LAHORE: A few candidates of intermediate part-I of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) have alleged that examiners insulted them when they visited the office to see their checked sheets.

`The officials laughed at us when they showed us our answer sheets during the recounting of marks, said one of the candidates, seeking anonymity.

`They crossed the papers, teasing the candidates that thereis no good of challenging examiners` authority.

Another candidate said the board of fice was full of candidates, seeking recount of their marks.

`Examiners seemed in a hurry,` she added.

Another student of a private college said the examiners would not agree to recheck the answers, and only recounting of marks was going on.

Candidates demanded that the chief minister order the board to introduce a complaint resolution mechanism.

Lahore BISE Chairman Prof Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail rejected candidates` allegations, calling them exaggerated statements.

`I`m sure no examiners would humiliate the students,` he added. He said he had personally observed the appointment of maleLAHORE: A few candidates of intermediate part-I of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) have alleged that examiners insulted them when they visited the office to see their checked sheets.

`The officials laughed at us when they showed us our answer sheets during the recounting of marks, said one of the candidates, seeking anonymity.

`They crossed the papers, teasing the candidates that thereis no good of challenging examiners` authority.

Another candidate said the board of fice was full of candidates, seeking recount of their marks.

`Examiners seemed in a hurry,` she added.

Another student of a private college said the examiners would not agree to recheck the answers, and only recounting of marks was going on.

Candidates demanded that the chief minister order the board to introduce a complaint resolution mechanism.

Lahore BISE Chairman Prof Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail rejected candidates` allegations, calling them exaggerated statements.

`I`m sure no examiners would humiliate the students,` he added. He said he had personally observed the appointment of maleexaminers for rechecl(ing of complainants` papers.

`I also ordered engaging two female examiners for female candidates to avoid any sort of problem, he said.

Female examiners have started dealing with the female complainants.

Mr Ismail said if any student had any sort of complaint, he/she could contact him, the BISE secretary or the controller.

He said 45,000 candidates had applied for the rechecking of their sheets.

`I think a majority of the complaints are not based on facts,` he said.

Also, the BISE administration has suspended from service public relation officer Qaisar Virk for his failure to check the bad press on students` protests and rechecking of papers.

Official sources told Dawn that Mr Virk had also misbehaved senior officials after a recent meeting of the Punjab Board Committee of Chairmen on the issue of rechecking and entertaining the candidates.

`On Tuesday, he spoke rudely with the BISE secretary (also a woman), who reported the matter to me, the BISE chairman told Dawn. He said an inquiry had been initiated into the case under the Peeda Act.

Mr Virk rejected the allegations, stating he had yet to receive the suspension orders.

`I will meet the senior officials soon,` he added.