Mamata congratulates successful ICSE, ISC candidates

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee applauded all successful ICSE and ISC candidates by wishing them a bright future with the expectation that all of them have learnt a lesson from the contemporary COVID-19 pandemic.

Kolkata (West Bengal):West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday congratulated all successful ICSE and ISC candidates and said the "trauma" faced by them due to the COVID-19 outbreak would serve as a lesson in their future endeavours.

The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Friday announced results for classes 10 and 12 board exams even as it decided against bringing out a merit list this year because of "exceptional circumstances".

The board had to cancel pending exams because of the spike in COVID-19 cases and the result has been calculated based on an alternative assessment method.

"Congratulations to the batch of 2020 ICSE and ISC students successful this year. May the trauma you faced serve as a lesson for further success in your lives. Applaud teachers and parents for bearing with the situation. Do well. May all your dreams come true," Banerjee tweeted.

Sources in the CISCE said at least 37,258 students appeared for ICSE in West Bengal this year, of which 36,290 cleared the exam.

For ISC, altogether 25,058 candidates wrote the exam, and 24,453 passed.

Nationally, a total of 2,06,525 candidates have cleared the ICSE exams, and 85,611 students the ISC exam.

(PTI report)