 2 2 53
40 Section B Question 14 Q14-b) 1.57 1.46 0 3 3 52
9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.94 1.00 0 2 2 47
33 Section B Question 11 Q11-a) 2.30 2.24 0 5 5 46
11 Section A Question 1 Q1-xi) 0.90 1.00 0 2 2 45
27 Section B Question 7 Q7-b) 1.29 1.40 0 3 3 43
30 Section B Question 9 Q9 2.90 2.60 0 7 7 41
20 Section B Question 4 Q4-a) 1.61 1.77 0 4 4 40
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38 Section B Question 13 Q13-b) 1.15 1.20 0 3 3 38
34 Section B Question 11 Q11-b) 0.70 0.89 0 2 2 35
26 Section B Question 7 Q7-a) 1.34 1.44 0 4 4 34
28 Section B Question 8 Q8-a) 1.26 1.60 0 5 5 25 DIFFICULT
14 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiv) 0.42 0.82 0 2 2 21
The item analysis of BHSEC History 2015 is carried out on 49 items. Item analysis was
carried on population (all 2841 papers were used for item analysis). There are 16 easy
items carrying 37 marks, 25 moderate items carrying 66 marks and 12 difficult items
carrying 27 marks. The markers provided the following feedback on the items:
The standard of History question paper was good and students performed quite well.
There should be more questions demanding facts. Q 3 was well attempted and scored well. Students’ meaningless response to competency based questions showed their
failure to understand the question correctly. Students found it difficult to answer high level questions. As per the item analysis and the marker’s feedback, it can be said that the
question were moderate.
BHSEC-GEOGRAPHY
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
38 Part II Question 7 Q7-bi) 0.95 0.22 0 1 1 95
EASY
42 Part II Question 8 Q8-a) 2.77 0.65 0 3 3 92
34 Part II Question 6 Q6-b) 1.79 0.53 0 2 2 90
26 Part II Question 4 Q4-b) 3.56 0.89 0 4 4 89
28 Part II Question 4 Q4-d) 1.76 0.52 0 2 2 88
12 Part I Question 1 Q1-xii) 0.88 0.30 0 1 1 88
39 Part II Question 7 Q7-bii) 1.72 0.57 0 2 2 86
10 Part I Question 1 Q1-x) 0.80 0.38 0 1 1 80
29 Part II Question 5 Q5-a) 1.54 0.50 0 2 2 77
31 Part II Question 5 Q5-c) 1.44 0.53 0 2 2 72
24 Part II Question 3 Q3-c) 2.82 0.92 0 4 4 70
47 Part II Question 9 Q9-c) 1.35 0.69 0 2 2 67
52 Part II Question 10 Q10-d) 1.94 0.89 0 3 3 65
27 Part II Question 4 Q4-c) 1.89 0.63 0 3 3 63
8 Part I Question 1 Q1-viii) 1.25 0.40 0 2 2 63
50 Part II Question 10 Q10-b) 1.82 0.75 0 3 3 61
35 Part II Question 6 Q6-c) 1.80 0.64 0 3 3 60
MODERATE
11 Part I Question 1 Q1-xi) 1.19 0.63 0 2 2 59
3 Part I Question 1 Q1-iii) 1.16 0.81 0 2 2 58
5 Part I Question 1 Q1-v) 1.10 0.44 0 2 2 55
36 Part II Question 6 Q6-d) 1.65 0.71 0 3 3 55
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14 Part I Question 1 Q1-xiv) 1.60 0.87 0 3 3 53
44 Part II Question 8 Q8-c) 2.10 1.21 0 4 4 53
41 Part II Question 7 Q7-d) 1.46 1.21 0 3 3 49
18 Part II Question 2 Q2-a) 0.48 0.47 0 1 1 48
9 Part I Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.96 0.75 0 2 2 48
48 Part II Question 9 Q9-d) 1.84 1.02 0 4 4 46
22 Part II Question 3 Q3-a) 1.36 1.12 0 3 3 45
13 Part I Question 1 Q1-xiii) 0.89 0.74 0 2 2 45
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
45 Part II Question 9 Q9-a) 0.86 0.36 0 2 2 43
MODERATE
2 Part I Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.43 0.22 0 1 1 43
25 Part II Question 4 Q4-a) 0.42 0.43 0 1 1 42
51 Part II Question 10 Q10-c) 1.15 0.72 0 3 3 38
32 Part II Question 5 Q5-d) 1.11 1.10 0 3 3 37
46 Part II Question 9 Q9-b) 0.73 0.68 0 2 2 37
40 Part II Question 7 Q7-c) 1.01 1.11 0 3 3 34
53 Part II Question 11 Q11 3.24 1.72 0 9 10 32
30 Part II Question 5 Q5-b) 0.88 0.93 0 3 3 29
6 Part I Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.28 0.42 0 1 1 28
37 Part II Question 7 Q7-a) 0.28 0.41 0 1 1 28
15 Part I Question 1 Q1-xv) 0.55 0.58 0 2 2 27
17 Part I Question 1 Q1-xvii) 0.50 0.64 0 2 2 25
DIFFICULT
23 Part II Question 3 Q3-b) 0.73 1.01 0 3 3 24
49 Part II Question 10 Q10-a) 0.21 0.36 0 1 1 21
21 Part II Question 2 Q2-d) 0.54 0.56 0 3 3 18
43 Part II Question 8 Q8-b) 0.51 0.74 0 3 3 17
7 Part I Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.34 0.51 0 2 2 17
1 Part I Question 1 Q1-i) 0.34 0.43 0 2 2 17
16 Part I Question 1 Q1-xvi) 0.32 0.47 0 2 2 16
20 Part II Question 2 Q2-c) 0.45 0.60 0 3 3 15
4 Part I Question 1 Q1-iv) 0.15 0.28 0 1 1 15
19 Part II Question 2 Q2-b) 0.34 0.51 0 3 3 11
33 Part II Question 6 Q6-a) 0.10 0.34 0 2 2 5
The item analysis of BHSEC Geography 2015 was carried out on 53 items. Item analysis was carried on population (all 3177 papers were used for item analysis). There are 16 easy items carrying 37 marks, 25 moderate items carrying 66 marks and 12 difficult items carrying 27 marks. The markers provided the following feedback on the items:
Questions in general were challenging. Students performed poorly in open ended questions. Students’ failure to understand the competency based questions was noticed. Q 3a was more like Economics question. Q 2d was confusing as there were various answers Some of the open ended questions were confusing as it did not give clear
meaning.
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As per the item analysis and the marker’s feedback and the students’ performance, it can be
said that the questions were moderate.
Though there were couple of comments on inclusion of many high level questions, the
questions were as per the table of specification.
BHSEC-ECONOMICS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
13 Part I Question 1 Q1-xiii) 1.65 0.55 0 2 2 82
EASY
31 Part II Question 9 Q9-b) 3.14 1.23 0 4 4 78
26 Part II Question 7 Q7-a) 3.40 1.17 0 5 5 68
25 Part II Question 6 Q6-b) 3.27 1.85 0 5 5 65
12 Part I Question 1 Q1-xii) 1.26 0.55 0 2 2 63
24 Part II Question 6 Q6-a) 2.94 1.52 0 5 5 59
MODERATE
8 Part I Question 1 Q1-viii) 1.18 0.80 0 2 2 59
32 Part II Question 10 Q10-a) 2.88 1.83 0 5 5 58
33 Part II Question 10 Q10-b) 2.88 1.71 0 5 5 58
17 Part II Question 2 Q2-b) 2.81 1.49 0 5 5 56
29 Part II Question 8 Q8-b) 2.79 1.08 0 5 5 56
16 Part II Question 2 Q2-a) 2.70 1.67 0 5 5 54
7 Part I Question 1 Q1-vii) 1.06 0.74 0 2 2 53
19 Part II Question 3 Q3-b) 2.62 1.28 0 5 5 52
4 Part I Question 1 Q1-iv) 1.03 0.79 0 2 2 52
3 Part I Question 1 Q1-iii) 1.00 0.93 0 2 2 50
18 Part II Question 3 Q3-a) 2.49 1.34 0 5 5 50
9 Part I Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.94 0.81 0 2 2 47
11 Part I Question 1 Q1-xi) 0.90 0.74 0 2 2 45
6 Part I Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.89 0.60 0 2 2 45
27 Part II Question 7 Q7-b) 2.18 0.92 0 5 5 44
5 Part I Question 1 Q1-v) 0.86 0.72 0 2 2 43
20 Part II Question 4 Q4-a) 1.58 1.45 0 4 4 39
1 Part I Question 1 Q1-i) 0.65 0.79 0 2 2 32
10 Part I Question 1 Q1-x) 0.64 0.77 0 2 2 32
2 Part I Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.63 0.80 0 2 2 31
23 Part II Question 5 Q5-b) 1.11 1.05 0 5 5 22
DIFFICULT
14 Part I Question 1 Q1-xiv) 0.44 0.63 0 2 2 22
15 Part I Question 1 Q1-xv) 0.42 0.56 0 2 2 21
22 Part II Question 5 Q5-a) 1.01 0.99 0 5 5 20
21 Part II Question 4 Q4-b) 0.90 1.36 0 6 6 15
28 Part II Question 8 Q8-a) 0.69 1.06 0 5 5 14
30 Part II Question 9 Q9-a) 0.29 0.99 0 6 6 5
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The BHSEC December, 2015 Economics paper had 33 items of which 15 were short
answer questions and rest extended response questions. According to the analysis
report, there were 5 easy, 21 moderate and 7 difficult items. From the 5 easy items, 2
were from Part I(compulsory) and 3 from part II(choice based). Teachers felt that these
were simple, objective and direct questions.
The difficult items were (Q9 a), Q8a), Q5a), Q5b), Q4b), Q1xiv), and Q1xv of which
Q9 (a) was found to be the most difficult item with only 5% of the total students getting
it right. The markers felt that there were several factors responsible for poorer
performance by students on these items. According to the markers, some of the
probable reasons that could have led to low performance were:
Candidates lacked clarity of ideas on some concepts
Candidates have not read the questions properly thus not understanding them
well
diagrams were not plotted correctly
incorrect labeling of diagrams
some questions required facts and figures
BHSEC Economics paper appeared to be a standard paper because there was a good
spread in the item difficulty level and wide range of students’ abilities were taken care
of.
BHSEC-COMMERCE
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
4 Part I Question 1 Q1-iv) 1.60 0.70 0 2 2 80
EASY
29 Part II Question 8 Q8-b) 2.99 1.24 0 4 4 75
3 Part I Question 1 Q1-iii) 1.49 0.45 0 2 2 74
24 Part II Question 6 Q6-a) 3.65 1.38 0 5 5 73
5 Part I Question 1 Q1-v) 1.42 0.69 0 2 2 71
17 Part II Question 2 Q2-b) 4.20 1.40 0 6 6 70
16 Part II Question 2 Q2-a) 2.73 1.28 0 4 4 68
13 Part I Question 1 Q1-xiii) 1.33 0.56 0 2 2 67
20 Part II Question 4 Q4-a) 2.57 0.93 0 4 4 64
25 Part II Question 6 Q6-b) 3.15 1.73 0 5 5 63
22 Part II Question 5 Q5-a) 2.46 1.21 0 4 4 62
27 Part II Question 7 Q7-b) 3.64 1.65 0 6 6 61
8 Part I Question 1 Q1-viii) 1.18 0.75 0 2 2 59
MODERATE
10 Part I Question 1 Q1-x) 1.17 0.67 0 2 2 59
28 Part II Question 8 Q8-a) 3.45 1.63 0 6 6 57
26 Part II Question 7 Q7-a) 2.13 1.11 0 4 4 53
32 Part II Question 10 Q10-a) 2.04 1.40 0 4 4 51
30 Part II Question 9 Q9-a) 2.94 1.92 0 6 6 49
34 Part II Question 10 Q10-b)ii) 1.41 0.48 0 3 3 47
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18 Part II Question 3 Q3-a) 2.74 1.54 0 6 6 46
14 Part I Question 1 Q1-xiv) 0.88 0.66 0 2 2 44
31 Part II Question 9 Q9-b) 1.73 0.84 0 4 4 43
23 Part II Question 5 Q5-b) 2.50 2.23 0 6 6 42
9 Part I Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.82 0.47 0 2 2 41
15 Part I Question 1 Q1-xv) 0.77 0.35 0 2 2 39
33 Part II Question 10 Q10-b)i) 1.10 0.93 0 3 3 37
12 Part I Question 1 Q1-xii) 0.72 0.78 0 2 2 36
7 Part I Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.66 0.60 0 2 2 33
11 Part I Question 1 Q1-xi) 0.60 0.59 0 2 2 30
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Part I Question 1 Q1-i) 0.52 0.54 0 2 2 26
21 Part II Question 4 Q4-b) 1.37 1.37 0 6 6 23
DIFFICULT
19 Part II Question 3 Q3-b) 0.82 0.99 0 4 4 21
2 Part I Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.35 0.64 0 2 2 17
6 Part I Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.27 0.37 0 2 2 13
BHSEC December 2015 Commerce paper had 34 items. The analysis report showed 12
easy, 18 moderate and 4 difficult items.
