Aurangabad: Teachers hold up board answer sheets

Aurangabad: Teachers from Hingoli, Jalna, Beed and Parbhani districts have refused to come to Aurangabad for handing over the evaluated answer sheets of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC, Class XII) examinations, citing the Covid-19 spread in the city.

The Aurangabad division of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHE) had prepared a time-table for all the districts to submit the answer sheets.

However, the teachers from these adjoining districts have refused to comply with the order expressing apprehensions over travelling to Aurangabad, which is in the red zone category of districts with regards to Covid-19 spread.

As per the official schedule, the collection of answer sheets is slated to begin with different talukas of Aurangabad district city from May 22 to May 24, followed by Jalna district Parbhani district. Beed district and Hingoli district

Ravindra Patil, leader of state-level association of teachers from junior colleges in Maharashtra, said around 700 teachers from these districts would have to reach Aurangabad for handing over the answer sheets.

“The MSBSHE should have worked out an alternative arrangement of collecting answer sheets of HSC. In Nashik division, the state board authorities collected the answer sheets from the district places instead of asking teachers to come all the way to Nashik amid outbreak of the pandemic,” he said. When contacted, MSBSHE Aurangabad division chairman Sugata Punne said necessary solution for collection of answer sheets would be worked out.