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Population Studies Spatial variation in examination performance

Table 2. Pass percentage of overall and socially marginalized students in HSLC Examination 2022 in Assam by medium of
instruction in the school
District Overall students Socially marginalized students
Assamese Bengali Bodo English Hindi Assamese Bengali Bodo English Hindi
Baksa 60.5 NA 72.8 92.6 NA 56.6 NA 72.8 94.5 NA
Barpeta 69.1 14.4 71.2 95.1 32.3 60.6 7.9 71.2 92.1 20.0
Biswanath 50.3 23.1 54.5 89.3 36.8 51.7 0 54.5 89.3 33.3
Bongaigaon 41.4 33.9 17.9 88.7 37.7 31.7 24.8 17.9 84.7 22.4
Cachar 38.5 35.5 100.0 87.1 35.2 32.0 30.3 NA 84.6 50.0
Charaidao 54.5 31.3 NA 80.0 26.2 51.4 NA NA 81.0 50.0
Chirang 26.0 NA 39.2 77.8 NA 23.0 23.8 39.3 77.8 NA
Darrang 68.8 39.4 66.2 94.4 27.3 56.0 33.3 66.1 93.3 25.0
Dhemaji 83.8 NA 93.4 93.5 72.4 84.7 NA 93.4 94.1 90.9
Dhubri 47.7 23.3 77.8 84.3 14.8 32.5 17.2 77.8 82.1 7.1
Dibrugarh 54.3 42.7 NA 86.9 35.7 56.4 45.7 NA 85.2 25.4
Dimahaso 65.3 47.2 NA 86.6 100.0 68.2 45.8 NA 86.3 100.0
Goalpara 36.5 NA 35.2 74.1 37.5 29.5 NA 34.9 68.3 50.0
Golaghat 60.8 57.7 38.7 87.0 71.4 58.3 66.7 38.7 82.5 54.5
Hailakandi 22.2 45.4 NA 89.0 NA NA 32.8 NA 85.1 NA
Hojai 33.8 25.6 100.0 82.6 25.8 26.9 24.8 NA 72.4 26.2
Jorhat 68.8 54.4 NA 86.6 25.0 69.1 70.0 NA 84.9 10.7
K Anglong 31.7 51.0 55.2 60.8 23.5 25.4 47.7 55.2 56.9 16.4
Kamrup M 55.6 47.9 100.0 86.9 39.9 40.2 51.3 100.0 81.5 35.1
Kamrup R 64.2 52.9 42.3 84.4 47.4 47.8 100.0 42.3 72.0 60.0
Karimganj 56.7 43.9 NA 86.6 NA NA 33.5 NA 87.4 NA
Kokrajhar 35.2 34.4 66.6 86.5 26.1 33.1 29.3 66.7 88.0 47.6
Lakhimpur 75.6 60.0 62.2 93.5 88.4 78.0 25.0 62.2 96.8 100.0
Majuli 75.9 NA NA 99.4 NA 71.8 NA NA 99.4 NA
Morigaon 59.4 22.6 46.7 90.7 19.0 54.8 17.4 46.7 89.5 12.5
Nagaon 46.5 47.4 NA 87.4 51.3 37.1 34.8 NA 85.4 58.8
Nalbari 78.7 NA 75.6 96.5 NA 71.2 NA 75.6 92.9 NA
Sivasagar 85.8 NA NA 98.1 81.6 81.9 NA NA 98.6 NA
Sonitpur 43.2 59.3 61.2 89.8 35.2 45.5 59.5 61.3 88.9 25.0
S Salmara 56.4 NA NA 92.5 NA 32.9 NA NA 88.9 NA
Tinsukia 42.8 42.7 NA 79.4 40.1 43.1 33.0 NA 83.1 31.8
Udalguri 36.3 46.8 55.4 81.7 NA 41.0 37.3 55.5 84.3 NA
WK Anglong 30.1 NA 100.0 53.8 31.1 26.5 NA 100.0 50.6 6.5
Total 56.7 39.7 60.7 81.6 36.8 54.7 31.9 60.8 73.8 29.5
Notes: K Anglong: Karbi Anglong; Kamrup M: Kamrup Metro; Kamrup R: Kamrup Rural; S Salmara: South Salmara; WK Anglong: West Karbi
Anglong.
(Trueman, 2015). This may hold true in the case of socially a huge spatial variation in the HSLC Examination
marginalized groups of Assam as well. performance of students, who were classified into different
socio-economic strata, across the 33 districts of Assam.
This paper examined the overall performance of One of the pertinent differentials in academic performance
socially marginalized students in the HSLC Examination is known to be gender variation. This study revealed
conducted by SEBA in 2022. We found that there was that the number of female students who sat through the

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