The easiest among the 12 easy items appeared to be Q1vi. As per the analysis report,
almost 80% of the students got it right. This according to the markers was a lower level
question. Similarly, other easy items such as Q1 iii, v, xiii, Q2a & b, Q4a, Q5a, Q6b, Q7b &
Q8b were simple, direct and required less critical thinking skills.
The item no.6(Q1vi) seemed to be the most difficult item(A public limited company
wants to appoint a director. How would you advise the company on the procedures
involved in the appointment of director?). According to the markers, many of the
students could not answer it correctly. As per the markers’ feedback, almost all the
students wrote on the qualities of a director instead of the procedures involved in its
appointment.
The other difficult items (Q1ii, Q3b & Q4b) were also not attempted by most of the
students and those who attempted did not score good marks.
This according to the markers is also an indication of questions not being read properly
and result of selective studies done by the students.
Over all, looking at the spread of the item difficulty, December 2015 Commerce question
paper is a standard paper catering to a wide range of abilities.
BHSEC-ACCOUNTANCY
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
6 Part I Question 1 Q1-vi) 1.98 0.19 0 2 2 99
EASY
19 Part II Question 6 Q6-a) 4.07 1.09 0 5 5 81
7 Part I Question 1 Q1-vii) 1.34 0.67 0 2 2 67
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17 Part II Question 5 Q5-a) 2.95 1.17 0 5 5 59
MODERATE
10 Part I Question 1 Q1-x) 1.14 0.96 0 2 2 57
2 Part I Question 1 Q1-ii) 1.11 0.90 0 2 2 56
13 Part II Question 2 Q2-c) 0.98 0.60 0 2 2 49
21 Part II Question 7 Q7 4.78 2.63 0 10 10 48
12 Part II Question 2 Q2-b) 1.41 1.04 0 3 3 47
23 Part II Question 9 Q9 4.61 2.48 0 10 10 46
11 Part II Question 2 Q2-a) 2.28 1.32 0 5 5 46
15 Part II Question 4 Q4-a) 2.17 1.10 0 5 5 43
20 Part II Question 6 Q6-b) 1.99 1.79 0 5 5 40
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
22 Part II Question 8 Q8 3.90 2.93 0 10 10 39
16 Part II Question 4 Q4-b) 1.73 1.26 0 5 5 35
3 Part I Question 1 Q1-iii) 0.66 0.80 0 2 2 33
1 Part I Question 1 Q1-i) 0.62 0.67 0 2 2 31
18 Part II Question 5 Q5-b) 1.53 1.94 0 5 5 31
14 Part II Question 3 Q3 2.65 2.10 0 10 10 26
4 Part I Question 1 Q1-iv) 0.48 0.75 0 2 2 24
DIFFICULT
5 Part I Question 1 Q1-v) 0.29 0.60 0 2 2 15
8 Part I Question 1 Q1-viii) 0.21 0.48 0 2 2 10
9 Part I Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.21 0.55 0 2 2 10
Accountancy BHSEC December, 2015 had a total of 22 items, out of which 3 were easy,
15 moderate and 4 difficult items. This also indicated that different levels in Bloom’s
Taxonomy being correctly followed while items were developed.
As per the analysis report, 3 items such as (Q1vi, Q1vii and Q6a) were found to be easy.
These according to the markers were simple, direct and objective type items. In general,
markers were of the view that students did quite well on the items from part I as
compared to the previous years.
Item no.9 (Q1ix) appeared to be the most difficult item for the students. This as per the
markers was a good item though being a high level question. This being a compulsory
item was attempted by almost all the students but score on the item was very minimal.
Similarly, the markers considered the following factors responsible for lower
performance by students:
Students need to pass several journal entries Some questions were lengthy and students were required to prepare several
accounts
On the whole, markers feel that BHSEC Accountancy 2015 paper was moderate and
performances of the students relatively better compared to past examinations.
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BHSEC-PURE MATHEMATICS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 1.80 0.60 0 2 2 90
EASY
15 Section A Question 1 Q1-xv) 1.72 0.70 0 2 2 86
18 Section B Question 3 Q3-a) 3.39 1.28 0 4 4 85
4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 1.54 0.84 0 2 2 77
12 Section A Question 1 Q1-xii) 1.53 0.85 0 2 2 77
2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 1.51 0.86 0 2 2 76
16 Section B Question 2 Q2-a) 3.78 1.84 0 5 5 76
21 Section B Question 4 Q4-b) 2.25 1.19 0 3 3 75
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 1.46 0.89 0 2 2 73
17 Section B Question 2 Q2-b) 1.46 0.78 0 2 2 73
3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 1.44 0.90 0 2 2 72
39 Section B Question 14 Q14-a) 2.79 1.31 0 4 4 70
22 Section B Question 5 Q5-a) 2.69 1.75 0 4 4 67
7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 1.34 0.94 0 2 2 67
5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 1.31 0.95 0 2 2 65
8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 1.31 0.95 0 2 2 65
36 Section B Question 12 Q12-b) 1.95 1.36 0 3 3 65
25 Section B Question 6 Q6-b) 1.88 1.21 0 3 3 63
29 Section B Question 8 Q8-b) 1.23 0.83 0 2 2 62
37 Section B Question 13 Q13-a) 2.37 1.43 0 4 4 59
MODERATE
13 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiii) 1.18 0.98 0 2 2 59
35 Section B Question 12 Q12-a) 2.32 1.32 0 4 4 58
24 Section B Question 6 Q6-a) 2.31 1.88 0 4 4 58
31 Section B Question 10 Q10-a) 2.20 1.70 0 4 4 55
19 Section B Question 3 Q3-b) 1.62 1.35 0 3 3 54
32 Section B Question 10 Q10-b) 1.61 1.30 0 3 3 54
23 Section B Question 5 Q5-b) 1.61 1.36 0 3 3 54
1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 1.06 1.00 0 2 2 53
40 Section B Question 14 Q14-b) 1.57 1.46 0 3 3 52
9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.94 1.00 0 2 2 47
33 Section B Question 11 Q11-a) 2.30 2.24 0 5 5 46
11 Section A Question 1 Q1-xi) 0.90 1.00 0 2 2 45
27 Section B Question 7 Q7-b) 1.29 1.40 0 3 3 43
30 Section B Question 9 Q9 2.90 2.60 0 7 7 41
20 Section B Question 4 Q4-a) 1.61 1.77 0 4 4 40
38 Section B Question 13 Q13-b) 1.15 1.20 0 3 3 38
34 Section B Question 11 Q11-b) 0.70 0.89 0 2 2 35
26 Section B Question 7 Q7-a) 1.34 1.44 0 4 4 34
28 Section B Question 8 Q8-a) 1.26 1.60 0 5 5 25 DIFFICULT
14 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiv) 0.42 0.82 0 2 2 21
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BHSEC 2015 Mathematics paper had 40 items. Candidates found two of the 40 items to
be difficult, 19 of them to be easy and the rest moderate.
Most of the candidates were not able to differentiate between “Permutation” and
“Combination” in answering question 3 (b) as they were confused to know the meaning
of “atleast one”. Of Question 11, both part (a) and (b) were difficult items as only a few
candidates had attempted it. It was found that of the few candidates who have
attempted the question could not translate the word into mathematical equations.
Regarding the other part of the question the students were not able to substitute the
correct values into the given formula.
BHSEC-PHYSICS
ITEM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM52 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-b) 2.00 0.04 0 2 2 100
EASY
ITM5 Part I Question 1 a)v) 0.84 0.36 0 1 1 84
ITM46 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-a) 1.62 0.68 0 2 2 81
ITM51 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-a) 1.60 0.64 0 2 2 80
ITM11 Part I Question 1 b) CORRECT 4.75 0.92 1 6 6 79
ITM53 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-c) 1.56 0.64 0 2 2 78
ITM58 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-a) 1.52 0.61 0 2 2 76
ITM59 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-b) 2.08 0.93 0 3 3 69
ITM48 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-c) 1.38 0.49 0 2 2 69
ITM54 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-d) 0.68 0.36 0 1 1 68
ITM26 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-a) 0.67 0.46 0 1 1 67
ITM56 Part II-Sec C Question 13 Q13-b) 1.34 0.82 0 2 2 67
ITM3 Part I Question 1 a)iii) 0.66 0.47 0 1 1 66
ITM1 Part I Question 1 a)i) 0.65 0.48 0 1 1 65
ITM10 Part I Question 1 a)x) 0.64 0.48 0 1 1 64
ITM33 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-b) 2.55 1.61 0 4 4 64
ITM12 Part I Question 1 c) MATCH 2.45 0.89 0 4 4 61
ITM29 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-a) 1.22 0.79 0 2 2 61
ITM8 Part I Question 1 a)viii) 0.60 0.49 0 1 1 60
MODERATE
ITM13 Part I Question 1 d) T/F 2.41 0.87 0 4 4 60
ITM4 Part I Question 1 a)iv) 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
ITM50 Part II-Sec B Question 11 Q11-b) 1.75 1.06 0 3 3 58
ITM22 Part I Question 1 e)ix) 1.15 0.79 0 2 2 57
ITM14 Part I Question 1 e)i) 1.06 0.95 0 2 2 53
ITM6 Part I Question 1 a)vi) 0.52 0.50 0 1 1 52
ITM9 Part I Question 1 a)ix) 0.50 0.50 0 1 1 50
ITM39 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-b) 1.90 1.49 0 4 4 47
ITM38 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-a) 0.47 0.48 0 1 1 47
ITM34 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-c) 0.94 0.76 0 2 2 47
ITM43 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-c) 1.82 1.06 0 4 4 46
ITM15 Part I Question 1 e)ii) 0.44 0.40 0 1 1 44
ITM42 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-b) 0.44 0.49 0 1 1 44
ITM40 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-c) 0.87 0.82 0 2 2 43
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ITM49 Part II-Sec B Question 11 Q11-a) 1.27 1.06 0 3 3 42
ITM30 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-b) 1.25 1.33 0 3 3 42
ITM7 Part I Question 1 a)vii) 0.40 0.49 0 1 1 40
ITM2 Part I Question 1 a)ii) 0.40 0.49 0 1 1 40
ITM32 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-a) 0.38 0.47 0 1 1 38
ITM17 Part I Question 1 e)iv) 0.69 0.75 0 2 2 35
ITM57 Part II-Sec C Question 13 Q13-c) 0.68 0.71 0 2 2 34
ITM16 Part I Question 1 e)iii) 0.63 0.72 0 2 2 32
ITM55 Part II-Sec C Question 13 Q13-a) 0.90 1.09 0 3 3 30
ITM18 Part I Question 1 e)v) 0.60 0.65 0 2 2 30
ITEM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM27 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-b) 1.11 1.43 0 4 4 28
ITM25 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-c) 0.54 0.58 0 2 2 27
ITM45 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-b) 0.79 1.01 0 3 3 26
ITM31 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-c) 0.52 0.86 0 2 2 26
ITM21 Part I Question 1 e)viii) 0.47 0.76 0 2 2 23
DIFFICULT
ITM41 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-a) 0.22 0.39 0 1 1 22
ITM20 Part I Question 1 e)vii) 0.22 0.38 0 1 1 22
ITM47 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-b) 0.42 0.73 0 2 2 21
ITM23 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-a) 0.19 0.37 0 1 1 19
ITM24 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-b) 0.72 1.00 0 4 4 18
ITM28 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-c) 0.34 0.70 0 2 2 17
ITM60 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-c) 0.31 0.64 0 2 2 16
ITM19 Part I Question 1 e)vi) 0.30 0.63 0 2 2 15
ITM35 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-a) 0.29 0.60 0 2 2 15
ITM44 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-a) 0.43 0.72 0 3 3 14
ITM36 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-b) 0.42 0.78 0 3 3 14
ITM37 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-c) 0.16 0.38 0 2 2 8
For the 2015 BHSEC examination, 3168 candidates appeared the Physics examination.
This item analysis includes all 3168 candidates. From the total of 60 items, 18 were easy, 29 moderate and 13 difficult.
The easy items were from Part I and Part II, Section A, B and C. The easiest item was question 1(v) from Electrostatics.
From the difficult items, 3 were from Part I, 6 from Part II, Section A, 3 from Part II, Section B and 1 from Part II, Section C.
The most difficult item was question 6 (c) from Electromagnetic Induction and A.C circuits, Simple a.c and d.c generators. Principle, construction, theory and use of both. ‘Students did not read the question carefully and gave incomplete answers’, according to the marker who marked the item.
Some feedback from the markers on the difficult items are:
Qn. 1(e)(vii): many candidates found it challenging as they were confused with ‘length and temperature of the wire’ and were not able to identify the ‘variables’;
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Qn. 2(b): those candidates who attempted the question wrote about ‘deflection magnetometer’ instead of ‘vibration magnetometer’;
Qn. 6(a): most of the candidates were confused with ‘polarization of light’; Qn. 6(b): candidates were confused with the question and was not attempted by
most; Qn. 8(a): candidates’ answers covered mostly the ‘sources of electromagnetic
waves’ rather than the ‘method of production of electromagnetic waves’; Qn. 9(a): though it was an easy question, candidates failed to read the question
carefully and wrote about the difference between the two terms instead of the difference between the ‘experimental set-up’ and
Qn. 10(b): most of the candidates answered, ‘how lens makers formula is related to refractive index or radius of curvature of the spherical surface.’
