Students raise fresh concerns over CBSE OSM system, claim answer sheet mismatch

NEW DELHI, May 25: Amid growing complaints over glitches and discrepancies in the CBSE re-evaluation process, some Class 12 students have alleged that the scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the board did not match their handwriting, raising concerns over possible answer-sheet mismatch in the On Screen Marking (OSM) system.
The CBSE has taken up on “top priority” the cases related to alleged mismatched answer sheets and other concerns faced by students in the re-evaluation process, a source in the board said.
The assurances came after a social media post of a Delhi-based Class 12 student, Vedant, went viral in which he alleged that the Physics answer sheet uploaded by the CBSE under the re-evaluation process was not his. Several other students also took to social media with similar claims.
“Whatever complaints are coming, online or offline, by any means, CBSE is actively taking them up,” the source said while asserting that the board remains committed to helping the students.
They said senior officials are continuously engaging with students and parents to resolve their grievances and are “providing all possible support to students”.
“It is not about a single child. Everyone whose request is coming is being attended to actively,” the source said in reply to queries to Vedant’s complaint.
Referring to complaints raised by other students as well, the sources said, “Not only one student, but all such matters are being examined seriously. In some cases, the issues have also been resolved.” Vedant’s post, which garnered over 2.5 million views on X, said he and his family discovered that the handwriting in the Physics answer sheet provided by CBSE did not match his own.
Several social media users, however, initially trolled him, questioning whether the newly-created handle was actually of a CSBE student, with some even calling him “anti-national” and “Pakistani, but others, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, came to his defence.
“After receiving unexpectedly low marks in Physics, we applied for photocopies of my answer sheets through the CBSE re-evaluation process. Today we received the copies.
And I am shattered because the Physics answer sheet uploaded by CBSE is not mine,” the student wrote. He claimed the Physics answer sheet differed completely from his English and Computer Science answer sheets, as well as from his handwritten notes. (PTI)