Mumbai: Students are finally relieved as results of Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) board examinations will be declared today at 1 pm. Over 17.51 lakh students claim they hope they pass in the examination as they have already registered for the online admissions process for First Year Junior College (FYJC).
Following the error in addition of marks in Class 12 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) board results, students fear this error should not be repeated in Class 10. Recently, over 8,000 students of HSC complained that their final scores were low as their internal assessment marks were not added to their final results.
Students revealed they cannot afford to face any errors as the FYJC admission process will begin immediately once results are declared. Girish Pandit, a student, said, “We hope our marks are calculated correctly so that we do not have to face any errors. The FYJC admission is a tedious process which goes on for at least three months so we cannot waste any time in rechecking or verification of marks.” In addition, students claim they might score low marks as the examination pattern was changed with no internal tests for language subjects this year.
Nidhi Chawla, a student, said, “For the first time, we had a 100 marks theory paper with no internal tests for language subjects. We are scared these marks will affect our overall percentage as internal tests give us an opportunity to score high marks.”
Authorities of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) claim the assessment has been done without any errors. A senior officer of the MSBSHSE, Mumbai division, said, “We have completed the assessment and addition of marks of all examinations.” Students can check their results online at www.mahresult.nic.in.
-Ronald Rodrigues
