Overview
- The Central Board of Secondary Education has acknowledged specific cases where scanned answer sheets did not match students and said those marks have been or will be corrected, with the board supplying most requested scans to students.
- Students flooded the photocopy system after the Class 12 results, with the board reporting about 4.04 lakh applicants seeking 11.32 lakh answer books and having furnished roughly 8.98 lakh digital scans so far.
- A 19‑year‑old researcher publicly claimed he found serious vulnerabilities that could let someone impersonate examiners or change marks, but CBSE said the URL he cited was a testing site with sample data and that the live evaluation portal was not compromised.
- CBSE has taken parts of its web infrastructure offline for maintenance, is commissioning technical audits with IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur, and has worked with public banks to stabilise payment issues for recheck and photocopy services.
- The controversy has prompted political calls for judicial or SIT probes and a parliamentary review scheduled for June 2, and it raises wider questions about vendor selection, system stress‑testing, and the welfare of students whose admissions and mental health may be affected.