CBSE results: Students, parents in Bihar protest over low marks

A large number of citybased students who appeared in the Class 10 exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) were disappointed after checking their results announced on Tuesday.

On Thursday, hundreds of students and their parents protested against low scores awarded to them by their respective schools. Irked students and parents burnt tyres on road and paralysed vehicular movement for several hours.

Ramesh Kumar, a parent of a Class 10 student, alleged that marks computed by the school were not fair. He said, “My daughter has been awarded 60% in Class 10. On the other hand, her other classmates who hardly managed to pass exams in preceding classes have been given high scores. This shows biased treatment by the school.”

Meanwhile, Bihar Public School and Children Welfare Association has sought CBSE’s intervention in the matter.

Association’s chairman DK Singh said, “One Patna-based private school has awarded 499 out of 500 marks to its 17 students, besides giving above 90% marks to 85 students. Awarding such high scores to a bunch of students indicate suspicious assessment and irregularity in following the moderation policy directed by the board.”

CB Singh, president of the Association of Independent Schools, appealed to Class 10 and 12 students to take the written exam for result improvement.

CBSE released a circular for the dispute settlement process regarding the computation of results. “The issue will be referred to a committee by the CBSE. The board is preparing a policy for submitting representations to CBSE. This policy will be uploaded to the board’s website by Thursday evening. The schools that are making contact to CBSE in any form are requested to make the representations once the policy is uploaded, by complying the direction given therein,” said the circular.