MARKS UNDER QUESTION
For Yadav, the effort to secure a re-evaluation and seek answers has left him struggling to focus on his university entrance exams.
“I did not have enough time to study for them properly as I was mentally drained because of this – thinking about this 24/7, checking (social media) if there was any update,” he said.
The controversy centres on the new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system introduced by the government-run CBSE, one of India’s main school exam boards.
Under the system, physical answer booklets are scanned and uploaded to a digital platform, where examiners assess them electronically rather than grading them by hand.
Nearly 1.8 million students took the exams this year.
Earlier this year, the board said it was introducing the OSM system to improve efficiency and transparency in the evaluation process.
However, students and parents have reported a range of issues since results were released on May 13.
Among the complaints raised by those who sought a review of exam papers are blurred scans, missing pages, unchecked answers and marks that do not appear to match the evaluation.
On May 28, India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took responsibility for glitches in the evaluation mechanism and assured students that solutions would be found.
He also defended CBSE’s digital marking platform as a “progressive instrument” aimed at bringing greater transparency and accountability to the evaluation process.
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