BHSEC-CHEMISTRY
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % Score ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM1 Part I Question 1 a)i) 0.87 0.34 0.00 1.00 1.00 87
EASY
ITM12 Part I Question 1 c) MATCH 4.18 1.21 0.00 5.00 5.00 84
ITM5 Part I Question 1 a)v) 0.78 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 78
ITM25 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-b) 2.33 0.93 0.00 3.00 3.00 78
ITM3 Part I Question 1 a)iii) 0.77 0.42 0.00 1.00 1.00 77
ITM9 Part I Question 1 a)ix) 0.76 0.42 0.00 1.00 1.00 76
ITM13 Part I Question 1 d) FIB 3.64 1.12 0.00 5.00 5.00 73
ITM52 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-d) 0.69 0.39 0.00 1.00 1.00 69
ITM8 Part I Question 1 a)viii) 0.67 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 67
ITM31 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-b) 1.85 0.97 0.00 3.00 3.00 62
ITM26 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-c) 1.14 0.83 0.00 2.00 2.00 57
MODERATE
ITM53 Part II-Sec B Question 11 Q11-a) 1.59 1.09 0.00 3.00 3.00 53
ITM43 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-d) 1.04 0.77 0.00 2.00 2.00 52
ITM21 Part I Question 1 e)viii) 0.52 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 52
ITM11 Part I Question 1 b) REWRITE 2.49 1.26 0.00 5.00 5.00 50
ITM34 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-b) 0.48 0.44 0.00 1.00 1.00 48
ITM36 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-d) 0.95 0.68 0.00 2.00 2.00 48
ITM4 Part I Question 1 a)iv) 0.47 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 47
ITM48 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-b) 0.92 0.88 0.00 2.00 2.00 46
ITM42 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-c) 0.90 0.71 0.00 5.00 2.00 45
ITM41 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-b) 0.45 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 45
ITM10 Part I Question 1 a)x) 0.44 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 44
ITM18 Part I Question 1 e)v) 0.87 0.78 0.00 2.00 2.00 44
ITM2 Part I Question 1 a)ii) 0.40 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 40
ITM6 Part I Question 1 a)vi) 0.40 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 40
ITM23 Part I Question 1 e)x) 0.39 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 39
ITM16 Part I Question 1 e)iii) 0.38 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 38
ITM40 Part II-Sec A Question 7 Q7-a) 0.76 0.60 0.00 2.00 2.00 38
ITM50 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-b) 0.38 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 38
ITM30 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-a) 1.12 1.02 0.00 3.00 3.00 37
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3264 candidates appeared the BHSEC 2015 Chemistry examination.
This item analysis includes all 3264 candidates. From the total of 64 items, 10 were easy, 34 moderate and 20 difficult.
There were 7 easy items from Part I, 2 from Part II Section A and 1 from Part II Section B. The easiest item was question 1 (a)(i) from The Solid State.
The most difficult item was question 1(e)(vii) from the chapter Cyanides which was found to be challenging and not many candidates attempted this item.
Some feedback from the markers on the difficult items are:
ITM39 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-c) 0.71 0.76 0.00 2.00 2.00 36
ITM59 Part II-Sec C Question 13 Q13-a) 1.05 1.23 0.00 3.00 3.00 35
ITM44 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-a) 0.68 0.75 0.00 2.00 2.00 34
ITM7 Part I Question 1 a)vii) 0.34 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 34
ITM24 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-a) 0.65 0.62 0.00 2.00 2.00 32
ITM60 Part II-Sec C Question 13 Q13-b) 1.28 1.11 0.00 4.00 4.00 32
ITM19 Part I Question 1 e)vi) 0.64 0.86 0.00 2.00 2.00 32
ITM51 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-c) 0.64 0.56 0.00 2.00 2.00 32
ITM55 Part II-Sec B Question 11 Q11-c) 0.32 0.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 32
ITM56 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-a) 0.92 1.06 0.00 3.00 3.00 31
ITM28 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-b) 0.61 0.73 0.00 2.00 2.00 31
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % Score ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM15 Part I Question 1 e)ii) 0.30 0.31 0.00 1.00 1.00 30
ITM58 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-c) 0.58 0.76 0.00 2.00 2.00 29
ITM47 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-a) 1.15 1.16 0.00 4.00 4.00 29
ITM64 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-d) 0.27 0.42 0.00 1.00 1.00 27
ITM14 Part I Question 1 e)i) 0.25 0.37 0.00 1.00 1.00 25
DIFFICULT
ITM17 Part I Question 1 e)iv) 0.50 0.68 0.00 2.00 2.00 25
ITM22 Part I Question 1 e)ix) 0.49 0.65 0.00 2.00 2.00 24
ITM33 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-a) 0.46 0.68 0.00 2.00 2.00 23
ITM29 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-c) 0.66 0.78 0.00 3.00 3.00 22
ITM35 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-c) 0.42 0.64 0.00 2.00 2.00 21
ITM54 Part II-Sec B Question 11 Q11-b) 0.38 0.47 0.00 2.00 2.00 19
ITM32 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-c) 0.18 0.32 0.00 1.00 1.00 18
ITM57 Part II-Sec C Question 12 Q12-b) 0.34 0.47 0.00 2.00 2.00 17
ITM63 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-c) 0.31 0.54 0.00 2.00 2.00 16
ITM27 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-a) 0.30 0.26 0.00 2.00 2.00 15
ITM37 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-a) 0.37 0.69 0.00 3.00 3.00 12
ITM62 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-b) 0.19 0.45 0.00 2.00 2.00 9
ITM61 Part II-Sec C Question 14 Q14-a) 0.17 0.46 0.00 2.00 2.00 9
ITM38 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-b) 0.17 0.41 0.00 2.00 2.00 8
ITM45 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-b) 0.16 0.48 0.00 2.00 2.00 8
ITM49 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-a) 0.09 0.30 0.00 2.00 2.00 5
ITM46 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-c) 0.08 0.26 0.00 2.00 2.00 4
ITM20 Part I Question 1 e)vii) 0.07 0.35 0.00 2.00 2.00 4
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Qn. 3(a): most of the candidates found this item challenging because, ‘the
calculating age of the ore’s concept is a mismatch between disintegration of atoms of a radioactive nucleide and determination of age of rocks and minerals’;
Qn. 3(c): it was observed that some of the candidates don’t have idea of ‘common ion effect’;
Qn. 4(c): many candidates wrote the ‘function of salt bridge rather than the definition’;
Qn. 5(a): there were instances when the candidates wrote the ‘definition of acid and base rather than giving examples’;
Qn. 5(c): only a few candidates have written ‘equal’ but it is motivating to know that the ‘concept of osmotic pressure and it’s relation with number of particles is clear’ to the candidates;
Qn. 6(a): most of the candidates did not attempt this question as it was found to be challenging as it was presented in a different way;
Qn. 6(b): most of the candidates missed writing the ‘definition and wrote only the steps involved in heterogeneous catalysis’;
Qn. 7(c): candidates failed to ‘compare and give reasons correctly’; Qn. 10(a): the candidates who attempted this question either did not attempt
this part and those who did were ‘confused with the extraction of phosphoric acid and lead’;
Qn. 12(b): most of the candidates could not give the ‘correct definition of detergents nor zwitter ion’. Candidates have written the ‘structure of zwitter ion and how it is formed’ and
Qn. 14: Not many candidates attempted this question as the items were related to writing ‘equations’ which is found to be challenging.
Compared to the 2015 BHSEC Physics question paper, the Chemistry paper was found to be more challenging. As expressed by the Chemistry Chief Marker the ‘questions required students to think harder and apply reasoning skills more’.
BHSEC-BIOLOGY
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % Score ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM4 Part I Question 1 a)iv) 0.91 0.28 0.00 1.00 1.00 91
EASY
ITM27 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-a) 0.91 0.26 0.00 1.00 1.00 91
ITM3 Part I Question 1 a)iii) 0.89 0.32 0.00 1.00 1.00 89
ITM61 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-e) 2.55 0.71 0.00 3.00 3.00 85
ITM53 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-b) 2.46 0.78 0.00 3.00 3.00 82
ITM7 Part I Question 1 a)vii) 0.82 0.39 0.00 1.00 1.00 82
ITM51 Part II-Sec B Question 7 Q7-e) 2.26 0.91 0.00 3.00 3.00 75
ITM47 Part II-Sec B Question 7 Q7-a) 0.74 0.34 0.00 1.00 1.00 74
ITM48 Part II-Sec B Question 7 Q7-b) 2.13 0.89 0.00 3.00 3.00 71
ITM2 Part I Question 1 a)ii) 0.70 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 70
ITM13 Part I Question 1 d) MATCH 2.79 0.90 0.00 4.00 4.00 70
ITM25 Part I Question 1 g)x) 0.67 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 67
ITM6 Part I Question 1 a)vi) 0.66 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 66
ITM26 Part I Question 1 g)xi) 0.65 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 65
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ITM11 Part I Question 1 b) T/F 2.59 0.66 0.00 4.00 4.00 65
ITM10 Part I Question 1 a)x) 0.62 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 62
ITM8 Part I Question 1 a)viii) 0.60 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 60
MODERATE
ITM1 Part I Question 1 a)i) 0.57 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 57
ITM29 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-c) 1.72 0.71 0.00 3.00 3.00 57
ITM54 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-c) 2.82 1.21 0.00 5.00 5.00 56
ITM35 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-a) 0.56 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 56
ITM63 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-b) 1.67 0.95 0.00 3.00 3.00 56
ITM12 Part I Question 1 c) REWRITE 2.20 1.14 0.00 4.00 4.00 55
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % Score ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM17 Part I Question 1 g)ii) 0.26 0.25 0.00 0.50 0.50 53
ITM45 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-c) 1.57 0.69 0.00 3.00 3.00 52
ITM39 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-a) 0.52 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 52
ITM9 Part I Question 1 a)ix) 0.51 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 51
ITM28 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-b) 1.49 0.99 0.00 3.00 3.00 50
ITM16 Part I Question 1 g)i) 0.25 0.25 0.00 0.50 0.50 50
ITM32 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-b) 1.42 0.91 0.00 3.00 3.00 47
ITM62 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-a) 0.47 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 47
ITM64 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-c) 1.88 0.81 0.00 4.00 4.00 47
ITM18 Part I Question 1 g)iii) 0.23 0.25 0.00 0.50 0.50 46
ITM65 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-d) 1.78 0.69 0.00 4.00 4.00 45
ITM36 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-b) 1.33 0.77 0.00 3.00 3.00 44
ITM5 Part I Question 1 a)v) 0.43 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 43
ITM43 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-a) 0.42 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 42
ITM22 Part I Question 1 g)vii) 0.41 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 41
ITM55 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-d) 1.17 0.63 0.00 3.00 3.00 39
ITM56 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-e) 1.15 1.12 0.00 3.00 3.00 38
ITM58 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-b) 1.53 0.84 0.00 4.00 4.00 38
ITM33 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-c) 1.14 0.87 0.00 3.00 3.00 38
ITM30 Part II-Sec A Question 2 Q2-d) 1.10 0.90 0.00 3.00 3.00 37
ITM57 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-a) 0.36 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 36
ITM23 Part I Question 1 g)viii) 0.35 0.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 35
ITM66 Part II-Sec B Question 10 Q10-e) 1.02 0.46 0.00 3.00 3.00 34
ITM19 Part I Question 1 g)iv) 0.17 0.24 0.00 0.50 0.50 34
ITM31 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-a) 0.33 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 33
ITM38 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-d) 0.98 0.87 0.00 3.00 3.00 33
ITM42 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-d) 0.95 0.84 0.00 3.00 3.00 32
ITM41 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-c) 0.94 0.93 0.00 3.00 3.00 31
ITM20 Part I Question 1 g)v) 0.31 0.33 0.00 1.00 1.00 31
ITM59 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-c) 1.23 1.12 0.00 4.00 4.00 31
ITM46 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-d) 0.89 0.84 0.00 3.00 3.00 30
ITM34 Part II-Sec A Question 3 Q3-d) 0.86 1.01 0.00 3.00 3.00 29
ITM14 Part I Question 1 e) FIB 1.40 1.15 0.00 5.00 5.00 28
ITM15 Part I Question 1 f) REASON 1.10 1.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 27
ITM44 Part II-Sec A Question 6 Q6-b) 0.79 0.91 0.00 3.00 3.00 26
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ITM49 Part II-Sec B Question 7 Q7-c) 1.23 1.45 0.00 5.00 5.00 25
DIFFICULT
ITM40 Part II-Sec A Question 5 Q5-b) 0.69 0.88 0.00 3.00 3.00 23
ITM21 Part I Question 1 g)vi) 0.19 0.26 0.00 1.00 1.00 19
ITM60 Part II-Sec B Question 9 Q9-d) 0.56 0.79 0.00 3.00 3.00 19
ITM50 Part II-Sec B Question 7 Q7-d) 0.52 0.67 0.00 3.00 3.00 17
ITM52 Part II-Sec B Question 8 Q8-a) 0.12 0.32 0.00 1.00 1.00 12
ITM37 Part II-Sec A Question 4 Q4-c) 0.33 0.63 0.00 3.00 3.00 11
ITM24 Part I Question 1 g)ix) 0.05 0.18 0.00 1.00 1.00 5
1378/1423 candidates appeared the BHSEC 2015 Biology examination.
