Jagan Reddy's party says Class 10 results rushed, seeks Nara Lokesh's resignation
Andhra Pradesh's Class 10 results triggered a controversy, with the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) blaming Education Minister Nara Lokesh for large-scale mistakes in paper evaluations. The party is demanding his resignation, saying thousands of students were unfairly marked and their futures put at risk.The YSRCP Student Wing submitted a complaint to the School Education Commissioner in Mangalagiri, accusing the government of rushing the evaluation process and forcing teachers to check papers in just seven days. As a result, many top-performing students were shown as failed.advertisementIn several cases, students who were initially given very low marks, like 21 or 26, saw their scores jump to over 80 and 90 after re-verification, claimed YSRCP.
One student from YSR Kadapa had her Social Studies marks increased from 21 to 84, and another from Bapatla went from 26 to 96. Over 66,000 students applied for re-evaluation, and more than 11,000 were declared passed after mistakes were corrected, said the party.'This isn't a small error, it's a failure of the whole system,' said Student Wing State President Panuganti Chaitanya. 'Nara Lokesh must take moral responsibility and resign.' The leaders also demanded free re-evaluation, refunds, and a public apology to the affected students and their families.In Hyderabad, former Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh also attacked the government, saying the fast-tracked evaluation, completed in just 21 days, was done to help corporate colleges start JEE and NEET coaching early. He called it a move that put profits over students.advertisementSuresh said errors were found in more than 30 per cent of the re-evaluated answer scripts, with marks jumping from 30 to even 93 in some cases. He demanded that admissions to IIITs, polytechnics, and other schools be paused until revaluation is complete.He also accused the current government of reversing earlier reforms like Nadu-Nedu and the IB curriculum, which aimed to help poor and rural students. 'This is not just carelessness, this is betrayal,' Suresh said.
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