Pranita Wankhede, 29, a peon from a private office returned to studies after a gap of almost 13 years. But the recent developments with regard to the evaluation of SSC scores are making her wonder if the efforts are worth it? She’s one of the thousands of candidates who are appearing for SSC exams privately and are in a fix because of the 50:50 formula where 50 per cent weightage is given to class IX marks and the rest to Std X performance so far.

Students appearing for SSC privately have emphasised that they do not want to waste a year. Representation pic