Yesterday, this paper ran a front page report on how, nearly three months after the SSC (Senior Secondary Certificate) results were announced, a student learnt that he had stood second in the city, after he received his set of corrected marksheets.

The student, like hundreds of others, had sent in his answer sheets to be re-checked. When the SSC results were announced, Vyom Pawar saw he had scored a staggering 96 per cent. At 480 marks, Vyom was then 7 marks short of the city topper. Convinced that something was amiss, he chose to send his Marathi, History and Maths papers for re-evaluation, Earlier this week, Vyom finally received his re-evaluated answer sheets, telling him his score had been increased by 6 marks, just one short of the topper. His new score was 97.2 per cent (486/500). His mother had told mid-day that her son was disappointed at his work not being evaluated properly, resulting in a score he hadn’t expected, and she had to counsel him.