This item analysis includes all 1423 candidates. From the total of 66 items, 16 were easy, 42 moderate and 8 difficult.
In the easy category, 10 items were from Part I, 1 item from Part II Section A and 5 items from Part II Section B. The easiest item was question 1(a)(iv) from Plant Tissues.
There were 2 items from Part I, 2 items from Part II Section A and 4 items from Part II Section B in the difficult category. The most difficult item was question 1(g)(ix) from the chapter Origin of Life. Candidates were not able to answer the context based item.
Some feedback from markers on the difficult items are:
Qn. 3(c)(i): this item was not attempted by most of the candidates. Those who did were not able to make the connection between the statement given and the question;
Qn. 3(c)(ii): like the previous item, here too the candidates were not able to make the connection between the given statement and the question and gave answers related to ‘light and dark vision’;
Qn. 5(b)(i): approximately half of the candidates gave the ‘definition of double fertilization’ instead of giving the ‘significance’;
Qn. 5(b)(ii): instead of writing the ‘characteristics of a plant which help in cross pollination’ candidates have written the ‘advantages’;
Qn. 7(c)(i): most of the candidates who attempted the item, ‘misinterpreted the graph as the sound produced by the heart instead of cardiac impulse’;
Qn. 7(c)(ii): candidates did not give the correct answer and wrote about the ‘function of the liver’;
Qn. 9(d)(i): candidates were not able to give the ‘correct technical terms to describe heterozygous diploid and also failed to write the reason for undetected mutation in heterozygous diploids’ and
Qn. 9(d)(ii): most of the candidates explained the characteristics of a donkey and a horse and gave reasons as to why they belong to different species’ instead of giving the correct answer.
The Biology Chief Marker commented that for ‘short and essay type of questions, the expectations from markers’ were high as they expected students to know all the aspects (details) of concepts which is not easy’.
BHSEC-COMPUTER STUDIES
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ITM NO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM28 Section A Question 3 Q3-viii) 1.98 0.18 0.00 2.00 2.00 99.17
EASY
ITM5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 0.99 0.11 0.00 1.00 1.00 98.67
ITM1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 0.91 0.29 0.00 1.00 1.00 90.70
ITM40 Section B Question 5 Q5-a) 2.57 0.67 0.00 3.00 3.00 85.66
ITM38 Section B Question 4 Q4-c) 0.86 0.30 0.00 1.00 1.00 85.60
ITM4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 0.85 0.36 0.00 1.00 1.00 85.05
ITM25 Section A Question 3 Q3-v) 1.70 0.43 0.00 2.00 2.00 84.76
ITM22 Section A Question 3 Q3-ii) 1.69 0.56 0.00 2.00 2.00 84.34
ITM NO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.84 0.37 0.00 1.00 1.00 83.89
ITM3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 0.81 0.39 0.00 1.00 1.00 80.90
ITM7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.80 0.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 79.73
ITM43 Section B Question 6 Q6-a) 3.88 1.37 0.00 5.00 5.00 77.64
ITM44 Section B Question 6 Q6-b) 3.06 0.71 0.00 4.00 4.00 76.45
ITM21 Section A Question 3 Q3-i) 1.52 0.83 0.00 2.00 2.00 76.08
ITM42 Section B Question 5 Q5-c) 2.93 1.19 0.00 4.00 4.00 73.17
ITM23 Section A Question 3 Q3-iii) 1.45 0.57 0.00 2.00 2.00 72.59
ITM26 Section A Question 3 Q3-vi) 1.42 0.75 0.00 2.00 2.00 71.14
ITM41 Section B Question 5 Q5-b) 2.03 0.88 0.00 3.00 3.00 67.64
ITM2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.63 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 62.71
ITM45 Section B Question 6 Q6-c) 0.61 0.44 0.00 1.00 1.00 61.47
ITM30 Section A Question 3 Q3-x) 1.18 0.89 0.00 2.00 2.00 59.09
MODERATE
ITM31 Section A Question 3 Q3-xi) 1.18 0.85 0.00 2.00 2.00 59.09
ITM29 Section A Question 3 Q3-ix) 1.12 0.85 0.00 2.00 2.00 56.06
ITM14 Section A Question 2 Q2-vi) 0.51 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 51.41
ITM11 Section A Question 2 Q2-i) 0.51 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 51.16
ITM8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 0.51 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 50.66
ITM57 Section B Question 10 Q10-c) 1.00 0.56 0.00 2.00 2.00 50.22
ITM54 Section B Question 9 Q9-b) 2.85 2.39 0.00 6.00 6.00 47.54
ITM50 Section B Question 7 Q7-e) 0.91 0.66 0.00 2.00 2.00 45.41
ITM52 Section B Question 8 Q8-b) 1.80 1.49 0.00 4.00 4.00 45.00
ITM33 Section A Question 3 Q3-xiii) 0.87 0.89 0.00 2.00 2.00 43.52
ITM48 Section B Question 7 Q7-c) 1.30 0.89 0.00 3.00 3.00 43.44
ITM56 Section B Question 10 Q10-b) 1.30 1.26 0.00 3.00 3.00 43.24
ITM6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.40 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 39.73
ITM19 Section A Question 2 Q2-ix) 0.38 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 37.54
ITM12 Section A Question 2 Q2-ii) 0.37 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 36.54
ITM34 Section A Question 3 Q3-xiv) 0.69 0.88 0.00 2.00 2.00 34.42
ITM49 Section B Question 7 Q7-d) 0.62 0.87 0.00 2.00 2.00 30.86
ITM32 Section A Question 3 Q3-xii) 0.61 0.69 0.00 2.00 2.00 30.65
ITM10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 0.30 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 30.28
ITM27 Section A Question 3 Q3-vii) 0.60 0.81 0.00 2.00 2.00 30.11
ITM17 Section A Question 2 Q2-vii) 0.30 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 29.65
ITM37 Section B Question 4 Q4-b) 0.56 0.53 0.00 2.00 2.00 28.01
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ITM15 Section A Question 2 Q2-v) 0.28 0.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 27.74
ITM13 Section A Question 2 Q2-iii) 0.26 0.44 0.00 1.00 1.00 25.91
DIFFICULT
ITM36 Section B Question 4 Q4-a) 0.23 0.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 23.18
ITM20 Section A Question 2 Q2-x) 0.20 0.38 0.00 1.00 1.00 19.68
ITM51 Section B Question 8 Q8-a) 1.12 1.55 0.00 6.00 6.00 18.68
ITM16 Section A Question 2 Q2-vi) 0.19 0.39 0.00 1.00 1.00 18.60
ITM35 Section A Question 3 Q3-xv) 0.32 0.54 0.00 2.00 2.00 16.11
ITM24 Section A Question 3 Q3-iv) 0.30 0.58 0.00 2.00 2.00 14.83
ITM46 Section B Question 7 Q7-a) 0.29 0.56 0.00 2.00 2.00 14.42
ITM NO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM53 Section B Question 9 Q9-a) 0.51 1.08 0.00 4.00 4.00 12.72
ITM55 Section B Question 10 Q10-a) 0.58 0.81 0.00 5.00 5.00 11.63
ITM39 Section B Question 4 Q4-d) 0.51 0.83 0.00 4.50 4.50 11.37
ITM47 Section B Question 7 Q7-b) 0.09 0.29 0.00 1.00 1.00 9.19
ITM18 Section A Question 2 Q2-viii) 0.09 0.28 0.00 1.00 1.00 8.64
BHSEC 2015 Computer Studies paper had 57 items. Candidates found 20 of the 57 items
to be difficult, 13 of them to be easy and rest moderate.
The questions from the topic HTML were found to be easy and from Java Script to be
difficult. Students find questions from Java Script difficult because this topic deals with
programming. The most attempted items are from the chapter web design application
which students find easy.
BHSEC-BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM15 Section A Question 1 Q1-xv) 1.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 100
EASY
ITM6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.78 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 78
ITM2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.78 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 78
ITM11 Section A Question 1 Q1-xi) 0.75 0.43 0.00 1.00 1.00 75
ITM20 Section B Question 4 Q4-a) 2.26 1.20 0.00 3.00 3.00 75
ITM33 Section B Question 10 Q10-b) 3.01 1.42 0.00 4.00 4.00 75
ITM12 Section A Question 1 Q1-xii) 0.74 0.44 0.00 1.00 1.00 74
ITM37 Section B Question 12 Q12-b) 2.73 1.42 0.00 4.00 4.00 68
ITM5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 0.67 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 67
ITM4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 0.66 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 66
ITM13 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiii) 0.64 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 64
ITM36 Section B Question 12 Q12-a) 1.89 1.17 0.00 3.00 3.00 63
ITM39 Section B Question 13 Q13-b) 2.48 1.43 0.00 4.00 4.00 62
ITM41 Section B Question 14 Q14-b) 2.44 1.72 0.00 4.00 4.00 61
ITM31 Section B Question 9 Q9-b) 2.27 1.31 0.00 4.00 4.00 57
MODERATE
ITM24 Section B Question 6 Q6-a) 1.70 1.21 0.00 3.00 3.00 57
ITM3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 0.57 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 57
ITM21 Section B Question 4 Q4-b) 2.16 1.65 0.00 4.00 4.00 54
ITM18 Section B Question 3 Q3-a) 1.57 1.11 0.00 3.00 3.00 52
ITM16 Section B Question 2 Q2-a) 1.55 1.09 0.00 3.00 3.00 52
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ITM38 Section B Question 13 Q13-a) 1.45 1.38 0.00 3.00 3.00 48
ITM22 Section B Question 5 Q5-a) 1.40 1.45 0.00 3.00 3.00 47
ITM25 Section B Question 6 Q6-b) 1.84 1.63 0.00 4.00 4.00 46
ITM40 Section B Question 14 Q14-a) 1.35 1.33 0.00 3.00 3.00 45
ITM1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 0.44 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 44
ITM35 Section B Question 11 Q11-b) 1.73 1.51 0.00 4.00 4.00 43
ITM8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 0.43 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 43
ITM29 Section B Question 8 Q8-b) 1.61 1.27 0.00 4.00 4.00 40
ITM7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.37 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 37
ITM NO ITM_CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.33 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 33
ITM28 Section B Question 8 Q8-a) 1.00 0.99 0.00 3.00 3.00 33
ITM10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 0.31 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 31
ITM17 Section B Question 2 Q2-b) 1.25 1.43 0.00 4.00 4.00 31
ITM30 Section B Question 9 Q9-a) 0.89 1.10 0.00 3.00 3.00 30
ITM27 Section B Question 7 Q7-b) 0.96 1.35 0.00 4.00 4.00 24
DIFFICULT
ITM32 Section B Question 10 Q10-a) 0.64 1.01 0.00 3.00 3.00 21
ITM26 Section B Question 7 Q7-a) 0.53 0.97 0.00 3.00 3.00 18
ITM34 Section B Question 11 Q11-a) 0.51 0.89 0.00 3.00 3.00 17
ITM23 Section B Question 5 Q5-b) 0.62 1.04 0.00 4.00 4.00 16
ITM19 Section B Question 3 Q3-b) 0.52 1.07 0.00 4.00 4.00 13
ITM14 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiv) 0.12 0.33 0.00 1.00 1.00 12
BHSEC 2015 Business Mathematics paper had 41 items. Candidates found seven of the 41 items to be difficult, 14 of them to be easy and rest moderate.
Almost all the candidates had done question 1 part xiv incorrectly from the compulsory part. This particular question required the examinees to known a comprehensive knowledge of both integration and differentiation. The item 38 was from statistics and integration by partial fractions. Most of the candidates attempted this item as this was a direct question.
