Evaluators are known to be stern and stingy with marks. In a rare case, however, some evaluators, who assessed the answer scripts of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) 2015 examinations, awarded marks to a student, who had written only questions in the answer script, and even for wrong answers. In some instances, the evaluators appeared to have corrected the answers and awarded marks.
The student appeared for the examinations as a private candidate through a school in Bengaluru.
A complaint with the Karnataka Secondary Education and Examination Board (KSEEB) led to an enquiry, which showed that the evaluators had erred in awarding the marks to the private candidate, who had appeared for three papers. The candidate’s marks, after re-evaluation, changed from 41 marks to 13 in mathematics, 40 to three in science paper and 39 mark to eight in social science paper.
The board has withdrawn the result of the candidate.
Commissioner of Public Instruction K.S. Sathyamurthy recommended suspension of seven evaluators, all teachers from Belagavi district.
While a majority of the evaluators get away by paying a fine, suspension was ordered as it was found to be an exceptional case.
On Monday, Additional Commissioner of Public Instruction (Dharwad) Veeranna G. Thuramari said that one government school teacher had been suspended while the department had written to the various schools (one unaided and five aided) to suspend the rest.
