For the academic year 2020-21, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will refund only 20.85% of the nearly 104 crores collected as exam fees from approximately 2.9 million secondary school certificates (SSC, Class 10) and higher secondary certificate (HSC, Class 12) students. On July 29, this year, the Bombay High Court asked the state government to consider refunding exam costs after board exams were cancelled because of the Covid-19 outbreak. SSC students paid $315 in exam fees, of which the board will reimburse 59 cents or 18.73 per cent of the total. Similarly, HSC students paid 415 each, but the board intends to refund 94, or 22.65%.
MSBSHSE notified the students of the decision to refund their fees on November 11, three and a half months after the Bombay High Court ordered the state government to consider returning students’ money on July 29. According to a senior state education board official, while no board exams will be held in 2021, the state education board has been directed to prepare for a common entrance test (CET) for all class 10 pupils seeking seats in first-year junior college (FYJC).
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Even though the CET was finally dropped, the state board had already invested in software and paid for exam papers to be set ahead of time. We had to pay for work that had already been completed, which was deducted from the exam fees paid by the students. The remaining funds are being distributed to students, according to the senior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
According to the announcement, “both SSC and HSC exams were cancelled this year because of an increase of Covid-19 cases.” Following the Bombay High Court’s judgment, the state board has agreed to reimburse exam fee amounts to respective candidates.” It goes on to say that to receive the funds, students must go to the maha hssc board. in and fill out the information on individual students on the website’s offered links beginning Friday, November 12.
