Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:17am on 01 Jun 2026,Monday Education
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified criticism of the CBSE’s digital evaluation system, alleging that Class 12 answer sheets were scanned using mobile phones after key tender requirements were diluted. Citing findings by student researcher Sarthak Sidhant and ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary, Gandhi claimed technical standards for scanning quality and equipment were relaxed, benefiting the vendor COEMPT Edu Teck. The controversy has grown amid reports of blurred scans, missing pages, answer-sheet mix-ups, portal crashes and unexpectedly low marks. CBSE has acknowledged vulnerabilities in an associated portal and said cybersecurity experts, government agencies and IIT specialists are working to strengthen the system. (PC: India Today)
