coimbatore the valuation of the answer papers of the class 10 and 12 public examinations are moving in a fast phase according to officials the evaluation of the class 12 papers was completed on friday around 25 lakh answer sheets were evaluated in the camps in the district with 2500 teachers assigned for the purpose meanwhile the valuation of the class 10 papers began on friday the valuation of class 12 papers which began after the completion of the exams has been completed by now we have started to enter the marks and other works will soon follow suit said coimbatore chief education officer ceo a gnana gowri the directorate of examinations has announced that the results would be announced on may 9 officials are confident that tabulation and other work would be completed before the scheduled date the valuation barring vocational subject papers was held in camps in the city class 10 results are scheduled to be released on may 23 with the general election clashing with the valuation process teachers complain of too much workload some of the teachers engaged in valuation said they have been assigned election duties as well however education department officials said arrangements have been made in such a way the valuation process is not disturbed during the election time the valuation camp will be suspended during the holidays including good friday as well as on polling day march 24 said gnana gowri one other issue thats rankling teachers is the poor remuneration for paper valuation though there has been a small increase in the valuation fee the remuneration is still low varying between rs 375 and rs 750 for a paper computer science papers which are for a maximum of 75 marks fetch rs 375 while fee for language and science subject papers are paid rs 750 in the case of biology two teachers evaluate the same paper and hence each teacher is paid rs 375 each evaluator is expected to evaluate 30 language or 24 subject papers daily computer science teachers handle 40 papers according to many valuators the remuneration which varies from rs 90 to rs 225 daily depending on the subject is far too less they said the low remuneration is one reason why teachers do not show interest in taking up valuation duty however education officials defended the fee on offer arguing that valuation is part of a teachers duty who in any case receives salary every month the remuneration fee they argued is an extra incentive