CBSE has not left headlines since declaring Class 12 Board results with issues being flagged over OSM system and now a teen claiming to have hacked its website.

It has been a rough month for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), some would say, but it has been rougher for the students enrolled under it with first getting superfluously teased by the needless “result soon” alerts over Class 12 Board results then detecting discrepancies in the scorecards, produced using the controversial OSM system.

CBSE has been going around giving out clarifications after discrepancies flagged by a Delhi student, Vedant Shrivastava, over mismatch of his Physics paper gave momentum to the already floating complains surrounding the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system of evaluation.

CBSE’s mess-ups
The unnecessary ‘result soon’ teasing
CBSE’s OSM mess-up has only added frustration for students, who were kept on edge by the body before the declaration of Class 12 Board results this year, with “result soon” notifications for two days before the actual declaration on May 13.

Students had even called the education board ‘irresponsible’ after apps like UMANG and DigiLocker shared ‘coming soon’ updates for results.

DigiLocker first shared a ‘coming soon’ update for the CBSE 12th results 2026 on May 11, at around 2:14 pm, then shared another similar update at around 5:38 pm.

OSM system row
Class 12 results were declared on May 13, recording an overall pass percentage of 85.20, down by 3.19 percentage points from last year’s 88.39. The decline came in the first year of CBSE’s On Screen Marking (OSM) system for evaluating Class 12 answer sheets.

CBSE introduced OSM for Class12 Board examinations from 2026. Under OSM, answer books are digitally scanned and evaluated online — which the board says eliminates totaling errors and reduces manual intervention.

The system enables faster evaluation, wider teacher participation including overseas schools, reduced logistics costs, and environmentally sustainable processes, according to CBSE.

The new OSM came under scrutiny over growing complaints alleging glitches and discrepancies in the re-evaluation process. The escalation of complaints prompted the CBSE to respond individually to affected students, providing necessary clarifications and corrective action.

The concerns over CBSE’s On-Screen Marking (OSM) stem from allegations by students that the scanned copies of their answer sheets uploaded by the board did not match their handwriting, raising concerns over possible answer-sheet mismatch in the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.