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Failed girl students keep teachers under
siege
Tuesday December 18, 2012 08:06:21 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: A group of
girl students, who had flunked their exam, kept their teachers
including the headmistress under siege for about 24 hours
demanding they be allowed to sit for the higher secondary
examination.
The 29 students of Rishi Aurobindo Balika Vidyalaya at Santoshpur
on Kolkata's southern outskirts let the teachers go only after an
assurance from the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary
Examination that their answer-scripts would be looked into again.
The agitating students had failed in the test conducted by the
school ahead of the higher secondary examination. Altogether 104
students had taken the test.
The students, accompanied by their guardians, surrounded the
teachers from around 3 p.m. Monday when they came to know about
the results.
"How can so many of us fail the test? Our answer scripts have not
been properly checked. The headmistress had told us earlier that
out of 104 examinees, 14 cleared the exams, while the other 90
have been allowed after consideration," said a student.
The siege was finally lifted after two officials of the council
rushed to the school and met the teachers, headmistress and
students.
"We will see what can be done. We have sealed the answer-scripts
of all the 104 students. We are taking them to our office. We will
see how many students can be given pass marks," said the council's
secretary Achintya Pal.
The students were asked to come to the council office Tuesday.
The headmistress, Srimati Ghosh, however, said the council's
action had undermined the authority of the school and the teachers
were upset.
"Teachers feel this is humiliating. It will set a bad precedent,"
she said.
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