Overview
- The Central Board of Secondary Education activated the verification and re‑evaluation portal on Tuesday after delaying the launch to fix security flaws and bring in cybersecurity experts from government agencies and the IITs.
- CBSE said the portal faced a concentrated denial‑of‑service assault that produced about 1.5 million hits in two minutes and more than 100,000 attempts at unauthorized file access, and the board has adjusted session times and other settings in response.
- Thousands of students have started applying but many reported fresh technical problems such as login failures, frozen screens and 'verification failed' messages that blocked submissions during the first hours of the window.
- The review process is limited to students who obtained scanned answer copies, carries set fees and will stay open while scanned copies are being posted with a reported final window through June 6, and any mark changes can affect JoSAA eligibility and seat allocation.
- Political and legal pressure has escalated: the NSUI has filed a PIL seeking an independent inquiry, manual rechecks and a longer window, and parliamentary committees have summoned education officials while scrutiny of the On‑Screen Marking rollout and the service provider continues.