DHARAMSHALA, MAY 28: The 2018 results of the Tibetan schools in the All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have improved by 8.64 percent compared to the previous year.
Out of 1193 students who appeared in the final exams for class twelve in March 2018, a total of 1140 have passed with an overall pass percentage of 95.56, an increase by 8.64 percent from last year.
Out of 16 Tibetan schools which had students appearing in the exams, TCV Suja, TCV Gopalpur, STS Paonta, CST Darjeeling, CST Bylakuppe and TNMF Clement town have produced cent percent result.
Tenzin Tsundue of TCV Selakui has topped the Science stream with 93% Tenzin Topden of TCV Bylakuppee has topped the Commerce stream with 94.2%, and Kachok Wangmo of Tibetan Homes Foundation, Mussoorie, has topped the Arts stream with 92%.
The Gaden Phodrang award given for excellence in studies will be awarded to Kachok Wangmo (92 %) of THF Mussoorie, Dawa Lhamu (91.8 %) of TCV Suja and Dorjee Wangmo of TCV Gopalpur (90 %) from Arts Stream. From science stream, Tenzin Tsundue (93 %), Sonam Palmo (91.2 %) and Chika Yamasaki (88.2 %) from Science Stream all belonging to TCV Selakui, are winners of the Gaden Phodrang scholarship.
From commerce stream, Tenzin Tobden (94.2 %), Tenzin Tsekey (92 %) and Tenzin Nyima (89.2%), all from SOS-TCV Bylakuppe are the winners of the Gaden Phodrang Scholarship.
However, no student has been able to win the Sikyong Scholarship for which the requirement is 95% with a minimum of 75 marks in Tibetan.
Tenzin Topden, who has scored the highest marks among all Tibetans with 94.2 %, said he did not expect to win any award or scholarship. Talking to Voice of Tibet, Tenzin Topden who began his schooling from Sambhota school Manali, said he will first finish graduation in commerce and then specialize in an area of interest later.
