Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi
New Delhi, May 25: The controversy surrounding the post-result process of the Central Board of Secondary Education intensified on Monday after multiple Class XII students alleged that scanned answer sheets uploaded by the board did not belong to them.
What initially began as complaints regarding portal crashes, payment glitches and blurred scanned copies has now escalated into a wider debate over the credibility of CBSE’s OnScreen Marking (OSM) system.
At the centre of the controversy is Class XII student Vedant Shrivastava, whose allegations went viral on social media after he claimed that the Physics answer sheet uploaded under his roll number was “completely different” from the one he had written in the examination.
In a series of posts on X, Vedant alleged that the handwriting, presentation style and sentence structure in the uploaded Physics paper did not match his own writing.
According to him, his family members and teachers immediately noticed the discrepancy after comparing the uploaded Physics copy with his English and Computer Science answer sheets.
“The Physics answer sheet sent by CBSE is not my answer sheet at all. The handwriting, spacing, slant and sentence flow are entirely different,” he wrote, alleging that he had effectively received marks for “someone else’s answers”.
Vedant further claimed that the discrepancy affected his PCM aggregate score, preventing him from crossing the crucial 75 per cent eligibility threshold required for several professional courses and admissions.
He also questioned the transparency and reliability of the OSM system introduced by CBSE to streamline digital evaluation.
“If answer sheets themselves are getting mismatched, how can students trust this process?” he asked, urging the board to verify his original physical answer sheet and investigate whether papers were allegedly exchanged during scanning or digitisation.
The issue gained further attention after an advocate publicly stated that he was initially unable to trace the student, triggering speculation online.
However, the lawyer later clarified that he had spoken to Vedant’s elder brother and said the family was under “tremendous stress”. He also offered free legal assistance if the family decided to approach the court after exhausting remedies available with CBSE.
Meanwhile, several other students also reported similar concerns online.
One student alleged that the scanned copy of their Chemistry answer sheet did not match their handwriting or responses and shared comparative images with answer sheets from other subjects on social media.
The allegations have intensified calls for greater transparency and verification mechanisms in the board’s digital evaluation and answer sheet handling process.