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Bhubaneswar, July 1: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is considering a proposal to end re-evaluation of board exam papers of Class XII students.
According to a report, the proposal is being considered as the number of students applying for re-evaluation each year is rising. The rise makes it difficult for the board to process requests with the manpower and resources available to it.
The provision for re-evaluation had been introduced in 2014 for 12 subjects, including physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology. It also provided students with the option to apply for a copy of their evaluated answer sheets and challenge the evaluation on up to 10 questions by paying Rs200 for each if they are not satisfied with the given marks.
The questions challenged would be re-evaluated by another teacher and the marks awarded could be increased or reduced as the case may be.
Students and teachers from the city expressed concern about scrapping of the provision.
“It is possible that teachers may commit errors in evaluation and these may cause a student to lose marks. Re-evaluation is, therefore, necessary. The rise in the number of applications for re-evaluation shows that students conscious about their answers and the board should respect the interest of these children,” said SK Behura, the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Unit-4, said.
Surama Khadanga, the principal of MBS Public School near Kharavela Nagar, echoed the KV principal. “In my school many students have secured higher marks in subjects after they opted for re-evaluation. It has helped them bag better percentages. This provision favours students. It should not be discontinued,” she said.
City students say the re-evaluation system is a ray of hope when they score below expectation. “If I am sure of getting good marks in a particular subject and don’t secure it, it should be due to evaluation errors. This provision gives me the option to get the paper checked again. The board would be doing something very unjust if it did away with re-evaluation,” Sarthak Mohanty, a student, said. Another student, Sugandha Moharana, said the board should consider enhancing manpower to continue with re-evaluation.
Parents and guardians are also in favour of retaining the system. “The son of my neighbour got lesser marks than expected and applied for re-evaluation. He got 15 more marks after the papers were re-evaluated,” Rajani Ashrit, a resident of Unit-I, said.
