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SC flags ‘frustration’ of students in CBSE’s digital marking system

SC flags ‘frustration’ of students in CBSE’s digital marking system

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Expressing concern over students’ “frustration” in CBSE’s digital marking system, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the assistance of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in hearing a PIL which sought directions to the Centre and the CBSE to frame regulations to conduct exams through on-screen marking (OSM) system. Supreme Court has sought the assistance of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in addressing students’ complains with CBSE’s on-screen marking system (OSM) (Representational/PTI) The CBSE’s OSM evaluation system is a digital grading method where teachers assess scanned copies of physical answer sheets on a computer instead of checking physical paper scripts. “Look at the amount of frustration of young children,” a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said and sought the assistance of the solicitor general in dealing with the case. Also Read I Kerala HC allows 3 CBSE students to upload revalued marks on KEAM portal The bench, also comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, said there appear to be systemic “creeping problems” in the digital evaluation process. “We are seeking your assistance, not …

CBSE drops update on post-result services portal deadline: Extends Class 12 verification, re-evaluation window

CBSE drops update on post-result services portal deadline: Extends Class 12 verification, re-evaluation window

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday issued a statement announcing that the education board has decided to extend the deadline for submission of applications for verification and re-evaluation of Class 12 answer books. As per the latest notice, the window was initially slated to close on 6 June but will now be accessible till midnight of 7 June, Sunday. CBSE in a post on X stated, “In the interest of students, CBSE has decided to extend the last date for submission of applications for Verification and Re-evaluation of Question(s) for the Class XII Board Examinations, thereby providing students additional time and support to complete the process.” It added, “Students are requested to take note of the revised schedule and submit their applications accordingly.” All to know about CBSE’s post-result services portal On 2 June, almost a week after the portal that allowed students to obtain scanned copies of answer scripts closed, CBSE opened the window for “Verification of Issues” via the post-result services portal. By applying through this window students can resolve …

CBSE receives more than 70,000 verification, re-evaluation applications till 4 June date: Edu Ministry

CBSE receives more than 70,000 verification, re-evaluation applications till 4 June date: Edu Ministry

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Ministry of Education issued a statement on Friday with respect to CBSE post-result verification and re-evaluation process. The ministry said that the education board received a total of 7,314 applications for verification of marks and 63,119 applications for re-evaluation, ANI reported. “As of 4 June 2026, a total of 70,433 successful applications have been received through the CBSE post-result grievance redressal process, including 7,314 applications for Verification of Marks and 63,119 applications for re-evaluation. Despite a malicious Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack involving nearly 3.8 million packets on 3 June 2026, the portal remained protected and operational due to timely intervention by technical teams,” the Education Ministry said. According to the statement, the portal recorded approximately 1.5 million access requests within two minutes of launch at 4:30 AM on June 2. Detecting several requests as unauthorised access attempts, it blocked over 100,000 requests. It further confirmed that traffic profile showed coordinated high-volume request bursts consistent with DDoS-type patterns which were thwarted due to intense security arrangements. The statement added, “Prior to launch, the CBSE verification and re-evaluation …

Sarthak Sidhant flags CBSE OSM tender irregularities before Parliamentary panel

Sarthak Sidhant flags CBSE OSM tender irregularities before Parliamentary panel

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Sarthak Sidhant, one of the students affected by the CBSE’s ‘On-Screen Marking’ (OSM) system, arrives at the Parliament House Annexe to give a presentation before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth, and Sports, in New Delhi on June 2, 2026. Photo: X/@ANI Sarthak Sidhant is too young to be elected to Parliament, but the 17-year-old student from Jharkhand, who flagged alleged irregularities in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) tendering process for the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, presented his findings before a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Tuesday (June 2, 2026). The committee on education, women, children, youth and sports, chaired by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, met to discuss the “use of On-Screen-Marking (OSM) in Grade 12 CBSE exams and issues faced by students”. Mr. Sidhant, who appeared for the Class 12 exams this year, submitted a seven-page document outlining alleged anomalies in the CBSE’s tendering process for selecting vendors for online marking and posed a series of questions to the board, sources said. Sarthak Sidhant participated in a webinar hosted by …

A teen whistleblower, portal chaos, cyberattacks and a leadership shake-up: How CBSE’s OSM row snowballed

