New Delhi: The Unaided Private Schools Association (Uttar Pradesh) has put forward a demand that no marksheets be issued for cancelled board examinations.
The association said that if marks are awarded, such marksheets would encourage schools to award the maximum marks to their students to make an impression among people that students from their institution have topped.
“Since all three boards — CBSE, CISCE and UP Board — decided to cancel the class 10 examinations and promote students to the next level, the boards must not issue any statement of marks. We feel as a consequence of cancelled examinations for class 10 in 2021 there is no need for marksheets,” Hindustan Times quoted association president Anil Agarwal as saying in a letter to deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Saturday.
“Inflated marks will be sent by practically all schools to go past the 90 percentile pressure and authentication of these marks will not be possible in all fairness. If at all grades may be given based on marks sent by affiliated schools (any board), it will be unfair for meritorious students while average students will benefit,” Agarwal said.
“Preferably only Pass Certificates mentioning Pandemic Year may be released. The same may be done for Class 12 examinations, if cancelled, due to unforeseen circumstances. This will take care of all discrepancies and students’ confusion as well,” he suggested.
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