ACTION AGAINST CBSE 130 TEACHERS
Board declared both Class 10, Class 12 results in last week of May
NEW DELHI: Facing flak over evaluation errors in answer scripts of Class 10 and 12 board exams, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has initiated action against 130 teachers in the country. Similar action is likely to be ordered by more regional offices against schools, teachers or coordinators where evaluation errors have been found, according to the board's officials.
"Letters of initiating immediate disciplinary action, including suspension, have been issued to schools by the CBSE'S Dehradun office in respect of 27 identified teachers or coordinators for the gross mistakes committed by them," the official said. He said action has also been initiated against 14 erring teachers in Chennai, 11 in Allahabad, seven in Bhubaneswar, six in Delhi, two in Guwahati and one in Trivandrum, and eight each in Ajmer and Panchkula.
"Five teachers from the Delhi region – three from government schools and two from private schools – are supposed to be put under suspension. Schools concerned have been asked to take the prescribed action," he said.
They have been held responsible for major mistakes in totalling of marks in Class 10 and 12 board exam papers, the official said.
"The re-evaluation saw some students getting 50-55 marks more than what they had initially got when the results were declared in May this year. A detailed report is being prepared in the matter," the CBSE official said. The CBSE had, on 1 June, started the process of re-evaluation for those who had appeared for the Class 10 and 12 board examinations this year.
The board had declared both the Class 10 and class 12 results in the last week of May. However, candidates who were unsatisfied with the marks they were awarded were able to apply for the re-evaluation process.
Maintaining that the most glaring examples of miscalculations in the Delhi region have already been reported, CBSE officials said a detailed report regarding the matter is being prepared. The re-evaluation saw some students in the Delhi region getting 50-55 marks more than what they had initially got when the results were declared in May this year. In one case, a student, who had initially failed in Urdu, passed after re-evaluation.
The Class 12 marks are especially crucial as Delhi University conducts admissions based on the board examination results. While such cases of miscalculations have been reported in the past too, this is the first time that such action has been initiated.
The CBSE, however, maintained that the percentage of mistakes have come down. For instance, in 2017, a total of 20,162 students from the Delhi region applied for re-evaluation, and in 4.97 per cent cases, the marks were increased after re-evaluation. This year, 11,083 students from the Delhi region applied for re-evaluation, and marks were increased in 3.26 per cent of the cases.