KSEAB’s move to charge fee for corrections in II PUC marksheet opposed by students in Karnataka

Earlier, the principals of various PU colleges in Karnataka used to submit the original mark sheets to KSEAB along with the corrections in the mark sheets, such as the student’s name, parents’ name, student’s photograph, gender, medium, date of birth and other information. However, no fee was charged for the correction of errors in these mark sheets.

Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) has imposed a fee of ₹1,600 for correcting names of students and parents, date of birth and other details in the II PUC marksheet, which has been met with strong opposition from students, parents and student organisations.

The KSEAB has decided to issue revised and printed copies after correcting the errors in the marksheet, and has issued an order charging a fee for this process.

“The medium I studied in is wrongly entered in my II PUC marksheet. I thought I should apply to the board for correction. Due to the board’s mistake or printing error, students’ names, date of birth and other details are printed incorrectly in the marksheets. It is not right to punish candidates by charging a fee for the board’s mistake,” said Tanuja, a first-year B.Com student from Bengaluru.

Earlier, the principals of various PU colleges in Karnataka used to submit the original marksheets to KSEAB along with the corrections in the marksheets, such as the student’s name, parents’ name, student’s photograph, gender, medium, date of birth and other information. However, no fee was charged for the correction of errors in these marksheets.

In cases where corrections were made, the corrections were made in the original marksheets submitted by the candidate using a typewriting machine and attested by the Senior Assistant Director of the KSEAB.

But some institutions and departments did not accept such corrections on the marksheets as related to employment and other issues, and returned the original marksheets to the board. Also, the correction of the photograph in the marksheets was printed as ‘Corrected Copy’.

No fee was charged for these corrected copies.