CBSE awarded its on-screen marking contract to Coempt Edu Teck, raising concerns over the rollout speed and answer-sheet mix-ups amid scrutiny. | India News

Evaluators are now saying the OSM introduced a completely alien workflow, produced shoddy answer-script scans and recorded marks incorrectly. | India News

Several students and teachers have reported various irregularities in the evaluation process. Around 13,583 answer books were eventually checked manually

The third tender was issued in August 2025, at which point a mere six months remained before the system was deployed at national scale for Class 12 exams. | India News

CBSE awarded its on-screen marking contract to Coempt Edu Teck, raising concerns over the rollout speed and answer-sheet mix-ups amid scrutiny. | India News

A report prepared after a trial of the on-screen marking system in January 2026 flagged at least 36 technical, operational and evaluation-related concerns. | India News

The CBSE OSM controversy highlights concerns over Coempt Edu Tech's ties to Telangana's 2019 Intermediate results fiasco, reviving accountability questions.

A Class 12 student, Sarthak Siddhant, has raised concerns over CBSE's On Screen Marking (OSM) tendering process, alleging discrepancies that favored a specific EduTech firm.…

A CBSE official who asked not to be named acknowledged the vulnerabilities and confirmed that the contractor would be penalised. | India News

CBSE has admitted flaws in its on-screen marking system after vulnerabilities were flagged online, and officials confirmed plans to penalise service provider Coempt Edu Teck.

The CBSE is set to penalise its on-screen marking (OSM) service provider, Coempt Edu Teck, following controversies surrounding the digital evaluation of Class 12 answer sheets.…

A September 2025 corrigendum removed blacklisting provisions from the tender before Coempt Edu Teck won the contract on December 5, sources told HT | India News

Complaints from students and evaluators regarding glitches in the OSM platform and delays in post-result services, including the launch of the re-evaluation portal, have resulted…

The move comes as the union education ministry intensifies its examination of alleged irregularities in the CBSE’s tendering process linked to OSM. | India News