Page No:99-105
Rumki Gupta
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
17-101-107The secondary education serves as a bridge between primary and higher education
and also as entry into the higher education. All the students enrolled under the West
Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) participate in a challenging standard
based curriculum. First public school leaving examination i.e., Madhyamik
Examination which is conducted by the WBBSE at the end of class X in West
Bengal. Factor analysis of Madhyamik curriculum subjects score of the students for
a particular year 2000 was done considering marks of all subjects and separately for
oral part of respective subjects. Three factors were extracted from there. They may
be identified as i) descriptive scientific factor ii) language and logical factor and iii)
oral or verbal factor. Factor analysis was also done by considering eight subjects.
Oral marks were included with the marks of respective subjects. In this case, only
one factor was emerged which may be identified as scholastic factor.e
and also as entry into the higher education. All the students enrolled under the West
Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) participate in a challenging standard
based curriculum. First public school leaving examination i.e., Madhyamik
Examination which is conducted by the WBBSE at the end of class X in West
Bengal. Factor analysis of Madhyamik curriculum subjects score of the students for
a particular year 2000 was done considering marks of all subjects and separately for
oral part of respective subjects. Three factors were extracted from there. They may
be identified as i) descriptive scientific factor ii) language and logical factor and iii)
oral or verbal factor. Factor analysis was also done by considering eight subjects.
Oral marks were included with the marks of respective subjects. In this case, only
one factor was emerged which may be identified as scholastic factor.e