Let’s take the real-life example of a Class X student who had always been academically strong and consistent. In the CBSE board exams conducted in February and March 2025, he secured the following marks:
Science: 99
Social Science: 98
Spanish: 99
English: 94
But Mathematics: 60
The Mathematics score shocked him—and his family. A student this consistent simply couldn’t believe he had scored only 40 out of 80 in Maths. He was devastated, emotionally shaken, and lost confidence in himself. He later learned that many students across India scored unexpectedly low in Maths, further intensifying his suspicion that something had gone wrong with the evaluation.
When CBSE finally opened the revaluation window, he applied on the very first day, eagerly waiting to access his answer script. CBSE had clearly stated that answer sheets would be shared on a “first come, first served” basis. But that turned out to be misleading.
While students who applied on 27th May began receiving answer scripts from 31st May, this student had to wait until 6th June—the last day—to receive his script. The anxiety lasted for an entire week. His desperation eventually pushed him to visit the CBSE regional office in person, where he was told that the process was ongoing and that the “first come, first served” policy was merely on paper.
When he finally received his Maths answer script, tears rolled down his cheeks—not of sorrow, but of relief and disbelief. His actual score was 70.5 out of 80 and rounded off to 71 and clearly written on the top of his answer sheet and on the last page of his answer sheet, yet CBSE had published it as 40.
This incident raises some serious and urgent questions:
1. Is CBSE so negligent that in this era of Artificial Intelligence and digital processing, it doesn’t even cross-check subject-wise discrepancies before publishing results? How can a student scoring above 94 in all subjects be marked 60 in only one?
2. What if the student had taken a drastic step due to mental trauma caused by this negligence? Would CBSE take responsibility?
3. Why should students be charged ₹500 for accessing their own answer scripts and then paying another ₹500 for reverification when the error is clearly CBSE’s fault?
4. Shouldn’t the government take strict action against such carelessness and hold CBSE officials accountable for their lapses?
5. This is just one documented case. CBSE does not publish data on how many students apply for revaluation, how many errors are corrected, or how many students suffer due to these unchecked mistakes. Parents pay the price—financially, emotionally, and mentally—for something that is completely the fault of CBSE.
6. This cbse would have collected roughly more than 100 crore from class x and xii students in the name of revaluation and it seems this has become a business be it cbse or nta.
In a time when examination systems are under increasing scrutiny, such institutional negligence cannot be ignored or tolerated. Transparency, accountability, and a student-centric approach are not just desirable—they are urgently necessary.
