Assam: Student marked absent "by SEBA" despite appearing in class X exam

Guwahati: After the declaration of the class 10 results by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), a student has now alleged that he was marked absent in one of the exams despite appearing for it.

Ankur Borah, a student from the Sandipani Vidya Mandir located at Missa in Kaliabor, Assam scored well in all his exams except Social Science.

It was not as if he had scored marks but he was "mistakenly" marked absent.

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Borah said that he appeared for all exams at the Missa High School examination centre.

He told the media that his marks were good in all other subjects but he and his family were shocked to see that he was marked absent.

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Ankur's father expressed his concern and demanded a thorough investigation.

"This needs to be investigated. My son deserves justice. I ensured he was there for the exam," he said.