New Delhi, India – Nandini Singh had been waiting for weeks for her high school examination results, her scores in different subjects being the pathway to the colleges of her choice.She was surprised and disappointed when she saw that her chemistry score was much lower than she had expected. Singh was torn over whether to seek a review of her answer scripts or accept the results – and the window to apply for a review lapsed.Now, though, she is convinced that she’s been cheated of the score she deserved, and her faith in the body conducting one of the world’s largest school-leaving examinations has been shattered by a spate of controversies over the tests conducted from February 17 to April 10. The results came out on May 13.“They are liars and a corrupt bunch of people taking our lives, our future hostage,” Singh told Al Jazeera, speaking from her home in Dehradun.Singh is far from the only student furious with India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the largest of India’s multiple school boards. More than 1.7 …
