"We are very worried as we could not know the fate of our wards", Shahjahan Shiekh, father of an examinee said while talking to this correspondent yesterday.

Two other guardians--Mohammad Ali Bhutti and Sadananda Sheikhalso echoed the same sentiment.

"I performed well in the examination and was hoping to get GPA-5. I am yet to know my result," said examinee Sharmin Akter.

Sharmin said 18 other brilliant students of Science Group of her school also could not know their results as their roll numbers were 'missing' from the result sheets. The frustrated students and their guardians crowd the school every day, waiting for results but the school authorities can not say anything, Shamim said.

Goura Sundar, another examinee, alleged that the debacle happened as their practical examination mark-sheets were not sent to the education board in time.

When contacted, the headmaster-in-charge of Baliadanga Secondary School Samir Ali said, "talking to Jessore board officials, we came to know that results of the (19) examinees could not be announced as mark sheets were not sent to the computer section of the board'.

He however said they have taken step for sending the mark sheets and hoped their results would be known in a few days.

This correspondent also contacted headmaster of Naldanga Bhushan Pilot High School and secretary of Kaliganj upazila examination centre Lutfor Rahman. They claimed that the mark sheets of Baliadanga secondary school examinees were supposed to reach the board along with those of other schools under the center. All the mark sheets were sent in one packet.

"We are yet to find out the real cause behind this", he said.