Madhya Pradesh: MP board earns 83 lakh from exam forms of class 10, which is not happen. No orders on refund as yet!
Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) collected over 83.25 crore rupees from over 9 lakh students in state for class 10 board examination. Class 10 MPBSE board examinations were cancelled due to coronavirus second wave and its spread in the state.
However, the board is not considering returning the amount and instead enjoying a good profit from the exam form fee.
Now preparations are going on to prepare the results of the students. On the other hand, with the cancellation of the examination, the board will earn a profit of Rs 73 crore. Actually, a fee of Rs 925 per student has been charged for filling the tenth examination form.
This year over 10 lakh students were going to attend class 10 board examinations. Out of this, if the fee of one lakh students of reserved category is reduced, then the revenue of the Board has been increased by filling the examination form with only normal fee of Rs 83 crore from nine lakh students.
Even if the board has spent about ten crores of rupees in preparing the question papers and answer books or sending the amount to the districts for practical, then also MPBSE will save and earn profit of 73 crores rupees from the examination form.
At the same time, MPBSE has issued an order to schools to order the amount allocated for the experimental examination to be deposited in the board's account.
In view of this, the Private School Association has also demanded from the Board to return the examination fee to the students.
Nearly 10 crores spent till now.
Divisional officials sad that the entire preparation for the Class X examination was completed. About 1.5 crore rupees were spent in preparing the tenth question paper, about five crore rupees in preparing the copies, one crore in the OMR sheet and about three crore rupees in the practical.
Apart from this, the examination form was also filled with late fees from about one lakh students.
Three crores of practical examination will be back
For the practical of a student, the board sends Rs 30 to the schools. In this way, an amount of three crore rupees was sent to the schools for about a lakh students, which has now been ordered to return the MPBSE.
Rs 2.5 crore earned from laptop scheme
Laptops are distributed by the government to the meritorious students in the twelfth examination of MPBSE. For this, every year the Mandal gives about Rs. 1.5 crores to the government, but last year the laptop could not be distributed due to Corona. In this way, the board saved Rs. 2.50 crores.
Amount earned and spent
Number of tenth students from all over the state - 10 lakh, 14 hundred and 75 only
Number of students of reserved category - about one lakh
Examination fee per student - Rs 925
Examination fee of nine lakh students - Rs 83 crore
Expenditure in preparation of question paper - about Rs. 1.5 crores.
Spend in Copies – Rs 5 crore
Spending on OMR sheet – Rs 1 crore
Amount is sent to the districts for practical – Rs 3 crore
Spending in assessment – Rs 2 crore
However, the board is not considering returning the amount and instead enjoying a good profit from the exam form fee.
Now preparations are going on to prepare the results of the students. On the other hand, with the cancellation of the examination, the board will earn a profit of Rs 73 crore. Actually, a fee of Rs 925 per student has been charged for filling the tenth examination form.
This year over 10 lakh students were going to attend class 10 board examinations. Out of this, if the fee of one lakh students of reserved category is reduced, then the revenue of the Board has been increased by filling the examination form with only normal fee of Rs 83 crore from nine lakh students.
Even if the board has spent about ten crores of rupees in preparing the question papers and answer books or sending the amount to the districts for practical, then also MPBSE will save and earn profit of 73 crores rupees from the examination form.
At the same time, MPBSE has issued an order to schools to order the amount allocated for the experimental examination to be deposited in the board's account.
In view of this, the Private School Association has also demanded from the Board to return the examination fee to the students.
Nearly 10 crores spent till now.
Divisional officials sad that the entire preparation for the Class X examination was completed. About 1.5 crore rupees were spent in preparing the tenth question paper, about five crore rupees in preparing the copies, one crore in the OMR sheet and about three crore rupees in the practical.
Apart from this, the examination form was also filled with late fees from about one lakh students.
Three crores of practical examination will be back
For the practical of a student, the board sends Rs 30 to the schools. In this way, an amount of three crore rupees was sent to the schools for about a lakh students, which has now been ordered to return the MPBSE.
Rs 2.5 crore earned from laptop scheme
Laptops are distributed by the government to the meritorious students in the twelfth examination of MPBSE. For this, every year the Mandal gives about Rs. 1.5 crores to the government, but last year the laptop could not be distributed due to Corona. In this way, the board saved Rs. 2.50 crores.
Amount earned and spent
Number of tenth students from all over the state - 10 lakh, 14 hundred and 75 only
Number of students of reserved category - about one lakh
Examination fee per student - Rs 925
Examination fee of nine lakh students - Rs 83 crore
Expenditure in preparation of question paper - about Rs. 1.5 crores.
Spend in Copies – Rs 5 crore
Spending on OMR sheet – Rs 1 crore
Amount is sent to the districts for practical – Rs 3 crore
Spending in assessment – Rs 2 crore