Recounting of SSC answer sheets reveal evaluation lapses in over 11,000 papers in Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam: The revaluation/recounting process of class X (SSC) answer sheets, initiated by the Andhra Pradesh school education department, has preliminarily uncovered discrepancies in the evaluation of as many as 11,175 papers.
Marks were increased between one to five in 8,863 papers and between six and 10 in 1,506 papers. More than 10 marks were increased in the remaining papers. The corrections reported so far have highlighted significant shortcomings in the evaluation process. Consequently, several students have already reported improved marks and, in some cases, have passed the examinations as a result of the recounting and re-evaluation.
According to officials, a total of 64,251 applications for reverification and 2,112 for recounting were received from 34,709 students. The results for 47,484 of these scripts were released on May 16, and the official announcement regarding the release of remaining revaluation marks is yet to be made.
This issue came to public attention after a meritorious student from Bapatla district was declared failed in the examiniation.
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Emani Tejaswini, who studied at ZP high school in Kolluru of Bapatla district, scored an average of 95 marks out of 100 in five out of six subjects. She was initially awarded only 23 marks in social studies, and was declared to have failed the examinations. Her parents and teachers were shocked.
However, upon re-evaluation, her marks in social studies were corrected to 96, raising her total to 575 (out of 600).
Initially, Emani's parents expressed concern that, due to these developments, they had missed the deadline (May 20) to apply for the IIIT programme.
However, govt later clarified that students who were unable to apply due to recounting-related issues would be allowed to submit their applications along with their revised mark sheets.
Dr KV Srinivasulu Reddy, director of govt examinations department, said that a preliminary investigation revealed that these errors occurred as a result of the omission of one or more rows in the four-row marks entry method used during this year's evaluation.
"Students will be allowed to submit their applications to the IIIT programme with the revised mark memos. The department is taking this matter seriously, and disciplinary action is being initiated against the assistant examiners and special assistants found responsible for these errors," he said.
Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed his dissatisfaction over the error, which caused undue distress among several students.
He instructed the relevant departmental officials to ensure that affected students do not face any obstacles in getting admission to intermediate courses.
"Strict action must be taken against the officials and staff responsible, and a detailed report should be submitted immediately. The need of the hour is systemic reform to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future," Naidu said.
Former education minister and opposition leader in the Legislative Council, Botsa Satyanarayana, said that several students who had been declared to have failed the SSC exams, ended up receiving up to 90 marks after applying for reverification.
"Have we ever seen such a situation before? As many as 66,000 applications came for re-evaluation/reverification of answer sheets. This clearly indicates that the evaluation was carried out with utter negligence," he added.
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