Exam fail: Indian students complain en masse about marking errors in key final exams
Summary
More than 400,000 students in India have complained about errors in their final Class 12 exam grades after a new digital marking system was used. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is investigating thousands of requests from students to review their exam papers due to problems like missing pages and wrong markings.Key Facts
- Over 1.7 million students took the Class 12 exams, which are important for university admission.
- More than 400,000 students requested copies of their answer sheets to check for marking errors.
- The CBSE introduced a new online marking system that scans exam papers for teachers to grade digitally.
- Students reported problems such as incomplete or blurry scanned answer sheets and marks on papers that were not theirs.
- One student shared that he received a completely different physics exam paper when requesting his original.
- The new marking system was announced only eight days before exams started, causing confusion among teachers.
- Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan admitted there were some issues and promised a solution.
- The board is reviewing 1.1 million answer sheets to address the complaints.
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