A day after the HSC result that brought smiles to lakhs of students; those waiting for their Class Improvement (CI) since March 2020 are saying the State Board is being unfair to them. They have questioned why they are excluded from the benefit of formula evaluation with no-exam amid the pandemic and some parents have met the education minister about this. The Board chairperson says these students’ result shows pass so they cannot be included in the new evaluation method.

These students who were unhappy with their score in HSC exam held in March 2020 had applied for CI which allows them two attempts to improve their score. But soon after their exam, lockdown was imposed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. No exam was held after that. They thus lost one academic year and fear they will lose another.