Clearing the air over the marking of last SSC paper of Geography that was cancelled amid the COVID-19-caused lockdown, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education said on Wednesday that students will be given marks which are the average of what they score in the other five papers.

The SSC examination has six papers worth 600 marks. Of the total, 120 marks are for internal assessment and practical exams. The Geography theory paper was for 40 marks. The score for this will be an average of the remaining 440 marks.