Schools peeved at misspelt Tamil names on hall tickets

TNN | Feb 29, 2020, 04.18 AM IST

Madurai: The Tamil names of class X and XII students at many of the city schools, both government and private, who are writing their board exams next month, are getting mis spelt on their hall tickets. While there is a provision to get it corrected, the issue has inconvenienced teachers and parents.

Nowadays the candidates’ names appear in both English and Tamil on hall tickets and mark sheets. The school is responsible for providing hall tickets, which are downloaded by uploading the students’ information online. “We had many cases where Tamil names were getting misspelt. Even when we type correctly, due to some technical error, the font end up changing at different spots thereby leading to a misspelt name. Sometimes, we also had the candidates’ date of birth going wrong,” said the principal of a private school. Several students and parents said they had to repeatedly ask to make corrections.

“Hall tickets for class XII students were first printed early because of practical examinations. We found that many students had mis spelt names at that time and corrected them temporarily with red ink. However, later in the final nominal roll, all corrections were made and it was resolved. But, it was definitely a troublesome work,” said a teacher at a corporation school. Schools also said they were being blamed for an issue that is not in their control. “Parents think we are the ones making the mistake and many of them get easily annoyed. The students are inconvenienced when they have to repeatedly check such basic things,” added the teacher.

Meanwhile, education officials maintained that it was a matter for the heads of schools to handle and they had no part in it. “Even if it is an issue now, there is ample time to correct and processes are in place to ensure least disturbance. What matters is what appears on the final mark sheets. Till then, there is plenty of scope for making corrections,” said a senior district education official.