It is a matter of re-evaluation now, and the opposition wants to know where the government stands. The row is centred on the new On-Screen Marking for Grade 12 that, according to some in the opposition, has left a lot of students in lurch.
What students say went wrong
Jairam Ramesh of the Congress has put forward a case that the move to On-Screen Marking for Class 12 has been anything but smooth. He points to answer sheets being put in the wrong hands, scans you can’t make out, and then you have the issue of fees and delayed payments, not to mention marking that is off the mark.
Ramesh also has numbers to back him up: he says the pass rate for Grade 12 has taken a 3-point hit, from 88 per cent to 85. In his view, this kind of disruption is a risk to a student’s future, and he has heard from families who have had a hard time with the re-evaluation portal because of the way it has been set up.
You don’t have to look far for the complaints from parents and students about the post-result services; they say the system is just not stable enough, which makes re-evaluating a chore. Ramesh made much of this in a social media post, putting the OSM rollout down as the reason for the chaos and the dip in pass percentages.
What the government has ordered
To put an end to the noise, the Education Ministry put out a word on 24 May 2026: CBSE will be working with some top minds from IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur to iron out the kinks in the portal. The Minister has put his teams of professors and tech people to the task of looking into every problem that has come in since the re-evaluation started this year.
The ministry has a list of what these experts will be zeroing in on:
– Making sure the portal and servers are up to snuff
– Bolstering the IT setup
– Getting a handle on logins, user access and the payment side of things
– Some fine-tuning of the technical workflow
In short, the teams are there to help CBSE put things right. The goal is to have a process you can trust and is simple to use for any student who wants their marks looked at again.
Timeline and political heat
Pradhan asked for a full report from CBSE on 23 May 2026 after the student complaints came in. By the next day, the ministry was on record saying the IITs were on board to shore up the portal.
But on 25 May, the Congress didn’t hold back. Ramesh chided the Minister for being slow to react to what he called a ‘tragedy’ and wondered why the risks of OSM weren’t seen coming. He had questions on the table about the planning and the delay in doing something about it.
He even made an issue of the fact that IIT-Kanpur is being brought in, suggesting it is a bit of a show to cover for inaction. The message from the opposition is plain: the 'Mantri Pradhan' needs to go, and the ‘Pradhan Mantri’ should be ready to explain why he is still in his post.
For students: what changes next
The Ministry has made it clear that the student is the priority and has told CBSE to see to a system that is open and works for them. If you are in the market for a re-evaluation or have run into trouble with the site, the word is that the IITs are on it and fixes are in the pipeline.
Keep an eye on the official line on these few points:
– The IITs are in with CBSE to do an audit
– We will be making corrections as a matter of course
– It is all about being accurate and making access easy
Why it matters now
When it comes to getting into a university or a scholarship, re-evaluation can be the difference. A botched process means lost time and no answers. The government may have put in some technical muscle to steady the ship, but the argument over who is to blame is not going away until there is some proof of a job well done.
At the moment, you have two things happening: a clean-up of the technology by the IITs and the Congress calling for some accountability. The question is whether the portal, the payments and the way answer sheets are handled will get better in time for the students who need it.
