CBSE, ICSE students marginally more confident that State Board Students

A survey conducted by TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and the edtech company LEAD concluded that the confidence levels in students enrolled in CBSE and ICSE schools was slightly higher than those enrolled in state board schools. The survey was conducted in six metro and six non metro cities across India and 2,807 students participated in the survey.

The students have been categorized into four categories namely, Aspirant, Leader, All-rounder and Influencer. At the national level, every second respondent was categorized as an allrounder while a little over one third of them were categorized as Influencers. A similar trend was observed in both metro and non metro cities. But the influencer share in metro cities was 44%, far higher than 28% for non metro counterparts Overall 36% of the students were placed in top bracket of confidence levels (81-100)