Patna, June 1: Guardians and CBSE Class XII examinees are in a huff over average marking in a few subjects.

Huge number of students today gathered at the CBSE Patna regional office along with their guardians to protest the average marking.

They also burnt effigy of Union human resource development department Kapil Sibal.

The group demanded re-evaluation of the answer scripts for subjects like mathematics claiming that they deserved much more marks than they have secured.

Arun Kumar Singh, a guardian and a social worker, who was involved in today’s protest, said: “We are protesting against the average marking in papers like mathematics. We demand rechecking of papers instead of re-totalling of marks. The re-evaluation should be done in front of some Right to Information representatives and it should also be recorded on video.”

On Tuesday, Singh, along with a few others, had also met M.U. Sorte, the secretary-cum-regional officer, CBSE, Bihar and Jharkhand.

According to Singh, Sorte said there is 99 per cent chance that the examinees’ marks won’t change even after re-evaluation.

Ever since the CBSE Class XII results were announced for the Patna region on May 27, the regional office is facing protest on a daily basis, as several parents and students are visiting the office with their grievances.

When The Telegraph tried to contact the regional office today, there was nobody to respond.

Sources said many examinees, who have appeared in competitive examinations like IIT-JEE and have received good ranks, have failed in CBSE examinations.

While some have got around 13 and 15 in mathematics, some have scored as less as four.

Himanshu Ranjan, who has scored just four marks in mathematics, said: “I did not expect such marks. I would have got much more.”

Many students even complained of less marks in papers like economics, while some have unexpectedly failed in physics and chemistry.

Utkarsh Kranti, one such student, said: “I can claim that I would have passed in all these three subjects.” Kranti has also appeared in the AIEEE examinations and expects good results.

Kumar Divyam, another student, said: “My accountancy and economics paper went quite well. I was not expecting anything less than 70 and 80 in accountancy and economics respectively but I have failed in both.”

Suman Singh, a lawyer in Patna High Court and a social worker, said: “I was also in the team that met Sorte yesterday. The behaviour of CBSE officials was very rough with the students and the guardians. The police deputed there also misbehaved with the students and they even pulled their collars.”

Singh added the CBSE officials even told them that even if they filed a writ against them, they would not show the answer scripts to the guardians and students.