KOLKATA: Many of the 2,000 schools, which West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education claimed had not submitted their Higher Secondary candidates’ Class XI scores required to compute their final Class XII boards marks, said they had sent the marks online last year. They were not defaulters, they claimed.
Principals felt a confusion might have been created as some had submitted the marks online and some sent them physically. But since both the modes were allowed, the council should have updated the list, they said.
Among the city schools on the defaulters’ list are St Lawrence High School, Jodhpur Park Boys’, Silver Point and Hindu School. Most of them have gone to the council with proof that all the marks were sent in 2020. “I submitted Class XI marks long ago. There is no reason why my name should feature on the defaulters’ list,” said Fr Sebastian, principal of St Lawrence. Silver Point School principal Sucharita Roychowdhury said, “We have proof of submission. I don’t know why we have been included. I am getting back to the council.”
Several principals have also approached the council, seeking to change submitted marks, citing “mistakes” while recording them in a hurry. “As 60% weightage will be on Class XI marks, we re-checked our tally and spotted mistakes. We hope the council allows us to change them,” said Parimal Bhattacharya, principal of Jadavpur Vidyapith.