BCSE-ENGLISH I
ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE ITEM
DIFFICULTY
1 Sec A I (a) N = 848 Essay Content & Features 6.25 1.82 0.5 14 15 42 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (a) Essay Grammar Use 5.61 1.18 1.5 9 10 56 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (b) N = 3027 Essay Content & Features 6.27 1.54 0.5 12.5 15 42 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (b) Essay Grammar Use 5.62 1.08 0.5 9.5 10 56 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (c) N= 6048 Essay Content & Features 6.05 1.45 2 14 15 40 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (c) Essay Grammar Use 5.43 1.05 2 9.5 10 54 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (d) N= 1393 Essay Content & Features 6.56 1.82 2 14 15 44 MODERATE
1 Sec A I (d) Essay Grammar Use 5.74 1.25 2.5 10 10 57 MODERATE
2 Sec A II a (N=7760) Letter Writing II (a) 10.5
3 1.50 0 14.5 15 70 EASY
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2 Sec A II b (N=611) Letter Writing II (b) 10.5
5 1.61 3 14.5 15 70 EASY
2 Sec A II c (N=3051) Letter Writing II (c) 10.5
1 1.51 2.5 14.5 15 70 EASY
17 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (x) 0.88 0.32 0 1 1 88 EASY
13 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (vi) 0.86 0.35 0 1 1 86
16 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (ix) 0.76 0.43 0 1 1 76
EASY 29 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 4 3.77 1.00 0 5 5 75
7 Section B NOL QIII 2 (ii) 2.97 0.88 0 4 4 74
15 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (viii) 0.60 0.49 0 1 1 60 MODERATE
6 Section B NOL QIII 2 (i) 1.74 0.91 0 3 3 58
ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM
DIFFICULTY
4 Section B NOL QIII 1 (ii) 0.48 0.50 0 1 1 48
11 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (iv) 0.46 0.50 0 1 1 46
20 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (iii) 0.43 0.50 0 1 1 43
3 Section B NOL QIII 1 (i) 0.43 0.49 0 1 1 43
8 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (i) 0.41 0.49 0 1 1 41
10 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (iii) 0.39 0.49 0 1 1 39
9 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (ii) 0.30 0.46 0 1 1 30
21 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (iv) 0.29 0.45 0 1 1 29
28 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 3 1.39 1.16 0 5 5 28
5 Section B NOL QIII 1 (iii) 0.28 0.45 0 1 1 28
24 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (vii) 0.26 0.44 0 1 1 26
18 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (i) 0.26 0.44 0 1 1 26
12 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (v) 0.22 0.43 0 11 1 22
DIFFICULT
25 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (viii) 0.21 0.41 0 1 1 21
26 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (ix) 0.20 0.40 0 1 1 20
27 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (x) 0.18 0.38 0 1 1 18
14 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 1 (vii) 0.17 0.37 0 1 1 17
22 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (v) 0.11 0.31 0 1 1 11
23 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (vi) 0.03 0.18 0 1 1 3
19 Section B GRAMMAR Q IV 2 (ii) 0.01 0.09 0 1 1 1
Item 1 from Section A required the students to write one expository essay out of four
given choices.
The most attempted topic was, ‘History is an important subject’; 6048 candidates
chose this topic.
The least chosen topic was, ‘Importance of doing community service’; only 848
candidates attempted it.
The 25 mark item was divided into (a) content and features – 15 marks (b) language use
– 10 marks. The difficulty index of the scores show that most of the candidates need
practice in writing expository essays. Students find it hard to score in the language
aspect of formal writing. The suggestion from the markers was for BCSEA to provide
sample essays to the schools.
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Item 2 of Section A was letter writing with four given topics to choose from.
All the given topics were of same difficulty index level.
The most attempted topic was: Your name is Sonam and you are studying in Deki Middle Secondary School,
Trongsa. Being a class X student and also the Science Club captain, you have been
assigned to organise an inter-class science quiz competition among the class VII
students of your school. Write a letter to the science club coordinator of your
school, requesting for support and the items you would require to conduct the quiz
effectively.
A total of 7760 candidates chose this topic. However, only about 611 chose to
write on:
Your name is Tshering, a class X graduate residing in Choling community of
Bumthang. You have recently attended the Police Youth Partnership Programme
(PPYP). Write a letter to the Superintendent of Police in Bumthang, highlighting
some of the benefits you availed from the programme and thanking him/her for the
opportunities provided.
Candidates found the letter writing item easy.
The items on Nature of Language were found to be falling on two levels on difficulty
index with the full score being only 10marks.
Q3.iii Dawa Tshering, a friend of mine is popularly nicknamed as “Dawtsho”.
The technique which has been employed in deriving the nickname is called
A back-formation.
B borrowing.
C blending.
D clipping.
Though in moderate level, only about 28% of the candidates were able to answer this
item correctly.
Grammar items were found to be falling in all the three difficulty index levels. Out of the
30marks given to this section, 8 marks items were easy; 14 marks items were found to
be moderate and 8 marks items were difficult. Some items which were found difficult
were:
Q IV 1(v) The students put up a proposal for a class picnic but the principal denied it.
The underlined word means
A turned of.
B turned off.
C turned out.
D turned down.
Q IV 2.(ii) All the new books were taken by Class X students on the opening day of the Annual Reading Week.(Use “spared”)
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Q IV 2(vi) (vi) The bridge has been declared unsafe. It was constructed two years ago.
(Join the two sentences by using a suitable relative pronoun.)
BCSE-ENGLISH II
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.1 0.97 0.17 0 1 1 97
EASY
11 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.1 0.97 0.18 0 1 1 97
22 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1a.2 0.91 0.28 0 1 1 91
2 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.2 0.91 0.29 0 1 1 91
32 Section D-Set I Novel Q1a.2 0.86 0.39 0 11 1 86
23 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1a.3 0.85 0.36 0 1 1 85
21 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1a.1 0.84 0.37 0 1 1 84
34 Section D-Set I Novel Q1a.4 0.82 0.39 0 1 1 82
13 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.3 0.78 0.41 0 1 1 78
25 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1a.5 0.70 0.46 0 1 1 70
4 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.4 0.68 0.49 0 10 1 68
12 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.2 0.65 0.48 0 1 1 65
19 Section B-Set II Essay Q2.1 6.24 1.29 0 10 10 62
5 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.5 0.62 0.49 0 1 1 62
3 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1a.3 0.61 0.49 0 1 1 61
35 Section D-Set I Novel Q1a.5 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
MODERATE
20 Section B-Set II Essay Q2.2 5.93 1.50 0 10 10 59
33 Section D-Set I Novel Q1a.3 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
14 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.4 0.56 0.50 0 1 1 56
9 Section A-Set II Short Stories Q2.1 5.34 2.79 0 10 10 53
37 Section D-Set I Novel Q1b.2 2.42 1.00 0 5 5 48
27 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1b.2 2.37 1.14 0 5 5 47
38 Section D-Set I Novel Q1b.3 2.28 0.95 0 5 5 46
15 Section B-Set I Essay Q1a.5 0.45 0.50 0 1 1 45
36 Section D-Set I Novel Q1b.1 2.17 1.24 0 5 5 43
30 Section C-Set II Poetry Q2.2 4.33 1.98 0 10 10 43
26 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1b.1 2.11 0.98 0 5 5 42
6 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.1 2.10 1.26 0 5 5 42
10 Section A-Set II Short Stories Q2.2 4.05 2.53 0 10 10 41
8 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.3 1.99 0.99 0 5 5 40
24 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1a.4 0.39 0.49 0 1 1 39
7 Section A-Set I Short Stories Q1b.2 1.73 1.09 0 5 5 35
28 Section C-Set I Poetry Q1b.3 1.72 1.24 0 5 5 34
16 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.1 1.64 1.31 0 5 5 33
40 Section D-Set II Novel Q2.2 3.22 1.50 0 10 10 32
29 Section C-Set II Poetry Q2.1 3.12 2.20 0 10 10 31
31 Section D-Set I Novel Q1a.1 0.28 0.45 0 1 1 28
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17 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.2 1.31 1.25 0 5 5 26
39 Section D-Set I Novel Q2.1 2.61 2.18 0 10 10 26
18 Section B-Set I Essay Q1b.3 1.16 1.00 0 5 5 23 DIFFICULT
The items of 2015 BCSE English II were found to be mostly easy and moderate with only one item being difficult. This year there was almost an equal distribution of choices taken up by the candidates regarding the items from either Set I or Set II across all the four genres. Normally, three Set I items are chosen followed by Set II of Poetry Section. Section A (Short Stories) items were attempted well by the candidates. Out of a total of 40 marks items, 5 marks items were easy and 35 marks items were moderate. The easiest item in this section which was a multiple choice question which was correctly answered by 97% of the candidates. However, many students were not able to answer questions such as: Q1b. 2 Explain the role of the mirror in the story. State TWO events from the story in
support of your answer. Q1b. 3 Could the White Knight have avoided killing the knight who attacked him?
Justify your stand with TWO reasons. Section B (Essay) items were attempted well by the candidates. Out of a total of 40 marks items, 13 marks items were easy, 22 marks items were moderate and 5 marks item was difficult. Students found it difficult to answer the question: Q1.b 1 How does the example of Alfredo Moser prove that, “necessity is the mother of invention”? Only about 33% of the candidates could answer it correctly. The difficult item was from this section: Q1b.3 Suggest TWO ways in which the Bhutanese can also make use of the Moser lamp. Only about 23% of candidates could answer it correctly. Section C (Poetry) items fell in two levels of difficulty index with a majority being moderate. Out of a total of 40 marks items, 4 marks items were easy and 36 marks items were moderate. Students were not able to answer the following questions correctly; only about 31% of candidates could answer it correctly. Q2.1 Bring out the features in the poem to qualify it as one dealing with ghosts and eerie setting. Section D (Novel) items were attempted well by the candidates. Out of a total of 40 marks items, 2 marks items were easy and 38 marks items were moderate. Candidates had difficulty in scoring marks with questions like: Q2.1 Draw a flowchart to show Jonas’ escape plan which he made with the Giver’s help.
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Only 26% of the candidates could answer it correctly. Most of them were not able to comprehend the question.
BCSE-DZONGKHA I
ESSAY AND LETTER WRITING ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
1 Essay Content A 5.42 0.94 0 8.25 9 60 MODERATE
1 Essay Grammar Use A 4.02 0.84 0 6.5 7 57 MODERATE
1 Essay Layout A 2.49 0.46 0 4 4 62 EASY
1 Essay Content B 4.74 0.99 1.5 7.75 9 53 MODERATE
1 Essay Grammar Use B 3.59 0.83 1 6.25 7 51 MODERATE
1 Essay Layout B 2.31 0.46 0.5 4 4 58 MODERATE
1 Essay Content C 4.44 1.05 0 7.5 9 49 MODERATE
1 Essay Grammar Use C 3.34 0.84 0.25 6 7 48 MODERATE
1 Essay Layout C 2.23 0.45 0.25 4 4 56 MODERATE
1 Essay Content D 4.49 0.94 0 7.75 9 50 MODERATE
1 Essay Grammar Use D 3.48 0.82 0 6 7 50 MODERATE
1 Essay Layout D 2.29 0.46 0 4 4 57 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Content a 2.33 0.55 0 3.5 4 58 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Grammar Use a 2.28 0.55 0 3.5 4 57 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Layout a 1.22 0.30 0 2 2 61 EASY
2 Letter Writing Content b 2.31 0.62 0 3.5 4 58 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Grammar Use b 2.13 0.67 0 3.5 4 53 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Layout b 1.18 0.29 0 2 2 59 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Content c 2.04 0.69 0 3.5 4 51 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Grammar Use c 1.79 0.72 0 3.5 4 45 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Layout c 1.01 0.36 0 2 2 50 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Letter Writing d 1.58 0.49 1 2 4 40 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Letter Writing d 1.42 0.49 1 2 4 35 MODERATE
