Ludhiana, March 29 -- A shortage of pages in answer booklets caused panic among Class 12 students appearing for the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) mathematics exam on Friday. Students allege that they were not informed about this development before and came to know about this on the day of examination.

Many students were unable to attempt long-answer questions due to the space constraints, leading to concerns over their final scores. Students are now demanding grace marks.

Teachers pointed out that while previous years' booklets contained 32 pages, the number has now been reduced to 28. "Even this year, the answer sheets provided for Chemistry, Physics and Biology had 32 pages, but mathematics had only 28. This could cost students...