# Positions, comments and authorising results

> Academium SMS Help › Exam Center
> For: School Owner, School Admin, Teacher
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-positions-comments-and-authorising
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

Once marks are in, each class's results are finished on **Exam Center → Marks → Position & Comments**.

## Working out positions

1. Choose the exam, class and section.
2. Academium lists each student with their **total marks**, **percentage**, **cumulative average**, **result**, **previous position** and **position**.
3. Positions are worked out from each student's percentage. If two students share a position, Academium flags it.
4. Choose **Recompute** to renumber the positions from the current percentages, for example after a mark has been corrected.

## Adding comments

Type a **teacher comment** (and a principal or head teacher comment, where allocated) for each student.

### Filling in a whole class at once

Choose **Auto Fill Comments**. Academium fills the comment column for the whole class from your [comment templates](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-comment-templates.md), using each student's result. It asks you to confirm first, because it **replaces existing comments**. You can still edit any comment before saving.

## Authorising the results

When the class's positions and comments are final, **authorise** them.

- The class's marks are **frozen**: they can no longer be changed on the mark entry page.
- The class's **exam schedule locks**.
- Positions and comments are saved as they stand.

Results cannot be authorised while **some subjects are still unmarked**.

Authorisation can be **reversed**. The marks become editable again, and the exam schedule unlocks.

## Invalidating results

If a class's results need to be done again from scratch, **invalidate** them. Teachers then re-enter the marks.

The marks are first copied to the **results recycle bin**, so they can be restored. You confirm twice, the second time by typing the class name.

## Common issues

**"Some subjects are still unmarked."** Finish entering marks for every subject, or tick **Absent** or **Optional** for students who did not take a paper.

**"No comment templates matched these percentages."** Add comment templates covering those percentages.

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