0 marks given instead of 99

Hyderabad, April 29

This is the most glaring and classic example of the scale of goof-up in the Telangana Board of Intermediate (BIE) examinations with a student getting 0 marks instead of 99 in a subject.

Gajji Navya failed in Intermediate Second Year (12th standard) as she scored 0 marks in Telugu paper. This student from Mancherial district scored 99 marks in Commerce, 96 in Civics, 95 in Economics and 68 in English.

She was shocked to see the results declared by BIE on April 18. She could not believe when she saw 0 in Telugu as she had scored 98 in 11th standard. With a leading Telugu daily highlighting her plight, the BIE swung into action and after checking her answer-sheet revised the marks obtained in Telugu to 99.

With 21 students committing suicide and many like Navya coming out in open to vent their anger, the state government was forced to order re-verification of answer-sheets of 3.28 lakh students who failed to obtain the pass marks.

After an inquiry, BIE suspended a teacher and imposed fine on another. BIE announced the action against the two teachers late on Sunday, a day after a three-member committee submitted its report to the government, admitting to the discrepancies. However, the Opposition parties and student groups are demanding action against the higher-ups in the Board. — IANS