Overview
- The Centre transferred CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta and named S. Radha Chauhan to lead a one‑member inquiry into how the board procured On‑Screen Marking (OSM) services.
- CBSE activated a limited verification and re‑evaluation portal after delays and reported that over 16,000 students completed submissions by mid‑day while the board blamed a denial‑of‑service style barrage that caused 1.5 million hits in two minutes and more than 100,000 unauthorized file‑access attempts.
- Students and parents say thousands of scanned answer sheets showed blurred or missing pages, unmarked answers and apparent mismatches, which generated about 1.27 lakh applications covering roughly 3.87 lakh scanned papers for copies and review.
- The National Students’ Union of India filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking an independent probe plus physical verification and compensatory relief, and a parliamentary standing committee heard a student whistleblower who alleged tender changes favoured the vendor Coempt EduTeck.
- The timing matters because JoSAA rules tie IIT/NIT eligibility to Class 12 marks, which means revised results could remove or grant candidates access to seat allocation and force institutes and authorities to consider later rounds or special measures.