The Times of India: Pune: Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
As many as 9,753 students from across the state have moved applications through the Right to Information Act, 2005 seeking photocopies of their answersheets for the higher secondary certificate (HSC, Class XII) March 2012 examination.
This includes 1,439 applications from Pune division, which covers Pune, Ahmednagar and Solapur districts while the Mumbai division has the maximum number of 5,055 pleas, a senior official from the Maharashtra state board for secondary and higher secondary education said on Monday.
The state education board had declared the HSC results on May 25. The exam was conducted from February 21 to March 31. As per Supreme Court directives, the board has started offering photocopies of the answer sheets to students approaching for the same under the RTI provisions. The exercise is aimed at ensuring greater transparency in the paper-evaluation exercise.
The official said, the newly carved out Konkan division accounts for least number of 75 applications, while Aurangabad division has received 686 pleas. Nagpur division has received 564 applications while Amravati division has got 666 pleas. Another 436 applications were made to the Kolhapur division while Nashik and Latur division have received 370 and 451 applications, respectively, he said.
"The state board will scrutinize each of these applications before forwarding the photocopies of the answer sheets to the applicants within the days prescribed by the RTI Act," the official said.
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