MP board XIIth mark-sheet not to carry date of birth

BHOPAL: The board of secondary education MP has abolished the practice of putting the students birth date on the mark-sheets of class XII examinations. A decision for the same was taken at a
recent meeting of the examination committee.
MP Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) had introduced the practise of putting the board examinee's date of birth in the class XII mark-sheet from the year 2008.
Sources add that henceforth, MPBSE would issue a new mark-sheet in case the candidate's total mark increase by even a mark in the re-totaling. Previously, a new mark sheet was issued only when a minimum of 10 or more marks were increased during the re-valuation/totaling.
Sources say that in the past three years, correction of birthdate in the mark-sheets has proven to be a daunting task for the board and the anomalies in dates have left the students harassed. The board receives around 300 applications for correction of date of births daily.
Besides, many documents are required as proofs for the correction in the birthdate of a candidate. Also, MP Board no longer takes the mark sheets of classes V and VIII as the proof for birthdate corrections.
Sources say that the board has initiated this move to cut down on paperwork.
Also, another important decision taken in the meeting was that hence, an additional certificate would not be issued by the board for the class X and XII students. Now the certificate would be issued along with the mark-sheet. This practice was there prior to the year 2004.