‘How big of a lie is this?’ Vedant Shrivastava rejects CBSE in re-examination controversy

A circular argument CBSEThe recent results of Class 12 have also changed, weeks after the Board admitted that it had wrongly uploaded the Physics answers of a student under Vedant Shrivastava’s score. This time, the Board and the student are in public disagreement as to whether the increase of nine marks in his Physics score came after the revision or after the mix-up of the previous answer sheet was corrected.The latest controversy started after Vedant shared a video on X saying that he had received his review results. According to him, he asked to review 11 questions and his total marks went up by only two – one pass in Mathematics and one in Computer Science.“I got my review results. I had applied for 11 questions and I only got two marks that increased in my review results,” he said.In another post, Vedant wrote, “Hi @cbseindia29 the number of 9 marks in physics you are talking about has not increased in re-evaluation, it is my actual marks which you have not given me before because you have changed my answers, and 2 marks have been added with 1 mark each in cs and maths.”The CBSE responded by denying the allegations in a statement released on Monday, calling Vedant’s website “false” and a “blatant lie”. According to the Board, his opinion changed from 46 to 47 in Mathematics, 35 to 44 in Physics and 61 to 62 in Computer Science, taking the total increase after the review to 11.Vedant, however, argued that the CBSE is treating the two separate events as one. Responding to the Board, he wrote, “What a blatant lie, the total of 9 marks in physics did not happen after the re-opening of the review portal and if the physics answer was not mine then the marks given on the answer sheet were my marks.”The controversy started in May, when Vedant claimed that the Physics answer sheet available by CBSE was not his. He said that writing and testing answers was different from him. His post went viral, and several students also raised concerns about CBSE’s new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.After reviewing the matter, the CBSE admitted that there had been an inadvertent exchange of answers at the time the results were released. The Board later sent Vedant his actual Physics answer book and asked him to take steps to change the results, wherever necessary. Following that improvement, his Physics scores were also revised.After receiving its initial responses, Vedant said it noticed what it believed to be additional errors and requested a review. This is the first year of CBSE to implement On-Screen Marking system. A number of students have reported inconsistencies in the answer sheets that have been evaluated.