2 Letter Writing Letter Writing d 0.75 0.27 0.5 1 2 38 MODERATE
8 Section A Passage Q3 B.2 0.85 0.36 0 1 1 85
EASY
11 Section A Passage Q3 B.5 0.81 0.39 0 1 1 81
25 Section B Language Q5 B.3 0.77 0.42 0 1 1 77
10 Section A Passage Q3 B.4 0.76 0.43 0 1 1 76
30 Section B Language Q5 C.3 1.48 0.56 0 2 2 74
17 Section B Language Q4.4 2.84 0.65 0 4 4 71
4 Section A Passage Q3 A.2 1.36 0.51 0 2 2 68
7 Section A Passage Q3 B.1 0.66 0.47 0 1 1 66
6 Section A Passage Q3 A.4 1.31 0.51 0 2 2 65
19 Section B Language Q5 Aii 0.58 0.44 0 1 1 58
MODERATE
14 Section B Language Q4.1 1.15 0.55 0 2 2 58
18 Section B Language Q5 Ai 0.55 0.45 0 1 1 55
9 Section A Passage Q3 B.3 0.55 0.50 0 1 1 55
13 Section A Passage Q3 D 2.67 1.38 0 5 5 53
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5 Section A Passage Q3 A.3 0.98 0.66 0 2 2 49
27 Section B Language Q5 B.5 0.46 0.50 0 1 1 46
MODERATE 24 Section B Language Q5 B.2 0.46 0.50 0 1 1 46
28 Section B Language Q5 C.1 0.85 0.78 0 2 2 43
GRAMMAR ITEMS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
23 Section B Language Q5 B.1 0.42 0.49 0 1 1 42
16 Section B Language Q4.3 0.84 0.58 0 2 2 42
12 Section A Passage Q3 C 0.70 0.62 0 2 2 35
31 Section B Language Q5 C.4 1.35 1.07 0 4 4 34
29 Section B Language Q5 C.2 0.67 0.70 0 2 2 33
20 Section B Language Q5 Aiii 0.27 0.39 0 1 1 27
21 Section B Language Q5 Aiv 0.26 0.41 0 1 1 26
26 Section B Language Q5 B.4 0.20 0.40 0 1 1 20
DIFFICULT 22 Section B Language Q5 Av 0.20 0.34 0 1 1 20
3 Section A Passage Q3 A.1 0.38 0.77 0 2 2 19
15 Section B Language Q4.2 0.25 0.57 0 2 2 12
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རརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར ར) རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརར རརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར ར) རརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརར རརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར ར) རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརར
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རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརར ར) རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརར རརརརར རརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར རརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར
རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
BCSE-DZONGKHA II
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
4 Section A Essay Q1A.4 0.98 0.13 0 1 1 98
EASY
2 Section A Essay Q1A.2 0.93 0.26 0 1 1 93
24 Section C Story Q1A.4 0.81 0.39 0 1 1 81
15 Section B Poetry Q1A.5 0.76 0.43 0 1 1 76
22 Section C Story Q1A.2 0.75 0.43 0 1 1 75
26 Section C Story Q1B.1 3.37 1.48 0 5 5 67
11 Section B Poetry Q1A.1 0.63 0.48 0 1 1 63
13 Section B Poetry Q1A.3 0.62 0.49 0 1 1 62
31 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1A.1 0.62 0.49 0 1 1 62
34 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1A.4 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
MODERATE
12 Section B Poetry Q1A.2 0.58 0.49 0 1 1 58
21 Section C Story Q1A.1 0.58 0.49 0 1 1 58
27 Section C Story Q1B.2 2.82 1.14 0 5 5 56
7 Section A Essay Q1B.2 2.82 0.94 0 5 5 56
32 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1A.2 0.54 0.50 0 1 1 54
3 Section A Essay Q1A.3 0.54 0.50 0 1 1 54
6 Section A Essay Q1B.1 2.55 1.00 0 4.5 5 51
28 Section C Story Q1B.3 2.52 1.08 0 5 5 50
19 Section B Poetry Q2.1 4.81 2.55 0 9.5 10 48
35 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1A.5 0.46 0.50 0 1 1 46
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1 Section A Essay Q1A.1 0.44 0.50 0 1 1 44
33 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1A.3 0.44 0.50 0 1 1 44
38 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1B.3 2.16 1.32 0 5 5 43
37 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1B.2 2.16 1.38 0 5 5 43
20 Section B Poetry Q2.2 4.31 2.55 0 9.5 10 43
36 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q1B.1 2.16 2.00 0 5 5 43
8 Section A Essay Q1B.3 2.04 1.05 0 5 5 41
5 Section A Essay Q1A.5 0.37 0.48 0 1 1 37
23 Section C Story Q1A.3 0.34 0.47 0 1 1 34
25 Section C Story Q1A.5 0.32 0.47 0 1 1 32
18 Section B Poetry Q1B.3 1.59 1.30 0 5 5 32
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
40 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q2.2 3.15 2.71 0 9.5 10 31
16 Section B Poetry Q1B.1 1.55 1.48 0 5 5 31
17 Section B Poetry Q1B.2 1.03 1.18 0 5 5 21
DIFFICULT
14 Section B Poetry Q1A.4 0.21 0.41 0 1 1 21
39 Section D Gyelsay Laglen Q2.1 1.93 2.35 0 9.5 10 19
30 Section C Story Q2.2 1.32 2.66 0 9.5 10 13
29 Section C Story Q2.1 1.24 2.51 0 9.5 10 12
9 Section A Essay Q2.1 1.11 2.39 0 9.5 10 11
10 Section A Essay Q2.2 0.88 2.11 0 9.5 10 9
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར ར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརར
རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརར རརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར
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རརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརརརརརརརར
རརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརརར རརརརརརར
BCSE-MATHEMATICS
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
51 Section B Question 20 Q20 IIb 2.81 0.72 0 3 3 94
EASY
1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 1.67 0.75 0 2 2 83
24 Section C Question 14 Q14 Ia 2.28 1.12 0 3 3 76
26 Section B Question 14 Q14 IIa 2.11 1.12 0 3 3 70
9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 1.39 0.92 0 2 2 70
4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 1.37 0.93 0 2 2 69
38 Section B Question 17 Q17 IIa 1.29 0.52 0 2 2 65
52 Section B Question 21 Q21 Ia 2.51 1.63 0 4 4 63
3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 0.94 1.00 0 2 2 47 MODERATE
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
11 Section B Question 2 Q2 1.35 0.78 0 3 3 45
46 Section B Question 19 Q19 IIa 1.34 1.00 0 3 3 45
27 Section B Question 14 Q14 IIb 1.34 1.20 0 3 3 45
10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 0.88 0.99 0 2 2 44
44 Section B Question 19 Q19 Ia 1.32 1.06 0 3 3 44
25 Section B Question 14 Q14 Ib 1.32 1.18 0 3 3 44
6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.82 0.98 0 2 2 41
43 Section B Question 18 Q18 IIb 0.77 0.50 0 2 2 39
35 Section B Question 16 Q16 IIb 1.16 1.23 0 3 3 39
2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.74 0.97 0 2 2 37
5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 0.74 0.97 0 2 2 37
55 Section B Question 21 Q21 IIb 0.72 0.84 0 2 2 36
19 Section B Question 9 Q9 1.07 1.27 0 3 3 36
18 Section B Question 8 Q8 0.70 0.87 0 2 2 35
54 Section B Question 21 Q21 IIa 1.39 1.22 0 4 4 35
53 Section B Question 21 Q21 Ib 0.69 0.61 0 2 2 35
22 Section B Question 12 Q12 0.67 0.87 0 2 2 33
33 Section B Question 16 Q16 Ib 0.99 1.14 0 3 3 33
36 Section B Question 17 Q17 Ia 0.66 0.69 0 2 2 33
30 Section B Question 15 Q15 IIa 0.98 1.03 0 3 3 33
14 Section B Question 5 Q5 a 0.97 0.95 0 3 3 32
34 Section B Question 16 Q16 IIa 0.94 1.32 0 3 3 31
29 Section B Question 15 Q15 Ib 0.91 1.06 0 3 3 30
45 Section B Question 19 Q19 Ib 0.90 0.84 0 3 3 30
21 Section B Question 11 Q11 0.60 0.81 0 2 2 30
40 Section B Question 18 Q18 Ia 1.18 1.24 0 4 4 30
49 Section B Question 20 Q20 Ib 0.88 0.93 0 3 3 29
8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 0.58 0.91 0 2 2 29
23 Section B Question 13 Q13 0.56 0.47 0 2 2 28
16 Section B Question 6 Q6 0.84 1.01 0 3 3 28
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13 Section B Question 4 Q4 0.52 0.66 0 2 2 26
28 Section B Question 15 Q15 Ia 0.76 1.07 0 3 3 25
DIFFICULT
7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.48 0.85 0 2 2 24
17 Section B Question 7 Q7 0.69 1.04 0 3 3 23
50 Section B Question 20 Q20 IIa 0.69 1.11 0 3 3 23
41 Section B Question 18 Q18 Ib 0.45 0.65 0 2 2 23
15 Section B Question 5 Q5 b 0.37 0.62 0 2 2 19
32 Section B Question 16 Q16 Ia 0.43 0.92 0 3 3 14
12 Section B Question 3 Q3 0.27 0.47 0 2 2 14
42 Section B Question 18 Q18 IIa 0.54 0.70 0 4 4 13
31 Section B Question 15 Q15 IIb 0.36 0.82 0 3 3 12
48 Section B Question 20 Q20 Ia 0.35 0.85 0 3 3 12
20 Section B Question 10 Q10 0.22 0.53 0 3 3 7
37 Section B Question 17 Q17 Ib 0.29 0.85 0 4 4 7
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
39 Section B Question 17 Q17 IIb 0.23 0.77 0 4 4 6
47 Section B Question 19 Q19 IIb 0.11 0.40 0 3 3 4
BCSE 2015 Mathematics paper had 55 items. Candidates found 15 of the 55 items to be
difficult, eight of them to be easy and rest moderate.
The whole question paper was divided into three sections – Section A Multiple Choice,
Section B Short answer type and Section C Extended response. Section A and B was
compulsory and Section C with choice.
Candidates could do better with the easy items from the choice part of section C whereas
they could not perform well from those items which require higher thinking level.
BCSE-HISTORY
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
48 Part II-INDIAN Question 12 Q12 i 1.84 0.47 0 2 2 92
EASY
43 Part II-BHUTAN Question 10 Q10 ii 3.09 1.30 0 4 4 77
3 Part I-SecA Question 1 Q1a-iii) 0.76 0.43 0 1 1 76
10 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-iv) 0.74 0.44 0 1 1 74
44 Part II-BHUTAN Question 10 Q10 iii 2.81 1.23 0 4 4 70
14 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2b-i) 1.39 0.75 0 2 2 70
12 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-vi) 0.67 0.47 0 1 1 67
17 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2b-iv) 1.32 0.81 0 2 2 66
11 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-v) 0.65 0.48 0 1 1 65
29 Part II-CIVICS Question 5 Q5 iii 1.91 0.84 0 3 3 64
40 Part II-BHUTAN Question 9 Q9 ii 2.52 1.29 0 4 4 63
49 Part II-INDIAN Question 12 Q12 ii 2.52 1.49 0 4 4 63
5 Part I-SecA Question 1 Q1b-i) 0.62 0.45 0 1 1 62
47 Part II-INDIAN Question 11 Q11 iii 1.79 1.19 0 3 3 60 MODERATE
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27 Part II-CIVICS Question 5 Q5 i 1.79 1.04 0 3 3 60
2 Part I-SecA Question 1 Q1a-ii) 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
16 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2b-iii) 1.11 0.57 0 2 2 56
36 Part II-BHUTAN Question 8 Q8 i 1.66 0.88 0 3 3 55
25 Part II-CIVICS Question 4 Q4 ii 2.19 1.39 0 4 4 55
22 Part I-SecC Question 3 Q3b-i) 1.03 0.55 0 2 2 51
1 Part I-SecA Question 1 Q1a-i) 0.51 0.50 0 1 1 51
34 Part II-BHUTAN Question 7 Q7 ii 1.99 1.14 0 4 4 50
8 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-ii) 0.50 0.50 0 1 1 50
23 Part I-SecC Question 3 Q3b-ii) 0.98 0.59 0 2 2 49
7 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-i) 0.48 0.50 0 1 1 48
30 Part II-BHUTAN Question 6 Q6 i 0.95 0.79 0 2 2 48
35 Part II-BHUTAN Question 7 Q7 iii 1.81 1.00 0 4 4 45
20 Part I-SecC Question 3 Q3a-iii) 0.44 0.50 0 1 1 44
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
19 Part I-SecC Question 3 Q3a-ii) 0.44 0.50 0 1 1 44
26 Part II-CIVICS Question 4 Q4 iii 1.73 1.04 0 4 4 43
41 Part II-BHUTAN Question 9 Q9 iii 1.66 1.38 0 4 4 42
50 Part II-INDIAN Question 12 Q12 iii 1.65 1.42 0 4 4 41
9 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-iii) 0.41 0.49 0 1 1 41
4 Part I-SecA Question 1 Q1a-iv) 0.40 0.49 0 1 1 40
46 Part II-INDIAN Question 11 Q11 ii 1.13 0.94 0 3 3 38
37 Part II-BHUTAN Question 8 Q8 ii 1.08 1.03 0 3 3 36
21 Part I-SecC Question 3 Q3a-iv) 0.35 0.48 0 1 1 35
32 Part II-BHUTAN Question 6 Q6 iii 1.38 1.00 0 4 4 34
31 Part II-BHUTAN Question 6 Q6 ii 1.37 1.40 0 4 4 34
13 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2a-vii) 0.32 0.47 0 1 1 32
33 Part II-BHUTAN Question 7 Q7 i 0.61 0.76 0 2 2 30
42 Part II-BHUTAN Question 10 Q10 i 0.48 0.78 0 2 2 24
DIFFICULT
6 Part I-SecA Question 1 Q1b-ii) 0.45 0.62 0 2 2 22
45 Part II-INDIAN Question 11 Q11 i 0.65 1.09 0 4 4 16
24 Part II-CIVICS Question 4 Q4 i 0.26 0.56 0 2 2 13
38 Part II-BHUTAN Question 8 Q8 iii 0.39 0.81 0 4 4 10
39 Part II-BHUTAN Question 9 Q9 i 0.19 0.49 0 2 2 10
18 Part I-SecC Question 3 Q3a-i) 0.09 0.29 0 1 1 9
15 Part I-SecB Question 2 Q2b-ii) 0.15 0.35 0 2 2 8
28 Part II-CIVICS Question 5 Q5 ii 0.04 0.26 0 4 4 1
The item analysis of BCSE History 2015 was carried out on 50 items. For the purpose of item analysis, all 10526 candidates’ papers were used. There are 13 easy items carrying 30 marks, 28 moderate items carrying 67 marks and 9 difficult items carrying 23 marks. The markers provided the following feedback on the items:
Q 3a 1 had confusing distracters. Q 4i was not scored by most candidates as the name of the constitution body was
not mentioned.
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Q 10 i was not specific and the mention of year confused the students. Q 12 i, Indian History was attempted by most and scored well by students.
As per the item analysis and the marker’s feedback, it can be said that the question was moderate as there are not many difficult questions, as per the analysis.
