PRAYAGRAJ, May 2 -- Even as the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) moved swiftly to publish the 2026 High School and Intermediate examination results, a wave of anxiety has gripped students and parents after several discrepancies surfaced in the mark sheets.

Within hours of the results being declared, grievance cells set up at the Board's regional offices began receiving complaints from students who reported that their marks did not reflect the exams they had actually taken, or that they were marked absent despite having appeared for all the exams.

On Thursday alone, the Prayagraj regional office received over half a dozen fresh complaints. Among them was Manju Devi, a Class 10 student of Chaudhary Diggaj Singh Inter Co...