Students complain of wrong valuation in Sanskrit paper

BHUBANESWAR: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha was flooded with results-related complaints from various parts of the State on the day of the publication of Matric results on Wednesday regarding ‘wrong valuation’ of Sanskrit answer papers in which the students have received unbelievably low marks.

The complainants alleged that the students who had performed well in the subjective part of Sanskrit had obtained a meagre 15 marks in the objective section attempted through optical mark recognition (OMR) which were evaluated by computers.

According to a student Harekrushna Acharya of Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir in Paralakhemundi, most of the students of his school who had secured above 85 per cent marks in the subjective of Sanskrit have got 15 in the objective. Out of 71 students who had appeared in the exam, the mistake has been noticed in the mark sheets of 49 students, he added.

Similarly, Shradhanjali Behera of Cuttack, who had secured above 90 per cent in all subjects, has got only 19 marks in the objective of Sanskrit paper. 

Several students alleged that the BSE should be careful before publishing the result. It might be a mistake in the evaluation by the computer which should be rectified by the BSE authorities immediately, they added.

Admitting the mistake, BSE president Daskshya Prasad Nanda said they are analysing the problems and have asked all the schools to send their complaints, if any so that the board will be able to correct and send the new mark sheets within three days.