BCSE-GEOGRAPHY
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 1.57 0.81 0 2 2 79
EASY
8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 1.53 0.78 0 2 2 76
40 Section C Question 7 Q7-e) 1.43 0.66 0 2 2 72
49 Section C Question 9 Q9-c) 0.72 0.45 0 1 1 72
45 Section C Question 8 Q8-e) 1.41 0.90 0 2 2 70
4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 0.70 0.41 0 1 1 70
34 Section C Question 6 Q6-d) 1.38 0.86 0 2 2 69
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
37 Section C Question 7 Q7-b) 2.04 0.67 0 3 3 68
10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 1.33 0.81 0 2 2 67
51 Section C Question 9 Q9-e) 1.99 1.04 0 3 3 66
39 Section C Question 7 Q7-d) 1.23 0.60 0 2 2 61
9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 1.22 0.65 0 2 2 61
53 Section D Question 10 Q11 2.98 1.26 0 5 5 60
MODERATE
50 Section C Question 9 Q9-d) 1.76 1.22 0 3 3 59
1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 0.58 0.38 0 1 1 58
2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.56 0.41 0 1 1 56
32 Section C Question 6 Q6-b) 1.12 0.88 0 2 2 56
38 Section C Question 7 Q7-c) 1.01 0.82 0 2 2 51
28 Section C Question 5 Q5-c) 0.50 0.48 0 1 1 50
25 Section B Question 4 Q4-e) 1.47 1.07 0 3 3 49
54 Section D Question 10 Q12 2.32 1.19 0 5 5 46
33 Section C Question 6 Q6-c) 0.92 0.80 0 2 2 46
30 Section C Question 5 Q5-e) 1.31 1.09 0 3 3 44
52 Section D Question 10 Q10 2.01 1.27 0 5 5 40
47 Section C Question 9 Q9-a) 0.40 0.49 0 1 1 40
22 Section B Question 4 Q4-b) 0.79 0.85 0 2 2 39
24 Section B Question 4 Q4-d) 0.78 0.82 0 2 2 39
27 Section C Question 5 Q5-b) 0.77 0.79 0 2 2 39
11 Section B Question 2 Q2-a) 0.37 0.46 0 1 1 37
7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.73 0.73 0 2 2 37
36 Section C Question 7 Q7-a) 0.36 0.41 0 1 1 36
35 Section C Question 6 Q6-e) 1.04 1.29 0 3 3 35
3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 0.34 0.45 0 1 1 34
48 Section C Question 9 Q9-b) 0.66 0.64 0 2 2 33
42 Section C Question 8 Q8-b) 0.31 0.40 0 1 1 31
14 Section B Question 2 Q2-d) 0.90 0.91 0 3 3 30
44 Section C Question 8 Q8-d) 0.58 0.61 0 2 2 29
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29 Section C Question 5 Q5-d) 0.56 0.69 0 2 2 28
6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.27 0.38 0 1 1 27
43 Section C Question 8 Q8-c) 0.26 0.44 0 1 1 26
13 Section B Question 2 Q2-c) 0.47 0.66 0 2 2 23
DIFFICULT
21 Section B Question 4 Q4-a) 0.45 0.62 0 2 2 23
31 Section C Question 6 Q6-a) 0.18 0.36 0 1 1 18
19 Section B Question 3 Q3-d) 0.34 0.59 0 2 2 17
23 Section B Question 4 Q4-c) 0.17 0.37 0 1 1 17
16 Section B Question 3 Q3-a) 0.32 0.55 0 2 2 16
17 Section B Question 3 Q3-b) 0.31 0.54 0 2 2 16
41 Section C Question 8 Q8-a) 0.31 0.69 0 2 2 16
12 Section B Question 2 Q2-b) 0.28 0.61 0 2 2 14
18 Section B Question 3 Q3-c) 0.24 0.58 0 2 2 12
26 Section C Question 5 Q5-a) 0.16 0.38 0 2 2 8
ITMNO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
15 Section B Question 2 Q2-e) 0.13 0.33 0 2 2 7
46 Section C Question 8 Q8-f) 0.13 0.36 0 2 2 6
20 Section B Question 3 Q3-e) 0.12 0.37 0 2 2 6
The item analysis of BCSE Geography 2015 was carried out on 54 items. For the
purpose of item analysis, all 10526 candidates’ papers were used. There were 12 easy items carrying 24 marks, 28 moderate items carrying 60 marks and 14 difficult items carrying 26marks. The markers provided the following feedback on the items:
In the compulsory section A, question (v) was given more marks than it actually deserves.
Answers for some questions were incomplete in the model answer Q 5 a ii was not specific and students were confused. Most attempted Q9 and scored well in the subparts. As per the item analysis and the marker’s feedback, it can be said that the question
was moderate and therefore standard. The question has standard blueprint fulfilling its standard format.
BCSE-PHYSICS ITM N0 ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE
ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM28 Section B Question 2 Q2c 2.99 0.16 0.00 3.00 3.00 100
Easy
ITM34 Section B Question 3 Q3e 1.97 0.21 0.00 2.00 2.00 99
ITM32 Section B Question 3 Q3c 1.97 0.22 0.00 2.00 2.00 99
ITM11 Section A Question 1 1a xi) 0.82 0.39 0.00 1.00 1.00 82
ITM8 Section A Question 1 1a viii) 0.79 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 79
ITM14 Section A Question 1 1a xiv) 0.76 0.43 0.00 1.00 1.00 76
ITM17 Section A Question 1 1c 3.47 1.39 0.00 5.00 5.00 69
ITM2 Section A Question 1 1a ii) 0.67 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 67
ITM25 Section A Question 1 1evii) 1.29 0.51 0.00 2.00 2.00 64
ITM7 Section A Question 1 1a vii) 0.63 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 63
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ITM10 Section A Question 1 1a x) 0.62 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 62
ITM12 Section A Question 1 1a xii) 0.61 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 61
ITM30 Section B Question 3 Q3a 1.15 0.38 0.00 2.00 2.00 58
Moderate
ITM9 Section A Question 1 1a ix) 0.53 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 53
ITM3 Section A Question 1 1a iii) 0.53 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 53
ITM1 Section A Question 1 1a i) 0.46 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 46
ITM26 Section B Question 2 Q2a 0.90 0.72 0.00 2.00 2.00 45
ITM35 Section B Question 4 Q4a 0.90 0.81 0.00 2.00 2.00 45
ITM15 Section A Question 1 1a xv) 0.43 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 43
ITM6 Section A Question 1 1a vi) 0.43 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 43
ITM18 Section A Question 1 1d 2.09 0.95 0.00 5.00 5.00 42
ITM4 Section A Question 1 1a iv) 0.38 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 38
ITM49 Section B Question 7 Q7c 1.06 1.04 0.00 3.00 3.00 35
ITM N0 ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE
ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM41 Section B Question 5 Q5c 1.02 0.82 0.00 3.00 3.00 34
ITM29 Section B Question 2 Q2d 0.66 0.79 0.00 2.00 2.00 33
ITM22 Section A Question 1 1eiv) 0.31 0.44 0.00 1.00 1.00 31
ITM33 Section B Question 3 Q3d 0.62 0.49 0.00 2.00 2.00 31
ITM27 Section B Question 2 Q2b 0.92 0.83 0.00 3.00 3.00 31
ITM45 Section B Question 6 Q6c 0.60 0.71 0.00 2.00 2.00 30
ITM47 Section B Question 7 Q7a 0.58 0.67 0.00 2.00 2.00 29
ITM5 Section A Question 1 1a v) 0.29 0.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 29
ITM21 Section A Question 1 1eiii) 0.56 0.55 0.00 2.00 2.00 28
ITM39 Section B Question 5 Q5a 0.53 0.59 0.00 2.00 2.00 26
ITM16 Section A Question 1 1b 1.31 1.11 0.00 5.00 5.00 26
ITM13 Section A Question 1 1a xiii) 0.25 0.43 0.00 1.00 1.00 25
Difficult
ITM36 Section B Question 4 Q4b 0.50 0.47 0.00 2.00 2.00 25
ITM42 Section B Question 5 Q5d 0.25 0.43 0.00 1.00 1.00 25
ITM44 Section B Question 6 Q6b 0.48 0.77 0.00 2.00 2.00 24
ITM50 Section B Question 7 Q7d 0.46 0.65 0.00 2.00 2.00 23
ITM40 Section B Question 5 Q5b 0.89 0.86 0.00 4.00 4.00 22
ITM24 Section A Question 1 1evi) 0.20 0.36 0.00 1.00 1.00 20
ITM48 Section B Question 7 Q7b 0.57 0.84 0.00 3.00 3.00 19
ITM46 Section B Question 6 Q6d 0.54 0.79 0.00 3.00 3.00 18
ITM43 Section B Question 6 Q6a 0.40 0.52 0.00 3.00 3.00 13
ITM19 Section A Question 1 1ei) 0.12 0.28 0.00 1.00 1.00 12
ITM23 Section A Question 1 1ev) 0.21 0.46 0.00 2.00 2.00 10
ITM31 Section B Question 3 Q3b 0.17 0.41 0.00 2.00 2.00 9
ITM20 Section A Question 1 1eii) 0.06 0.22 0.00 1.00 1.00 6
ITM38 Section B Question 4 Q4d 0.15 0.48 0.00 3.00 3.00 5
ITM37 Section B Question 4 Q4c 0.14 0.47 0.00 3.00 3.00 5
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For the 2015 BCSE Physics Examination Item Analysis, a sample of around 1200
candidates was taken randomly. Of the 50 Items, 12 were Easy followed by 22 Moderate
and 16 Difficult.
The Easy Items were:
1. 7 Multiple Choice Questions.
2. Matching.
3. Some Short Answer Questions
4. Some Subjective Questions from Section B.
The students found items on some of these chapters to be tough: Calorimetry, Modern
Physics and Magnetic Effect of Current. Numerical are found to be most difficult by most
candidates. Some comments from the markers on some of the Items which fall under Item
Difficulty are that in some questions Density of liquid is not given and some are out of
syllabus. Many students did not perform well in calculations as they might have focused
more on reasoning and explanation type of questions.
BCSE-CHEMISTRY ITM NO ITEM CAT
ITEM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE
ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM1 Section A Question 1 1a i) 0.76 0.43 0.00 1.00 1.00 76
Easy ITM7 Section A Question 1 1a vii) 0.74 0.45 0.00 10.00 1.00 74
ITM6 Section A Question 1 1a vi) 0.71 0.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 71
ITM5 Section A Question 1 1a v) 0.64 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 64
ITM10 Section A Question 1 1a x) 0.60 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 60
Moderate
ITM28 Section B Question 3 Q3c 1.70 1.03 0.00 3.00 3.00 57
ITM17 Section A Question 1 1c 2.37 1.21 0.00 5.00 5.00 47
ITM14 Section A Question 1 1a xiv) 0.47 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 47
ITM37 Section B Question 6 Q6c 0.90 0.68 0.00 2.00 2.00 45
ITM2 Section A Question 1 1a ii) 0.43 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 43
ITM16 Section A Question 1 1b 2.13 1.41 0.00 5.00 5.00 43
ITM4 Section A Question 1 1a iv) 0.41 0.49 0.00 1.00 1.00 41
ITM34 Section B Question 5 Q5c 0.79 0.95 0.00 2.00 2.00 40
ITM33 Section B Question 5 Q5b 1.56 1.11 0.00 4.00 4.00 39
ITM11 Section A Question 1 1a xi) 0.34 0.48 0.00 1.00 1.00 34
ITM26 Section B Question 3 Q3a 1.01 0.71 0.00 3.00 3.00 34
ITM27 Section B Question 3 Q3b 1.32 1.61 0.00 4.00 4.00 33
ITM3 Section A Question 1 1a iii) 0.30 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 30
ITM12 Section A Question 1 1a xii) 0.29 0.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 29
ITM40 Section B Question 7 Q7c 0.56 0.76 0.00 2.00 2.00 28
ITM35 Section B Question 6 Q6a 1.11 1.07 0.00 4.00 4.00 28
ITM9 Section A Question 1 1a ix) 0.26 0.44 0.00 1.00 1.00 26
ITM24 Section B Question 2 Q2b 0.99 1.26 0.00 4.00 4.00 25
Difficult
ITM15 Section A Question 1 1a xv) 0.21 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 21
ITM13 Section A Question 1 1a xiii) 0.20 0.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 20
ITM8 Section A Question 1 1a viii) 0.20 0.41 0.00 11.00 1.00 20
ITM18 Section A Question 1 1d 1.16 1.14 0.00 6.00 6.00 19
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ITM19 Section A Question 1 1e 1.10 1.32 0.00 6.00 6.00 18
ITM38 Section B Question 7 Q7a 1.10 1.48 0.00 6.00 6.00 18
ITM20 Section A Question 1 1f i) 0.17 0.33 0.00 1.00 1.00 17
ITM29 Section B Question 4 Q4a 0.49 0.85 0.00 3.00 3.00 16
ITM36 Section B Question 6 Q6b 0.62 0.93 0.00 4.00 4.00 15
ITM31 Section B Question 4 Q4c 0.69 1.23 0.00 5.00 5.00 14
ITM25 Section B Question 2 Q2c 0.32 0.34 0.00 2.50 3.00 11
ITM23 Section B Question 2 Q2a 0.27 0.51 0.00 3.00 3.00 9
ITM21 Section A Question 1 1f ii) 0.07 0.26 0.00 1.00 1.00 7
ITM39 Section B Question 7 Q7b 0.14 0.38 0.00 2.00 2.00 7
ITM30 Section B Question 4 Q4b 0.12 0.34 0.00 2.00 2.00 6
ITM22 Section A Question 1 1f iii) 0.02 0.15 0.00 1.00 1.00 2
ITM32 Section B Question 5 Q5a 0.07 0.35 0.00 4.00 4.00 2
The BCSE 2015 Chemistry Examination Item Analysis, a sample of 1200 candidates was
taken. Of the 40 items, 4 were easy followed by 18 moderate and 18 difficult.
