New Delhi: Amid growing complaints over glitches and discrepancies in the CBSE re-evaluation process, several Class 12 students have alleged that scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) did not match their handwriting, raising concerns over possible answer-sheet mismatches in the board’s On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.
A source in the board said the CBSE has taken up on “top priority” cases related to alleged mismatched answer sheets and other concerns raised during the re-evaluation process.
The assurance came after a social media post by a Delhi-based Class 12 student, Vedant, went viral. In the post, he alleged that the Physics answer sheet uploaded by the CBSE under the re-evaluation process was not his. Several other students later took to social media making similar claims.
“Whatever complaints are coming, online or offline, by any means, CBSE is actively taking them up,” the source said, adding that the board remained committed to helping students.
According to the source, senior officials are continuously engaging with students and parents to address 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 while responding to queries regarding Vedant’s complaint.
Referring to complaints from other students, the source added, “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 received nearly 2.9 million views on social media platform X, claimed that the handwriting in the Physics answer sheet provided by CBSE did not match his own.
Several users initially questioned the authenticity of the account, with some trolling the student and labelling him “anti-national” and “Pakistani”. However, others, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, came out in his support.
“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.
Vedant claimed that the handwriting in the Physics answer sheet was completely different from his English and Computer Science answer sheets, as well as from his own handwritten notes.
“The handwriting style, letter formation, spacing, slant, sentence flow — everything is different. This is not a minor variation. It is completely different writing,” he said.
He further alleged that the Physics answer sheet “looks like it belongs to another student entirely” and questioned whether his actual paper had been evaluated.
“If this is true, then what exactly was evaluated under my roll number? My paper? Or someone else’s?” he wrote, adding that the issue was no longer just about “rechecking”.
The student urged the CBSE to verify his original physical answer sheet, audit the OSM tagging and scanning process, investigate possible exchange of answer sheets and ensure that the correct paper had been evaluated.
Meanwhile, another Class 12 student, Sanjana, also alleged on social media that the Chemistry answer sheet uploaded during the re-evaluation process did not match her handwriting.
“Not a single page inside appears to be mine,” she alleged, adding that she had emailed the CBSE and tried contacting officials through helpline numbers but had been unable to reach them over phone calls.
Sanjana said she was “shocked” after scoring 11 out of 70 in Chemistry theory despite expecting significantly higher marks.
“I first thought the scanned copy might be blurry, but it does not match my answer sheet at all; every page appears to be someone else’s writing. The handwriting is not even comparable,” she said.
According to her, while the first page of the answer booklet carrying her personal details appeared genuine, the internal pages did not match her handwriting.
Several other students later raised similar allegations on social media, claiming discrepancies in scanned answer sheets.
The allegations come amid wider complaints regarding the CBSE’s post-result verification and re-evaluation process, including blurry scans, alleged missing pages and discrepancies in awarded marks.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that technical experts from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur will examine all technical issues reported since the rollout of this year’s post-examination re-evaluation services and assist the CBSE in ensuring a glitch-free process.
With PTI inputs