CBSE Class 12 students see substantial increase in marks after re-evaluation

Published 22 June 2026 · education

Class 12 candidates who had applied for re-evaluation of their answer sheets for the CBSE board examinations have reported a substantial increase in their scores

Class 12 candidates who had applied for re-evaluation of their answer sheets for the CBSE board examinations have reported a substantial increase in their scores after the re-evaluation results were released on June 21. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been under the scanner in the wake of evaluation discrepancies following the implementation of the on-screen marking (OSM) system to evaluate the answer sheets for the first time for the academic year of 2026-27. Students had complained of receiving blurry answer sheets, missing pages, missing maps or graphs, and answer book for a particular set of questions evaluated against the marking scheme of a different set. While more than 1.6 lakh candidates had applied for the re-evaluation, at least 1.39 lakh of them got their results on June 21. The results of the rest will be released in phases soon, the CBSE has said. Candidates across the board have reported a substantial increase in marks following the re-evaluation. A student from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh had previously received 71 marks out of 100 in Physics. “After re-evaluation, his score increased to 90. This was due to an increase in the marks in the theory paper from 41 to 60. The marks for the practical component remained the same,” a family member of the student said, who did not wish to be named.

The Hindu accessed both the new and the old scores of the student. Similarly, in a private school in West Bengal, at least six students saw a significant revision in scores in their History paper. “One of the students had scored 74 out of 100 in History and after the re-evaluation results came in, she has scored 97 out of 100. In another case, a student had scored 72 marks, and after re-evaluation, has scored 87 marks,” said a teacher from the school. ‘School topper has changed’ “Most students in West Bengal have already completed college admission processes, mostly on basis of old marks. After the CBSE re-evaluation results came in, our school topper has changed. We are still assessing the situation and also expecting students to get substantially higher marks in Sociology,” the teacher mentioned. A CSBE evaluator who examined the answer sheets using the OSM technology told The Hindu that the CBSE had declared that the evaluation had to be done using the OSM system, just two weeks before the evaluation was to start. “It was a complete mess. Some answer scripts were not completely scanned and were rejected by evaluators. Teachers in far-flung areas have scanty knowledge of operating computers and they could have found it difficult to evaluate the answer scripts,” the evaluator said requesting anonymity. A student in Odisha received an increase of 12 marks in Chemistry and five marks in English in the re-evaluation results, while another student in Delhi received an increase of five marks in History.