Inside CBSE’s digital evaluation fiasco

When Vedant spoke about it online, several right-wing handles abused him and called him a Pakistani. Then another student discovered the answer sheet in his name was not in his handwriting. 

And these students aren’t alone. Students from across India are reporting crashed portals, failed payments, and shockingly low marks, especially in Physics and Chemistry.  The situation became so serious that IIT experts had to be brought in for emergency intervention.

One of India’s biggest examination systems is under a cloud.

The CBSE has several questions to answer.

Why did the CBSE not do a single regional trial before rolling out the new system?

Why was the board in a tearing hurry to implement digital evaluation?

And why is the board continuously denying an ethical hacker's claim that the system was deeply flawed?

Let me explain.

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