The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has approached the Delhi High Court over alleged irregularities in the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class XII board examinations.
In its public interest litigation (PIL), the NSUI has sought a reopening of the verification process, manual checking of answer sheets in disputed cases, and an independent inquiry into the digital evaluation.
The CBSE introduced the OSM system this year, replacing manual examination with digital evaluation of scanned copies. However, students reported missing pages, blurred scans, and unmarked answers, leading to a seven-year low pass percentage.
The NSUI has filed the petition on behalf of lakhs of students who faced difficulties after the declaration of results, citing issues such as incomplete uploads, mismatch of answer booklets, and problems in accessing the re-evaluation and verification portal.
The petition has requested the HC to keep the verification and re-evaluation portal open for another month for affected students and to frame proper guidelines for future digital evaluation systems.
