Late Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Republic of
India had joined the Presidency
College, Calcutta in 1902, initially as a science student.
He passed Intermediate level classes then called as F. A. under the University
of Calcutta in March 1904 and further graduated with
First Division from there itself in March 1905. Impressed by his intellect, an
examiner once had commented on his answer sheet "examinee is better
than examiner"
We have had another Rajendra Prasad, who himself checked his
copy and gave himself 100 out of 100.
But unfortunately the examiner had not mentioned that remark
for him.
A bizarre incident has occurred in Gujarat. A class 12 student named
Harshad Sarvaiya wrote his Economics and Geography papers, then examined his
sheets with red ink and awarded himself a handsome 100 out of 100 marks in
Economics, before submitting it to the supervisor.
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GHSHEB) is in
no mood to take the issue lightly and has filed a case of copying against the
student.
Surprisingly, teachers were unable to understand the major lapse and even
the examination committee did not see it. Harshad’s result had also been
prepared but the irregularity was caught by the examination board’s computer
software, which red flagged the result.
Harshad had played his part well and to avoid suspicion, had not marked the
total on the main page. The teachers were alert enough to catch the
irregularity in geography where he scored 34 marks. However, as far as
economics were concerned, the teachers were not able to spot the anomaly.
GHSHEB secretary
G D Patel told the media that the lad had examined his answer sheets in both
Geography and Economics. The teachers added the total marks and endorsed the
boy’s paper assessment by putting 100/100 as his final total in Economics. This
lapse has however caused the teachers dear and show cause notice has been
issued to them.
Patel explained that Harshad would be soon summoned before the examination
committee and is all set to be stopped from giving exams of geography and
economics if found guilty.
As per Harshad’s result, he had scored 100/100 in economics. However, as
far as other subjects were concerned, his marks were very poor. He received 13
marks in Gujarati, 12 in English, 05 in psychology, 04 in Sanskrit and 35 in
Geography.
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