UMBAI: It just doesn't add up. Only 25% of students doing the HSC across the state take up maths as a subject. Yet, the pass percentage for mathematics in this year's HSC results is the third lowest among all subjects offered by the board. The results may have thrown a spanner in the works of the proposal to make maths optional in high school.
Chew on this. In Mumbai, only the pass percentages for history and philosophy were lower than that of maths among the 126 subjects offered by the board.
Across the state, the picture was no better. Among the 154 subjects offered, the pass
percentage for maths was again dismal as compared to other subjects. Only English, at 69.92%, had a lower pass percentage than maths.
Languages like Marathi, Urdu, Persian and Russian and commerce electives like economics, office management, marketing and salesmanship had higher pass percentages than maths.
State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education chairman Vasant Kalpande said the trend had to be studied. "Only 25% of students take up maths in HSC. After Class X, only students who enjoy maths, or want to take up engineering, opt for it. But it is surprising many don't clear the subject," Kalpande added.
Maharashtra mooted the idea of making maths optional at the school level—allowing students to choose between higher or lower math—because of the poor performance. Minister of school education Vasant Purke said the state may take up discussions for improving the quality of teaching and come up with remedial measures.
He added that the debate to make maths optional would be extended to the HSC level too. Before 1975, maths was optional at the HSC level. Later, two levels of maths were introduced. However, after the new education policy in 1986, both algebra and geometry (higher maths) and arithmetic (lower maths) were combined into one subject.
Chew on this. In Mumbai, only the pass percentages for history and philosophy were lower than that of maths among the 126 subjects offered by the board.
Across the state, the picture was no better. Among the 154 subjects offered, the pass
percentage for maths was again dismal as compared to other subjects. Only English, at 69.92%, had a lower pass percentage than maths.
Languages like Marathi, Urdu, Persian and Russian and commerce electives like economics, office management, marketing and salesmanship had higher pass percentages than maths.
State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education chairman Vasant Kalpande said the trend had to be studied. "Only 25% of students take up maths in HSC. After Class X, only students who enjoy maths, or want to take up engineering, opt for it. But it is surprising many don't clear the subject," Kalpande added.
Maharashtra mooted the idea of making maths optional at the school level—allowing students to choose between higher or lower math—because of the poor performance. Minister of school education Vasant Purke said the state may take up discussions for improving the quality of teaching and come up with remedial measures.
He added that the debate to make maths optional would be extended to the HSC level too. Before 1975, maths was optional at the HSC level. Later, two levels of maths were introduced. However, after the new education policy in 1986, both algebra and geometry (higher maths) and arithmetic (lower maths) were combined into one subject.
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