Published Jun 02, 2026 | 9:28 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 02, 2026 | 9:28 PM
A technological upgrade has snowballed into one of the biggest post-result controversies CBSE has faced.
Synopsis: Centre has also formed a one-member committee to inquire into matters relating to the procurement of services for the on-screen marking system by the CBSE. The committee will be chaired by S Radha Chauhan, Chairperson, Capacity Building Commission, a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Secretariat said on Tuesday.
The union government on Tuesday, 2 June, has decided to transfer CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh, and Secretary Himanshu Gupta, amid the ongoing row over the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE’s) on-screen marking system.
The board has come under criticism for technical glitches, payment failures, and delays in the verification and re-evaluation process, leading to calls for increased transparency and accountability.
According to the news agency PTI’s report, the Centre has also formed a one-member committee to inquire into matters relating to the procurement of services for the on-screen marking system by the CBSE.
The committee will be chaired by S Radha Chauhan, Chairperson, Capacity Building Commission, a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Secretariat said on Tuesday.
The committee is set to submit its report to the Department of Personnel and Training within one month.
On-Screen Marking is a digital evaluation process in which answer sheets are scanned, secured, and corrected online by teachers. CBSE designed the system to eliminate calculating errors and increase grading accuracy.
The Board first introduced OSM in 2014, but limited technical capacity delayed its full-scale deployment for over a decade. This year, CBSE deployed it across nearly 98 lakh answer scripts for Class 12 board examinations.
The Board stated that 13,000 answer sheets that remained unclear after scanning, due to ink or legibility issues, were corrected manually.
Soon after the results were published on 13 May, students reported widespread difficulties accessing the CBSE portal for re-evaluation requests and scanned copies of their evaluated answer sheets. The website crashed repeatedly under heavy traffic.
Students reported server timeouts, login failures, and payment gateways that deducted money without registering successful applications.
Amid growing criticism, CBSE revised its fee structure. School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar said the revision aimed for greater transparency. The fee for re-evaluation dropped to ₹25 per subject. Earlier, students paid ₹700 for scanned copies, ₹500 for verification requests, and ₹100 per question for revaluation.
