NAGPUR: The abnormal rise in number of high scorers among CBSE students, as reported by TOI, has unsettled Maharashtra state education board's officials. The state is worried that high CBSE Std X scorers will get seats in prominent colleges and those of Std XII will be at an advantage in competitive exams like Joint Entrance Exam (JEE). Now the education department has decided to prepare a report on how state board students are faring compared to their CBSE counterparts. There are apprehensions that CBSE scores are rising because of either lenient marking or inflation of marks.JS Sahariya, additional chief secretary in charge of school education, said, "It is a cause for concern for sure and we don't want to have a situation where our students feel disadvantaged. We have decided to study this issue in detail and will prepare a report based on three specific inputs points that we hope will give a clear picture. There will be corrective action taken, if necessary."The first input to be examined is how many students of both boards scored 90% and above, then between 80%-89% and 71%-79%. This comparative data will be studied keeping in mind the recent outburst by state schools and colleges that CBSE was being either lenient or inflating marks. "It is natural that every board would like their students to do well. We need to study the data in detail before arriving at any conclusion," said Sahariya who was in city on Thursday to address a gathering of education officials.The second point input will be available only after admissions in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are completed. "We want to know how many state board students are getting admissions into IITs and how many from CBSE got it. If 15% of the admissions are from state board and 10% from CBSE, it means we are the better board, however if it is reverse we need to look into it," said Sahariya. The third input will be from other competitive exams, both for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, where again a break-up of successful CBSE and state students will be analyzed.Nisha Kothari, owner of an IIT coaching centre, says high scores in CBSE are in fact a disadvantage psychologically. "When you give high marks to those who don't deserve it, they will not be able to face failure later in life. They would have become so accustomed to being at the top that anything less will be tragic for them," she said.However, any action will be taken only next year, which means this year's centralized admission process (CAP) for junior colleges will be a CBSE dominated affair. Education officials expressed their inability to make any changes to CAP this year to help state board students. Mahesh Karajgaonkar, deputy director of education, said, "Even if we think about reserving seats for state board students it will not hold in the court. Something certainly has to be done about the high scores of CBSE but only after ascertaining all data and keeping the legalities in mind."