TSBIE flip-flop on result of girl who "killed self after

A girl intermediate student in Telangana, who committed suicide allegedly after results showed her as 'failed' in the annual exams, was declared pass following re-verification, but within hours the board reversed the decision, citing a "clerical error".

The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE), which took up the re-verification of answer-sheets after facing flak over alleged bungling in publication of the results on April 18, has been announcing the fresh results since May 27.

As per the re-verification, the girl, a first year student, got 48 marks in Telugu Paper I, an addition of 28 to the marks she had originally been awarded, and declared pass', her sister told reporters here Saturday.

She held the TSBIE responsible for her sister's suicide, soon after the original results were announced.

However, the board within hours issued a press release saying the deceased student's "marks were wrongly uploaded as 48 instead of 21 because of clerical mistake in the spot valuation camp."