Over 500 teachers have been pulled up by the Tamil Nadu government following the discovery of gross errors in the marking of answer sheets for the Class 12 examinations conducted by the state board. An explanation has been sought from the teachers on why they could not identify basic calculation errors. A significant number of re-evaluated papers reportedly witnessed an increase of up to 10 marks.
According to one report in the Times of India (ToI), the Directorate of Government Examinations issued notices to these government teachers after simple errors were found. One paper, which was originally marked as 27 out of 100 was reportedly re-calculated to 72 out of 100, while another paper marked as 57 out of 100 was reportedly re-totalled to 81 out of 100.
Speaking to ToI, D Vasundhara Devi, Director of Government Examinations said, “Their duty is to prevent errors during the evaluation. But, they could not spot the errors. We will seek explanations from them.” The newspaper also quoted one official as saying that while 50,000 students sought their answer scripts following the announcement of results, 4,500 students applied for re-evaluation.
The exams for class 12 in Tamil Nadu began on March 1 and ended on March 19. The total number of students who appeared for the examinations was 8,69,423. Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district recorded the highest number of class 12 students who passed the board examinations in the state, with a pass percentage of 95.37.
While the pass percentage of girl students was at 93.64, the pass percentage for boys was at 88.57. The results were declared on April 19. Kanyakumari district recorded the highest pass percentage among government schools with 92.64.
Source: The News Minute