SSC result portal crashes, state school education minister calls for an inquiry

Varsha Gaikwad, state minister for school and education, took to Twitter to apologise to thousands of students for a technical issue that caused the portal crashing on Friday

Chaitrali Bodhe from the Manorama Memorial English Medium School in Daund was still waiting to know her SSC result at 7pm on Friday. “I am little nervous now, it’s been over 6 hours. My teacher assures me that the results will be good as I have been a good student,” said Bodhe.

Students react after SSC result were declared online. (HT PHOTO)

Varsha Gaikwad, state minister for school and education, took to Twitter to apologise to thousands of students for a technical issue that caused the portal crashing on Friday. “We apologise for the inconvenience caused by the SSC result link being inaccessible due to a technical issue. I have ordered a full inquiry into the incident. Strict action will be taken against all those responsible to ensure that such incidents don’t recur,” she tweeted.

Some principals were having a tough time responding to their students. “We were unable to see our school result for the whole day and have attended to several calls from anxious parents and students alike, who thought the school might get the results earlier than them,” said Archana Panch, vice-principal, Ramanbag English School.

Anuja Yerudkar, principal of Zeal Institute’s Silver Crest School was very happy when she finally got the final tally of 100 % result for her 82 students - 73 with distinction and eight students getting first class. “It’s a relief to inform the students of their marks. With the SSC website crashing until late evening, we were fending phone calls and also directing some to try logging in from their phones or laptops. But by 7pm we succeeded in getting the scores,” said Yerudkar.

Sujata Hiwale, principal of Manorama Memorial English School, felt that the crash of the website added to the nervousness of students.

Renuka Dutta, principal, Dyanganga English Medium School, said, “The website crashed probably because everyone tried to log in at the same time. Imagine not just lakhs of students, but also school teachers and principals trying to find ways to help those who could not log in. The students were frustrated and also disappointed with having no access.”