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A Bengaluru private school faces police action for allegedly transferring Class 10 students to a government school without informing parents. The move reportedly aimed to secure 100% board exam results but left students without crucial internal assessment marks. Parents claim the school falsely declared their children as orphans while collecting full fees. Police are investigating the shocking case of academic malpractice that ruined students' academic records.

Key Points: Bengaluru School Booked for Transferring Students to Boost Board Results

  • School transferred students without parents' knowledge
  • Students failed due to missing internal assessment marks
  • Parents allege school falsely declared kids as orphans
  • FIR lodged by Bengaluru police against school management
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Bengaluru school booked for transferring students to govt school to ensure 100 pc results in Board exams

Saint Mary’s Girls’ High School faces FIR for secretly shifting Class 10 students to a govt school, leading to exam failures due to missing internal marks.

"If I had received my internal marks, I would have passed – Deepika, affected student"

Bengaluru, June 19

Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against the principal and management of a private school in Bengaluru on Thursday for allegedly transferring Class 10 students to a government school without their parents’ knowledge, reportedly to secure a 100 per cent pass rate.

Parents claim the move led to their children failing the Board exams as they missed internal assessment marks.

The FIR was lodged by the High Grounds police in Bengaluru against Saint Mary’s Girls’ High School following complaints from parents. At least 10 students have failed in the class 10 Board exams due to this, police said.

Deepika, one of the affected students who failed the exam, told the media on Thursday that she had studied at Saint Mary’s since Lower KG.

Deepika also stated that at the time of issuing hall tickets, the school staff informed students that their examination centre was at a different location and directed them to write the exam at the government school. After the results were announced, she discovered that her marks card did not include internal assessment marks.

“We approached the school regarding this, but received no response. When we asked for the transfer certificate (TC), the school management told us to collect it from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) School. We don’t know why this happened. If I had received my internal marks, I would have passed,” she said.

“This has happened to 10 other students from the same school,” she added.

In their complaint, the parents further stated that since the children had not attended classes at the BBMP School, they were marked absent and were thus not awarded internal assessment marks, resulting in their failure in the Board exams.

The parents also claimed that they had paid fees to Saint Mary’s Girls’ School, and that the school had transferred the students to the government school without informing them. They also alleged that the school falsely declared the children as orphans.

According to the parents, the students did not receive internal assessment marks from the government school to which they were transferred, which led to their failure in the Board exams.

They further alleged that the school principal and management enrolled the students in the government school without their knowledge under the false pretext that they were orphans from an orphanage.

Police have taken up the investigation into the matter.

There has been no comment till now from the school regarding the allegations against it.

- IANS

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Priya K.
This is absolutely shameful! Schools have become businesses rather than temples of learning. How can they play with children's futures just to maintain their "100% results" reputation? The management should be punished severely. 😡
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Rahul S.
As an educationist, I'm appalled but not surprised. The pressure on schools to maintain perfect results leads to such unethical practices. The entire evaluation system needs reform - less emphasis on percentages, more on actual learning.
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Ananya M.
Heartbreaking for these students! Studying 10 years in same school and then this betrayal. The worst part is declaring them orphans - what kind of mentality is this? Hope the CBSE/state board intervenes to give these children justice.
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Sanjay P.
While what the school did is wrong, parents should also be more involved. How did they not notice their child's school transfer for months? Regular parent-teacher meetings could have prevented this. Both parties failed these kids.
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Neha R.
This is why I prefer government schools nowadays - at least they're transparent. Private schools have become too commercial. My heart goes out to these girls who worked hard only to be failed by the system. Hope they get re-evaluation with proper marks.
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Vikram J.
As a Bengaluru resident, I'm disgusted but not shocked. Many elite schools here prioritize rankings over education. The authorities must cancel the school's affiliation if found guilty. Also, why isn't the education minister commenting on this? 🤔

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