The corrected and updated version of the results of the SSLC examinations of 2015 may be published in a day or two.
The missing results data of 2,464 students are being collected from various evaluation centres, Director of Public Instruction Gopalakrishna Bhatt told The Hindu here on Thursday.
The present results stand and any changes in the overall percentage consequent on the ongoing corrections would be in decimal places, he said. “It would be wrong to say that the current results are being withdrawn and a new one is being republished. This is a correction in the data of some students,” Mr. Bhatt said.
Soon after the results of this year’s SSLC examinations were published, it became clear that there were discrepancies in the results of several students: while in some cases the marks entered were wrong, in other cases even those students who did not appear for the examinations were given grades.
No pressure: Rabb
Meanwhile, Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb told The Hindu that there was no pressure from his part to bring out the results on a particular day.
“I have no partiality for any date. I held consultations with everyone concerned and only then was a date fixed. Moreover, it is the media which blow this out of proportions,” he said.
KSTA stance
General secretary of the CPI(M)-affiliated Kerala School Teachers Association Hari Krishnan said the results imbroglio could not be pinned on any one reason.
“Yes, the software had glitches. We had pointed this out not once, but twice. Moreover, for a result of this magnitude there should have been a trial run. This was not done. At the valuation camps, there was pressure on the teachers to evaluate more bundles of answer sheets. This took its toll on accuracy. Now, there is the added pressure of trying to ensure that the pass percentage does not fall. It remains to be seen how the Education Department tackles this issue,” he said.
Media blowing issue out of proportions, says Rabb
Teachers’ forum leader says teachers were under pressure
