NEW DELHI: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday defended the CBSE’s newly introduced ‘On Screen Marking (OSM)’ system as a “progressive instrument” aimed at bringing greater transparency and accountability to the evaluation process, even as he took responsibility for lapses in the evaluation mechanism that have left students and parents worried.“I take the responsibility. It will be fixed, a solution will be found. We are all working on that task,” Pradhan said after chairing a high-level review meeting at the CBSE headquarters here. He assured the students that all genuine complaints would be addressed during the ongoing re-evaluation exercise.His comments come amid constant attacks from the opposition and growing complaints about blurred scanned answer sheets, alleged unverified answers, payment failures and repeated technical glitches on CBSE’s post-result services portal after the declaration of the results of the class XII board exam.Pradhan said CBSE was implementing OSM for the first time on a large scale and aimed to make the evaluation process more transparent and student-centric. “Many universities and institutions in India, as well as institutions around the world, are moving towards OSM,” he said.Nearly 18 lakh students appeared for the class XII exam this year, involving around 98 lakh answer sheets and nearly 40 crore scanned pages digitally evaluated under the new system. So far, around four lakh students have accessed nearly 11 lakh scanned answer sheets through the portal, according to the Education Ministry.Pradhan said the system allows students to directly access scanned copies of their assessed answer sheets and check if any answer or section was missed during marking. “It is student-centered and designed for students, ensuring they receive transparent information about their grades,” he said.
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It reviewed the progress of post-result services with a focus on strengthening student support systems, improving assessment and tracking, improving the CBSE digital platform and making exam-related services more accessible and efficient.A technical team comprising IIT-Madras professors and digital systems specialists has been given the task of reviewing portal stability, login management and payment gateway integration to ensure seamless services for students.
