3 yrs on, Ganjam lad yet to get Matric certificate

Pintu Nahak

BHUBANESWAR: A boy from Ganjam district, who passed Matric examination in 2012, is yet to get his certificate from the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha.

Normally, the board issues certificates in favour of pass-out students within two to three weeks, but it did not happen in the case of Pintu Nahak of Lunghuri village under the Rambha police limits in Ganjam district.

Pintu, a student of the Panchayat High School at Palanga in Ganjam district, has been seeking justice from the BSE’s Brahmapur Zone along with the BSE main office in Cuttack during last three years, but nothing has happened till date.

In 2012, when his result was published, Pintu was happy that he would join in a college, but his hope could not materialise as he failed to get his certificate, unlike his classmates. The school headmaster said the board would issue his certificate after correcting some minor mistakes in his file. 

After receiving repeated requests from Pintu’s father Ananta Nahak, the BSE had issued a handwritten certificate for joining in Plus II course. “I had applied for Plus II course after getting the certificate, but the SAMS centre said the handwritten certificate won’t be accepted,” said Pintu.

He said he suffers so much pain and agony as he could not continue his education for the mistake of the BSE. In the situation, his father planned him to join in an ITI in order to keep him busy in studies.

But the ITI also raised several questions about the handwritten certificate and allowed Pintu to join only after getting an undertaking from the BSE, Brahmapur Zone. Even the same institution took a second undertaking from the BSE while giving him the ITI pass-out certificates.

Pintu later emailed a letter to the BSE President DP Nanda last year. Even he met the BSE Examinations Controller twice to give his certificates, but in vain.

“I had already requested the Zonal Director, Brahmapur thrice in this regard, but he every time says the Board is processing my certificates,” said the boy. 

Last year, Pintu had got an opportunity to work in a company, but he could not join due to the certificate problem. Now this year too, he failed to join in the Plus II course for the same problem, he added.

“All the Matric pass-outs got their certificates within one or two weeks after declaration of the results, but why the BSE is taking so much of time in my case!” Pintu lamented.

When contacted, BSE Examinations Controller Dr Nihar Ranjan Mohanty said they would process the certificate very soon while BSE President Nanda said on Monday that he was out of the State and would comment on the issue after looking into the files.  

Published in The Pioneer, Bhubaneswar edition on June 30, 2015