A teen whistleblower, portal chaos, cyberattacks and a leadership shake-up: How CBSE’s OSM row snowballed

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday launched its long-awaited portal for Class 12 students seeking verification of answer sheets and re-evaluation of marks. The rollout was marred by technical glitches, cyberattack claims and ultimately an administrative upheaval. A student-led investigation, questions over a key contract and a troubled re-evaluation portal have brought CBSE’s digital evaluation system under the spotlight. (HT) The portal, which opened a day later than scheduled, allows students to seek verification of issues identified in scanned copies of answer books supplied by the Board and apply for re-evaluation of answers. The application window will remain open until midnight on June 6. ALSO READ | CBSE chairman, secretary transferred in government action amid OSM row Leadership shake-up amid OSM scrutiny CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta were transferred out of the Board on Tuesday. Prashant Lokhande was appointed the new CBSE Chairman. The abrupt reassignments come amid intense government scrutiny over the procurement process for the Board’s On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. It is the digital platform deployed for …

CBSE Chairman, Secretary replaced amid OSM row

CBSE Chairman, Secretary replaced amid OSM row

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Following the release of the Class 12 Board exam results, the CBSE has been under fire for discrepancies in the evaluation of answer scripts and malfunctioning of the re-evaluation process. File. | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan With the Central Board of Secondary Education facing flak for its controversial new on-screen marking system, the Union government is making changes at the top, replacing the Board’s Chairman and Secretary on Tuesday (June 2, 2026). It also set up a one-member committee to inquire into the CBSE’s procurement of services for the on-screen marking process. Senior IAS officer Lokhande Prashant Sitaram, who has been serving as an Additional Home Secretary in the Home Ministry, was appointed the new CBSE Chairperson, according to the Cabinet Appointments Committee. He replaces Rahul Singh, who has been shunted off to the Agriculture Ministry instead. Varun Bhardwaj, a director in the Education Ministry, will take over as CBSE Secretary, replacing Himanshu Gupta, who has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre in the Home Ministry on administrative grounds with the condition of ‘extended …

Coempt undercut TCS by 60% in CBSE OSM tender

Coempt undercut TCS by 60% in CBSE OSM tender

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Hyderabad-based Coempt Edu Teck Pvt Ltd secured the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) contract for digital scanning and e-evaluation of answer booklets, edging out Mumbai-headquartered Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the technical evaluation by two marks and submitting a financial bid that was nearly 60% lower than TCS’s, according to tender records reviewed by HT. Coempt undercut TCS by 60% in CBSE OSM tender Complaints from students and evaluators regarding glitches in the OSM platform and delays in post-result services, including the launch of the re-evaluation portal, have resulted in a scrutiny of the vendor and the procurement process. The “Technical Evaluation Sheet” shows that Coempt scored 91 (of a possible 100) in the technical round, compared with 89 for TCS. The two bidders were closely matched across several categories. Both secured full marks for employee strength, certifications including CMMI and ISO standards, solution architecture, security and compliance, training and change management, and disaster recovery and business continuity planning. According to the technical evaluation, Coempt received 2 of 5 marks for “Average Annual Turnover”, …

Will CBSE class 12 OSM controversy impact IIT eligibility despite qualifying in JEE Advanced 2026?

Will CBSE class 12 OSM controversy impact IIT eligibility despite qualifying in JEE Advanced 2026?

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CBSE’s OSM chaos: Questions raised over rollout, re-evaluation of timelines | Education News

CBSE’s OSM chaos: Questions raised over rollout, re-evaluation of timelines | Education News

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It was not every day that 17-year-old Sachi, a student from Delhi, woke up before 5 am, trying repeatedly to open a website, while the rest of the city slept. But earlier this month, she was attempting to open the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) re-evaluation portal — the website had been crashing for days as students across the country tried to obtain scanned copies of their answer books after the declaration of the Class 12 board examination results on May 13. For days, as she tried, the site would open briefly or freeze. Sachi thought the best bet to access it would be to wake up before dawn when, as she hoped, fewer students would be online. “It finally worked,” she recalled, accessing her scanning answer books. For thousands of students like Sachi, CBSE’s On-Screen Marking (OSM), a digital evaluation system introduced for Class 12 board examination for the first time this year, has raised major concerns about possible errors in their result. Many have even questioned if the scanned answer books they …