CBSE to Consult Stakeholders to Review On-Screen Marking and Possibility to Extend to Class 10

CBSE OSM Review: CBSE is set to consult with stakeholders regarding the On-Screen Marking system. As per reports, the board is to decide on continuing with the marking system for the next academic year and whether to extend it for class 10 students. The decision will be made after consulting stakeholders, including students, teachers and parents. As per reports, wider consultations are planned before the board finalises the future of digital answer-script evaluation. 

OSM was introduced in 2026 for class 12 students this year. Replacing the physical evaluation process, the OSM had uploaded answer scripts of class 12 students, which were evaluations on the computer. This was introduced as a more efficient way to evaluate answer sheets. 

Experts will also review the system, and receive feedback from those directly affected by the rollout will also be taken into consideration. A final decision on the OSM will rest completely with students, parents and teachers. 

According to board officials. OSM was introduced as a means to improve accuracy. Transparency and monitoring. Its introduction drew complaints from students regarding blurred or cropped scans, missing pages, supplementary sheets and answers left unevaluated. Consultations will depend on what students experienced, and also assess the scanned scripts and seek corrections, how teachers found the on-screen evaluation, adequacy of training and implementation hurdles which surfaced. A review will also be conducted on whether PSM should be continued in the present form, modified or expanded gradually.

The review will primarily focus on scanning, considering the quality and completeness of the digital copy, which determines what an examiner can assess. Technical experts are also expected to review the scanning protocols, quality checks, data storage platform capacity and the safeguards needed before any more to include class 10 exams, which will increase the volume of answer sheets handled each year digitally.

Cybersecurity will also be a critical part of the evaluation process. The post-result portal of CBSE faced unprecedented and malicious cyberattacks, including a sudden surge of traffic from many IP addresses in India and abroad and attempts to access the files. The board has maintained that its services stayed functional and that the evaluation portal itself was not compromised. 

The board has secured the portal and says it will keep working with IITs Kanpur and Madras, Digital India Corporation, CERT-In and Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre to strengthen its digital infrastructure.

More than 1.6 Lakh class 12 candidates sought verification or re-evaluation this year, involving over 3.8 lakh answer books with the physics subject, with most requests.