CBSE Defends Incorrect Evaluation of Class 12 Exam Results

After reports were doing rounds that CBSE had a careless evaluation process for the Class 12 exam results where the re-verification process begot much higher marks for a lot of students, the organising body today, clarified its stand.

In a surprising revelation, CBSE declared that only 2.47 students had applied for re-verification, meaning, there could not be instances of glaring errors for a lot of students.

How many students wrote the CBSE class 12 exams?

A total of 10,98,891 students wrote the CBSE Class 12 exams this year.

How many students usually apply for CBSE Class 12 exam results verification?

As per the record of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the percentage of students applying for verification of marks in 2014, 2015 and 2016 were 2.31, 2.09 and 2.53 respectively.

What does the official notification read about the CBSE Class 12 results?

"This year out of total answer scripts evaluated by the CBSE for Class XII examination 2017, only 2.47 per cent answer scripts were applied for verification by the students. Similarly figures for examination 2014, 2015 and 2016 were 2.31 pc, 2.09 pc and 2.53 pc respectively. This shows that there is no unprecedented increase in the number of applications for verification as stated in some news reports," a CBSE notification said.

Why is there no re-evaluation of the CBSE results?

Re-evaluation of CBSE results do not happen on the basis of a decision taken by its examination committee and the Governing Body in June 2016 as data suggested that there was no change in marks after re-evaluation in more than 99.98 per cent cases.