CBSE Class 12 OSM Controversy: Board Admits Mix-Up in Uploaded Answer Sheets

The transition to modernized digital grading portals in national school boards is designed to streamline academic verification and improve overall transparency. However, mechanical oversights within digital portals can lead to stressful consequences for graduating seniors heading toward competitive university admissions cycles.
Spotlighting these administrative vulnerabilities, the Central Board of Secondary Education recently faced intense public scrutiny during its post-result verification window. In an unprecedented move that shocked the academic community, the CBSE admits mistakes within its newly deployed digital infrastructure. The central authority officially acknowledged sending wrong exam books to graduating seniors, marking a massive operational failure in how digital archives are cross-linked.
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Evaluation Nightmares Exposed on Social Networks


The structural controversy began unfolding publicly when a Class 12 student, Vedant Srivastava, used social media platform X to voice his extreme distress over his final scores. After receiving unexpectedly low marks in his Physics examination, the candidate formally applied for a scanned duplicate of his paper through the board's newly launched On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.

Upon downloading the file, the student discovered that the uploaded handwriting, diagram styles, and answer formations belonged to an entirely different candidate. Distraught by the mix-up, Vedant posted side-by-side photographic comparisons of his handwriting across multiple subjects. The undeniable proof quickly garnered over three million views, igniting a fiery national debate on structural script management.