State to set up digital archives for board exam marksheets

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The Tamil Nadu government, for the first time, will set up a digital archive for Class XII and Class X mark sheets, school education minister K A Sengottaiyan said on Wednesday .

 

This will help candidates reclaim their marksheets in case of theft or loss, and also the state government to verify marksheets when candidates apply state government jobs.Sengottaiyan told reporters class XII state board results will be published on May 12, Friday . “We will release the results as per the schedule, at 10am,“ he said.
Sengottaiyan said this was the first time the state govern ment is introducing an online archive facility to maintain records of the marksheets. “This will prevent students from running pillar to post for mark sheets in case they lose them in the future,“ he said.

A senior official of the school education department said the online archive would make certificate verification process easier. “Reviving marksheets from physical records is a cumbersome process.It also delays the process of joining of a selected candidate.“ The marksheets will also have the candidate's name in Tamil, another first by the government, said Sengottaiyan.

He said Class XII results will be available on three to four websites at 10am. “ Also we will send a text message to the mobile number that the candidate has provided. This SMS will reach them at 10.10am,“ he added. Nearly 95% of the 9lakh students who appeared for Class XII exams have provided their mobile numbers, Sengottaiyan said. “The contact numbers are either of the student or the parent,“ he added.