A teacher at a private school in Ahmedabad was forced to shell out ₹44,400 after he wrongly totalled 444 marks during checking in the Gujarat board examinations.
The Gujarat Education Board fines teachers ₹100 for every wrongly granted mark in paper checking.
Citing these rules, two other teachers were also fined₹42,400 and ₹37,500 respectively.
Currently, the Gujarat Education Board is in the process of recovering fines from teachers for errors made in evaluating answer sheets in the March board exams from 2022 to the current year, 2024.
Fines worth lakhs of rupees are still pending for recovery from teachers. Meanwhile, a teacher from a private school in Ahmedabad has received the highest fine of ₹44,400.
A teacher from one school was fined ₹7100. Teachers of the following private schools were fined in Ahmedabad:
Seventh Day Adventist
Higher Secondary School
AIM International in Vatva
Shardaba H S Vidyalaya in Vastral
Achiever School
The teacher who received the highest fine has left the school. These fines are related to the 2022 and 2023 board exams. School administrators complain that when teachers leave the school or go to another school, the burden of paying these large fines falls on the school administration, which they consider unfair.