Patna, June 21: The CBSE officials today refused to accept the list of Class XII students who went on hunger strike demanding verification of their papers claiming that they had missed the deadline. They suggested them to consult the state government that is looking into the matter now.
Budging to the demand of the agitating students, the CBSE officials had earlier promised to send their answer sheets to Delhi for verification. When social worker Arun Kumar Singh and Kumar Divyam, one of the students, arrived at the CBSE regional office today, they were told that they had missed the deadline for submitting the list. Arun was also told to consult the state human resource department.
Singh, along with a number of parents and students, had staged a daylong hunger strike in front of the CBSE regional office on June 13 to protest against the alleged average marking in the Class XII board exams.
CBSE regional officer-cum-joint secretary S.U. Sorte had then said the answer sheets of the protesting students would be sent to the Delhi office for verification.
The protesters were asked to submit a list with the names of the students and their roll numbers to the CBSE regional office within two days. A committee of experts in Delhi were supposed to verify their answer sheets.
Singh said: “The CBSE officials misbehaved with me and threatened to get me arrested. One of the officials threw away the list.”
Sorte, however, claimed that the protesters had missed the date — June 15 — by which they were supposed to submit the list.
He said: “The students on hunger strike were supposed to submit the list within two days. They, however, did not do so. The government is now looking into the matter. They should submit their application to the government.”
The social worker said they had prepared the list on time but were unable to submit it as a result of the ruckus at the board’s regional office.
“We had to submit the list within two days. However, as a result of the ruckus created at the office by some students and guardians, it turned into a fortress for the past few days. How could we enter the office and how would they have accepted our list?” Singh asked.
As a result of misinterpretation of the term “verification”, many aggrieved students thought the answer sheets of the students who went on hunger strike would be sent for re-checking. Thousands of students and parents stormed the CBSE regional office and vandalised it on June 14. They demanded that their answer sheets should also be sent for verification.
CBSE, however, has no provision for rechecking or re-evaluation of answer sheets. Instead it permits checking the total, and verifying if any answer has not been checked or marked.
After the ruckus, Sorte met deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who said the matter would be looked into.
On June 17, the state human resource development department principal secretary Anjani Kumar Singh said those students who have doubts regarding their marks in the board examination should submit applications to the director of secondary education, K.K. Sinha, with their names and roll numbers.
