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400,000 Indian students seek recheck amid exam marking errors
More than 400,000 Indian students have applied for copies of their Class 12 answer sheets after the national school-leaving exam results were marred by widespread marking errors, officials say. The government-run Central…
More than 400,000 Indian students have applied for copies of their Class 12 answer sheets after the national school-leaving exam results were marred by widespread marking errors, officials say. The government-run Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) confirmed it has received 1.1 million requests from over 400,000 students to check their grades. At least 1.7 million candidates sat the exams, which determine university admissions.
Students blame a new on-screen marking system introduced just eight days before the exams began. Complaints include incomplete or missing scanned pages, blurry images, incorrect totalling, and answer sheets swapped between candidates. One mother posted on X that her daughter lost at least 30 marks despite answers matching the official key.
A Delhi student whose viral post triggered the outcry said his physics answer sheet was not his own. The board later emailed him a corrected copy. Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan acknowledged discrepancies and said he would ensure a solution is found.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The CBSE Class 12 exams, taken by over 1.7 million students annually, are the gateway to India's premier undergraduate colleges. Under the CBSE's own 2023 re-evaluation scheme, a student can apply for verification of marks after a fee, but the board usually grants a modest correction window. A systemic marking error of this scale, involving hundreds of thousands of students, has no modern precedent with the board. The real test now is whether the education ministry's promised solution will include a mass re-evaluation at no cost, or a grace-mark policy for the affected cohort, given that central university admissions and competitive exams like JEE Main rely on these exact scores for cutoffs.
Source: theguardian.com
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