Digital Marking Backlash: Class 12 Pupils Seek Old System

Vadodara: A week after CBSE launched on-screen marking for higher-secondary boards, frustration is mounting among students who claim the new platform is costing them marks. At coaching centers in Gujarat’s capital region, teenagers reported receiving low-resolution scans that made diagrams and equations nearly illegible. One examinee discovered during a re-check that the portal displayed another student’s response sheet entirely. Teachers note that the promised speed of evaluation has come at the price of accuracy and privacy, leaving families anxious about lost scholarships. While the board insists glitches will be ironed out, students want a guarantee that no final mark-sheet will be issued until every scanned paper is re-verified manually. Educators also highlight the need for stronger encryption and audit trails so that sensitive academic data cannot be accessed by outsiders. Until those safeguards exist, most voices in the classroom are clear: revert to traditional checking methods for this crucial examination year.