For the first time, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) this year enlisted teachers from secondary classes for the HSC paper evaluation as those from junior colleges had boycotted the assessment and gone on strike. Still, the board is likely to declare the results anytime in the next 12 days.

After the striking teachers had started returning the answer sheets allotted to them by the board for evaluation, resulting in about 500 bundles of answer sheets being sent back to the respective divisional board offices, the board was left with no choice but to recruit teachers from schools at a minimum cost for assessments.