New Delhi, 17 May (H.S.): Sanjay Kumar, Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of Education, said on Sunday that the implementation of a three-tier security mechanism has effectively eliminated human errors in the evaluation process.

Sanjay Kumar was addressing a press conference in Delhi regarding concerns and anxiety among students and parents over the evaluation and results of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 examinations.

He stated that a comprehensive three-level security framework had been ensured throughout the scanning and evaluation process. According to him, the biggest advantage of this system is that human errors in the calculation of marks have now been completely eliminated. Teachers were specially trained to adapt to the new evaluation system.

Expressing sensitivity toward the anxiety among students and parents regarding the results, Sanjay Kumar said that the welfare and concerns of all students remain the top priority for both the Ministry of Education and CBSE.

During the press conference, he assured students that major technological reforms had been introduced this year to make the evaluation process entirely accurate and error-free.

Sanjay Kumar explained that this year, following the Class 12 examinations, CBSE adopted an “on-screen marking” system to ensure transparency in the evaluation process. Under this system, nearly 9.8 million answer sheets submitted by students across the country were scanned, and PDF copies were generated for digital assessment.

Highlighting the challenges encountered during the digital evaluation process, the Secretary said that alongside technological implementation, special attention was also paid to protecting students’ interests. During the scanning process, approximately 13,000 answer sheets were found to have been written using extremely light-colored ink. As a result, certain portions remained unclear even after repeated scanning attempts.

The administration immediately took corrective measures by removing all 13,000 answer sheets from the digital evaluation system. Teachers were instructed to manually assess these answer scripts using the conventional method, and marks were recorded only after thorough verification to ensure that no student suffered any disadvantage.

The Ministry clarified that the evaluation conducted through the on-screen marking system is entirely accurate and that special emphasis has been placed on multiple security layers, enabling students to move forward toward their future with confidence and without fear.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar