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CBSE Defends Class 12 On‑Screen Marking After Lower Pass Rate Triggers Backlash

The board is steering complaints into a paid re-evaluation that closes May 19.

Overview

  • CBSE’s Class 12 results, released May 13, show an 85.20% pass rate versus 88.39% last year, with media citing over 1.63 lakh students placed in the compartment category.
  • Students and parents report marks far below expectations, including cases where JEE-qualified candidates failed board subjects and lost eligibility for preferred colleges.
  • Teachers who evaluated papers under the new on-screen system describe blurred scans, slow servers and scanning glitches that, they argue, risked misreading student work.
  • CBSE says on-screen marking enforces stepwise, uniform scoring and has opened verification, access to evaluated scripts and re-evaluation, with outcomes that can raise or lower marks.
  • Criticism has focused on costs reported by media and users such as ₹700 for a photocopy and ₹100 per question for re-evaluation, while CBSE urges use of its official portal and helpline 1800-11-8004 for support.