GSEB fines teachers ₹64,000 for mistakes in board exam, class X student fails due to 30 marks mistake

In a shocking incident, a class X student failed the board exam because a maths teacher made a mistake totaling 30 marks. The error was discovered when the student requested a recheck of the paper, and it turned out that the teacher had made a simple addition error.

According to a Times Of India report, this year the Gujarat State Education Board (GSEB) fined 4,488 teachers for making similar mistakes while checking class 10 and 12 exam papers. The total of the fines amount to 64 thousand rupees. The board found that many of the teachers who made big mistakes, by 10 points or more, were math teachers.

Students often apply for a re-assessment in subjects such as maths and science, hoping to improve their scores, especially as admission to diploma courses depends on these results.

Teachers are fined Rs 100 for every grade they get wrong. A total of 1,654 teachers who checked class 10 papers were fined Rs 20 lakh. For Class 12, 1,404 teachers were fined Rs 24.31 lakh in the general stream and 1,430 teachers were fined Rs 19.66 lakh in the science stream.

The board hopes that these fines will encourage teachers to be more careful when marking papers. This year 40,000 to 45,000 teachers participated in the class 10 paper checking across Gujarat.