NEW DELHI, May 26: A parliamentary panel has summoned officials of the Union Education Ministry and the CBSE on June 2 to review the use of the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system and issues faced by students in the class 12 post-result process, according to a Rajya Sabha Secretariat notice.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports will also discuss the implementation of the three-language formula in classes 9 and 10, the notice issued on Monday said.
The committee, headed by Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, has summoned School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairman Rahul Singh for a meeting on June 2.
The agenda of the meeting includes a review of the “use of On-Screen Marking (OSM) in Grade 12 Exams and issues faced by students consequent”.
The panel will also discuss the “application of 3-language formula in Class 9 and 10”, according to the notice.
The CBSE recently faced criticism from students and parents over technical glitches, payment failures and access-related issues during the verification and re-evaluation process for class 12 results.
It has also made the study of three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, compulsory for class 9 students beginning July 1.
The board said till the dedicated R3 (third language) textbooks are available, class 9 students shall use the class 6 R3 textbooks (2026-27 edition) of the chosen language.
The move is part of the CBSE’s alignment of its Scheme of Studies with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023.
Tamil Nadu has opposed the three-language formula, saying it places an unfair burden on non-Hindi-speaking states and undermines regional linguistic identity. The state has followed a two-language policy — Tamil and English.According to the notice, the committee will hold another meeting on June 1. On June 1, the panel will first meet at 10 am to consider and adopt the “381st Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations and Observations contained in the 364th Report on Demands for Grants (2025-26) of the department of higher education, Ministry of Education”.
At 11 am, the panel will meet secretaries of the department of higher education and the health ministry, the director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA), representatives of the United Doctors Front and Dr (Major) Gulshan Garg, former orthopaedic surgeon of the Indian Air Force.
CBSE RUBBISHES PORTAL HACKING CLAIM
CBSE) on Tuesday rejected claims circulating on social media regarding the alleged compromise of its On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, stating that the portal cited in the post is a testing site and not the operational evaluation platform.
“In a post made by a user on social media, it has been claimed that the CBSE On Screen Marking (OSM) bearing URL: cbse.onmarks.co.in was compromised by him on 26.02.2026. This has also formed the basis for a few news articles,” CBSE said on X.“At the outset, it is clarified that the Portal used for evaluation of answer-books bore a different URL, which has neither been compromised nor does it have the vulnerabilities indicated in the said social media post.
“The URL: cbse.onmarks.co.in is the testing site only with sample data for internal testing and review purposes,” it added. The board said there are no actual evaluation data, marks or other data kept on that portal, and “no security breaches have come to light” with the portal.
On May 22, a user on social media claimed to have hacked into the CBSE’s “OSM” portal used for class 12 board exam evaluation and found critical vulnerabilities. The user ‘Nisarga’ described himself as a cybersecurity researcher by hobby in a blog on X and claimed that he gave his class 12 exams this year. (PTI)