As per the markers comments on Difficult Item were:
1. did not have prior knowledge of the terms. (1d. To rewrite the correct
statements);
2. there was confusion between the terms ‘covalent’ and ‘electrovalent’;
3. have misunderstood the questions and failed to get the concept in depth;
4. confused on the characteristics of copper and aluminum;
5. instead of identifying the reaction many students had written the definition; and
6. majority ignored or did not attempt the questions.
BCSE-BIOLOGY ITM_NO ITM CAT ITM_SUB
CAT ITM_ITEM MEAN STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM13 Section A Question 1 1a xiii)
0.73 0.45 0 1 1 73
Easy
ITM21 Section A Question 1 1f ii)
0.69 0.45 0 1 1 69
ITM20 Section A Question 1 1f i)
0.66 0.32 0 1 1 66
ITM31 Section B Question 4 Q4a
1.97 0.78 0 3 3 66
ITM2 Section A Question 1 1a ii)
0.60 0.49 0 1 1 60
Moderate
ITM7 Section A Question 1 1a vii)
0.57 0.50 0 1 1 57
ITM10 Section A Question 1 1a x)
0.57 0.50 0 1 1 57
ITM16 Section A Question 1 1b
2.81 1.64 0 5 5 56
ITM36 Section B Question 5 Q5c
2.24 1.15 0 4 4 56
ITM41 Section B Question 7 Q7b
1.66 0.90 0 3 3 55
ITM35 Section B Question 5 Q5b
1.65 1.06 0 3 3 55
ITM6 Section A Question 1 1a vi)
0.53 0.50 0 1 1 53
ITM4 Section A Question 1 1a iv)
0.52 0.50 0 1 1 52
ITM8 Section A Question 1 1a viii)
0.51 0.50 0 1 1 51
ITM3 Section A Question 1 1a iii)
0.48 0.50 0 1 1 48
ITM29 Section B Question 3 Q3b
1.86 1.18 0 4 4 47
ITM38 Section B Question 6 Q6b
1.83 1.40 0 4 4 46
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ITM30 Section B Question 3 Q3c
0.46 0.49 0 1 1 46
ITM25 Section B Question 2 Q2a
1.81 0.97 0 4 4 45
ITM40 Section B Question 7 Q7a
1.30 1.11 0 3 3 43
ITM1 Section A Question 1 1a i)
0.43 0.49 0 1 1 43
ITM32 Section B Question 4 Q4b
1.27 0.88 0 3 3 42
ITM14 Section A Question 1 1a xiv)
0.40 0.49 0 1 1 40
ITM17 Section A Question 1 1c
2.40 1.64 0 6 6 40
ITM28 Section B Question 3 Q3a
1.94 1.65 0 5 5 39
ITM19 Section A Question 1 1e
1.51 1.08 0 4 4 38
ITM39 Section B Question 6 Q6c
1.13 0.92 0 3 3 38
ITM24 Section A Question 1 1f v)
0.37 0.43 0 1 1 37
ITM26 Section B Question 2 Q2b
1.11 1.02 0 3 3 37
ITM27 Section B Question 2 Q2c
1.02 0.94 0 3 3 34
ITM18 Section A Question 1 1d
1.69 1.27 0 5 5 34
ITM_NO ITM CAT ITM_SUB CAT
ITM_ITEM MEAN STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM15 Section A Question 1 1a xv)
0.33 0.47 0 1 1 33
ITM23 Section A Question 1 1f iv)
0.30 0.43 0 1 1 30
ITM34 Section B Question 5 Q5a
0.89 0.96 0 3 3 30
ITM42 Section B Question 7 Q7c
1.10 0.92 0 4 4 28
ITM22 Section A Question 1 1f iii)
0.27 0.40 0 1 1 27
ITM5 Section A Question 1 1a v)
0.24 0.43 0 1 1 24
Difficult
ITM12 Section A Question 1 1a xii)
0.21 0.41 0 1 1 21
ITM11 Section A Question 1 1a xi)
0.20 0.40 0 1 1 20
ITM9 Section A Question 1 1a ix)
0.19 0.39 0 1 1 19
ITM33 Section B Question 4 Q4c
0.63 0.91 0 4 4 16
ITM37 Section B Question 6 Q6a
0.30 0.59 0 3 3 10
For the 2015 BCSE Biology Examination Item Analysis, a sample of around 1200
candidates was taken. Of the 42 items, 4 were easy followed by 32 moderate and 6
difficult items. The easy items were from Section A which is compulsory for all the
candidates to attempt and one (4a) from Section B. The easiest item was 1a (xiii) where
73% of the students could answer correctly.
The most difficult items were:
Q1a. v, ix, xi, xii.
Q1f. iii.
Q4c.
Q6a.
Question 4c and Q6a seems to be the most challenging one to most of the students
because only 16 to 10% of the students could give the answers correctly. These question
were set from the Unit 2 (Plant Physiology) and Unit 4 (Health, Diseases and Hygiene).
There are 12 easy items carrying 24 marks, 28 moderate items carrying 60 marks and 14 difficult items carrying 26marks.
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The markers provided the following feedback on the items:
In the compulsory section A, question (v) was given more marks than it actually deserved.
Answers for some questions were incomplete in the model answer. Q 5 a ii was not specific and students were confused. Most attempted Q9 and scored well in the subparts.
As per the item analysis and the marker’s feedback, it can be said that the question was moderate and therefore standard. The question has standard blueprint fulfilling its standard format.
BCSE-COMPUTER APPLICATION
ITM NO ITEM CAT ITEM_SUB CAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS % SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
ITM4 Section A Question 1 Q1-d) 1.00 0.01 0.00 1.00 1.00 100
Easy
ITM5 Section A Question 1 Q1-e) 0.89 0.31 0.00 1.00 1.00 89
ITM3 Section A Question 1 Q1-c) 0.89 0.31 0.00 1.00 1.00 89
ITM1 Section A Question 1 Q1-a) 0.88 0.33 0.00 1.00 1.00 88
ITM7 Section A Question 1 Q1-g) 0.79 0.41 0.00 1.00 1.00 79
ITM2 Section A Question 1 Q1-b) 0.71 0.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 71
ITM8 Section A Question 1 Q1-h) 0.69 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 69
ITM10 Section A Question 1 Q1-j) 0.69 0.46 0.00 1.00 1.00 69
ITM16 Section B Question 7 Q3-e) 1.36 0.59 0.00 2.00 2.00 68
ITM6 Section A Question 1 Q1-f) 0.66 0.47 0.00 1.00 1.00 66
ITM11 Section A Question 2 Q2 5.78 2.36 0.00 10.00 10.00 58
Moderate
ITM13 Section B Question 4 Q3-b) 1.15 0.67 0.00 2.00 2.00 58
ITM9 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 0.51 0.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 51
ITM12 Section C Question 3 Q3-a) 1.01 0.56 0.00 2.00 2.00 50
ITM15 Section B Question 6 Q3-d) 0.96 0.57 0.00 2.00 2.00 48
ITM14 Section B Question 5 Q3-c) 0.26 0.40 0.00 2.00 2.00 13 Difficult
BCSE 2015 Computer Applications paper had 16 items. Candidates found 1 of the 16 item
to be difficult, 10 of them to be easy and rest moderate.
The candidates performed better from the chapter Internet Services compared to data
base. These days internet is widely used by students to access their daily learning
materials, correspondence with their friends, family and to updated the current affairs.
Thus they might have found the chapter to be easier.
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BCSE-ECONOMICS
ITM NO ITM CAT ITM_SUBCAT ITM_ITEM AVG STDEV MIN MAX FMKS %SCORE ITEM DIFFICULTY
4 Section A Question 1 Q1-iv) 0.92 0.27 0 1 1 92 Easy
11 Section A Question 1 Q1-xi) 0.84 0.37 0 1 1 84
10 Section A Question 1 Q1-x) 0.83 0.37 0 1 1 83
13 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiii) 0.71 0.45 0 1 1 71
3 Section A Question 1 Q1-iii) 0.69 0.46 0 1 1 69
7 Section A Question 1 Q1-vii) 0.69 0.46 0 1 1 69
15 Section A Question 1 Q1-xv) 0.66 0.48 0 1 1 66
33 Section B Question 6 Q6-a) 1.26 0.65 0 2 2 63
25 Section A Question 4 Q4-b) 1.22 0.97 0 2 2 61
14 Section A Question 1 Q1-xiv) 0.60 0.49 0 1 1 60 Moderate
9 Section A Question 1 Q1-ix) 0.59 0.49 0 1 1 59
31 Section B Question 5 Q5-c) 1.15 0.87 0 2 2 57
22 Section A Question 3 Q3-d) 1.11 0.64 0 2 2 55
39 Section B Question 7 Q7-c) 1.08 0.70 0 2 2 54
45 Section B Question 9 Q9-a) 1.08 0.75 0 2 2 54
1 Section A Question 1 Q1-i) 0.53 0.50 0 1 1 53
8 Section A Question 1 Q1-viii) 0.52 0.50 0 1 1 52
19 Section A Question 3 Q3-a) 1.00 0.78 0 2 2 50
18 Section A Question 2 Q2-c) 0.99 0.63 0 2 2 49
16 Section A Question 2 Q2-a) 0.49 0.41 0 1 1 49
32 Section B Question 5 Q5-d) 1.47 0.89 0 3 3 49
43 Section B Question 8 Q8-c) 1.46 1.13 0 3 3 49
51 Section B Question 10 Q10-c) 0.94 0.72 0 2 2 47
27 Section A Question 4 Q4-d) 1.40 0.63 0 3 3 47
29 Section B Question 5 Q5-a) 0.89 0.82 0 2 2 45
26 Section A Question 4 Q4-c) 0.89 0.73 0 2 2 45
42 Section B Question 8 Q8-b) 0.87 0.50 0 2 2 44
46 Section B Question 9 Q9-b) 0.87 0.64 0 2 2 44
48 Section B Question 9 Q9-d) 1.23 1.13 0 3 3 41
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40 Section B Question 7 Q7-d) 0.80 0.63 0 2 2 40
20 Section A Question 3 Q3-b) 0.39 0.46 0 1 1 39
47 Section B Question 9 Q9-c) 1.18 0.99 0 3 3 39
6 Section A Question 1 Q1-vi) 0.39 0.49 0 1 1 39
28 Section A Question 4 Q4-e) 0.77 0.55 0 2 2 38
5 Section A Question 1 Q1-v) 0.37 0.48 0 1 1 37
2 Section A Question 1 Q1-ii) 0.37 0.48 0 1 1 37
34 Section B Question 6 Q6-b) 1.07 1.15 0 3 3 36
24 Section A Question 4 Q4-a) 0.33 0.45 0 1 1 33
17 Section A Question 2 Q2-b) 0.63 0.73 0 2 2 32
50 Section B Question 10 Q10-b) 0.90 0.76 0 3 3 30
44 Section B Question 8 Q8-d) 0.86 0.90 0 3 3 29
41 Section B Question 8 Q8-a) 0.56 0.70 0 2 2 28
38 Section B Question 7 Q7-b) 0.83 0.86 0 3 3 28
36 Section B Question 6 Q6-d) 0.52 0.53 0 2 2 26
35 Section B Question 6 Q6-c) 0.76 0.72 0 3 3 25 Difficult
21 Section A Question 3 Q3-c) 0.70 0.76 0 3 3 23
52 Section B Question 10 Q10-d) 0.54 0.67 0 3 3 18
30 Section B Question 5 Q5-b) 0.44 0.91 0 3 3 15
37 Section B Question 7 Q7-a) 0.38 0.32 0 3 3 13
23 Section A Question 3 Q3-e) 0.21 0.43 0 2 2 10
12 Section A Question 1 Q1-xii) 0.09 0.29 0 1 1 9
49 Section B Question 10 Q10-a) 0.14 0.47 0 2 2 7
The December 2015, BCSE Economics paper had a total of 51 items, out of which 9 were
easy, 35 moderate and 8 difficult items.
From the 9 easy items, 8 were from section A (compulsory) and 1 from section B.
They were:
8 Multiple Choice Questions 2 Short Answer Questions (Q4 b & Q6a)
The easiest item appeared to be MCQ (iv) with 92% of the candidates responding
correctly to it. These were simple and direct items.
3 difficult items were from section A and 5 items from section B. The observations made
by the markers on these questions were:
Distracters in the MCQs were not challenging (MCQ xii) Most of the students did not attempt Q3c though it is a compulsory question.
Teachers felt it’s a high level question Many of the students got confused and could not answer Q3e correctly Students lack skills in solving numerical Students were unable to comprehend most of the open-ended questions
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On the whole, the paper appeared to be a balanced paper as it had a good number of
items equally distributed across different levels of difficulty.