Academic records of over 78,000 SSC students unavailable

During a protest by SSC and HSC students at Dadar in April. File pic

Two days after the state government declared that the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) evaluation would be a combination of the Std IX and Std X performances, academic records of more than 78,000 students have been found to be unavailable. The Std IX evaluation report of students from across the state shows that records of 4 per cent of the candidates (78,643), have not been entered in the system.

In a first, the SSC results would be a combination of the internal assessment of Std X and the result of Std IX. State Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad had shared that the state education department had all data related to Std IX evaluation from 2019-2020. But turns out no entry has been made of the results of 78,643 students.

Requesting anonymity, a teacher shared, "There could be varied reasons. Many students may have dropped out and many of them have migrated to their native places. In such a situation what will happen if some students apply for SSC as private candidates? Their results may be an issue in the absence of Std IX academic records."

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According to data, there were 19,34,094 students in Std IX in 2019-20. Of these, 18,31,344 passed and 24,107 failed. But there is no data available of 78,643 students in the system. This includes 7,875 students from Mumbai, 12,613 from Thane and 11,361 from Pune.

"The shift to online schooling is the main reason behind records going missing, as digital access has proven to be a distant dream for many. This might become a big problem, as many students didn't have access to digital learning. If this is the situation of Std IX evaluation even though Covid-19 hit only at the time of final exams, what will be the condition of Std X evaluation when it was entirely dependent on the online system? The situation of missing academic records will be the same for Std X," said a teacher.