A month after results, HSC students still wait for copies of answer sheets

It has been a month since the Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education MSBSHSE released the HSC results but till date students are waiting to get a photocopy of their answer sheets With degree admissions almost over students are angry that they havenrsquot got their reassessed marks in time to apply to college and courses of their choiceWhile results were declared a month back HSC students still havenrsquot got photocopies of their answer sheets causing them a potential seat in a better college File picldquoMy daughter applied for photocopies of three HSC subjects and till date she has not received the copies yet When will she send her paper for reassessment and when will the board make the changes and refurbish new marksheetsrdquo asked Vasant Romani father of an HSC studentHis daughter Hanisha has already sought admissions for a medical course in an institute but was hoping to get into a better institute ldquoEven if the board provides us a photocopy of her answer sheets we will not get the new marksheet for another couple of months Whatrsquos the use of this processrdquo asked Romani whose daughter wants to pursue a degree in medicineTakes too longApplying for reassessment began on June 2 the day the results were declared According to the stated process once the candidate receives her answer sheets she is supposed to get it reevaluated by her schoolcollege professor After this this new score will be sent to a board moderator who will decide whether to change the studentrsquos scoreThe board is supposed to send the answer copies within 12 days A month later students still await the elusive answer books ldquoMy sonrsquos college professor has reassessed his Psychology paper and has added another 17 marks to the same answer sheetWe were hoping the board would complete this reassessment process soon and give us a new marksheet but the admissions are long done and we havenrsquot heard from the board officerdquo said Xavier Louis whose son finished his HSC at St Xavierrsquos College at Dhobi TalaoWhatrsquos worse is that parents and students who have been calling the board office have received very little help in this matter ldquoWhen we call the divisional board office in Vashi we are asked to visit the office and enquire when we visit the office they tell us not to disturb them till we donrsquot receive an intimation over SMS from themWhat are we finally supposed to dordquo asked Hanisha Romani whose friends are also in the same boat ndash awaiting to hear from the board ldquoI had applied for the photocopies on June 11 and received the copy only on July 1Now I will have to get this reassessed by my professor and send it across to the board after which they will recheck the paper and decide if I deserve the marks Itrsquos a neverending process and doesnrsquot serve its purposerdquo said Tejal Sharma a student of Fort Convent SchoolSharma wants to apply for pharmacy colleges but will have to apply with her current score as she is not expecting the reassessed marks anytime soon This only means that due to the boardrsquos slow process students lose out on a chance to secure seats in a better college