Students’ results blocked over fee non-payment

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has held back the results of thousands of students from more than 300 educational institutes, over non-payment of registration fees by their institutes to the board.

MSBSHSE conducted supplementary exam of SSC and HSC in July. The results of these exams were declared in the last week of August. But MSBSHSE Pune division, which comprises of Pune, Solapur and Ahmednagar, has held back the results of students, who have failed to pay the registration charges and annual subscription fees to the board.

Even though it’s a supplementary exam, the number of students is expected to be in the thousands, as on an average, there are more than ten students from a single school/college, and the number of institutes is more than 300. Officials of the board were unable to specify the number of students from the regions whose results were held back.

Pune division Secretary Pushpalata Pawar said, “Action will be taken against the institutes and not the students. The decision will not affect any admission process. Due the action, educational institutes have started paying their dues and some of them have even taken results of their students. In spite of reminders to all the institutes to pay the monthly subscription fees and registration fees the institutes fail to do so. The problem arises due to the negligence of the principals who are responsible for filing the details.”

Pawar said, “Earlier all the forms were filled manually and any incomplete details were easy to find. After the system was computerised, it has become difficult to check the details of the form and fees, and the system does not have an easy option for it. It was revealed that these institutes had not paid the fees, after the forms were scrutinised, which takes a lot of time, and action was taken against them,” said Pawar.

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Originally published on The Golden Sparrow