CBSE: Signature of parents must on Class X marksheets

PATNA: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made it compulsory for Class X passouts to get their marksheets signed by their parents. A notification in this regard was issued on Monday.
The step is aimed at reducing the burden of schools as more than 45,000 requests for corrections in marksheets, including student’s name, father and mother’s names and date of birth, are received by them every year.
According to sources at the CBSE-Patna region (Bihar and Jharkhand) office, earlier, there was no time limit for making corrections in the results issued by the board. “This increased our burden. It took a lot of time to collect all the data, send them to our headquarters in New Delhi and wait for the corrected marksheets,” a CBSE official said.
Now, once parents have signed a marksheet, no correction will be made in it. CBSE Patna coordinator and Baldwin Academy principal Rajiv Ranjan Sinha told this newspaper on Tuesday, “After the marksheets have been signed, we will consider that all the information provided about the students are true and no corrections will be made.”
Earlier in February, the CBSE had made it mandatory for appearing students to get their admit cards signed by their parents.
In its circular issued to school principals on Monday, the CBSE pointed out that the Class X marksheets would soon be sent to them. “While handing over the marksheet, kindly ensure that parents are called to the school to sign an undertaking. Principals will also sign the same undertaking which is printed on the back of the marksheet,” the circular read.
Notre Dame Academy (NDA) teacher Abha Chaudhary claimed, “Every year, we receive large number of applications for corrections in marksheets. It takes a lot of time and is a hectic procedure.”
The senior NDA teacher heaved a sigh of relief, saying, “We even receive applications from students, who passed out of the school almost 10 years ago. It is difficult to gather their information.”