Ahmedabad Times

NEW DELHI: Union schooling minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought an in depth report from Central Board of Secondary Schooling (CBSE) after widespread complaints from college students and oldsters over technical glitches through the post-result re-evaluation course of, with the Centre bringing in consultants from IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur and roping in 4 public sector banks to stabilise the system and strengthen the board’s digital infrastructure.In the meantime, CBSE has prolonged the final date for making use of for scanned reply sheets for rechecking until Might 25 midnight following the disruptions.Sources stated Pradhan took severe cognisance of repeated experiences of server downtime, fee gateway failures, login disruptions, blurred scanned copies of reply sheets and operational lapses confronted by candidates making use of for verification and re-evaluation of Class XII board papers.Officers have been requested to elucidate the explanations behind the technical failures, preparedness measures adopted earlier than opening the re-evaluation window, and the accountability of companies and distributors managing the digital infrastructure.The schooling minister directed {that a} group of professors and technical consultants from IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur be deputed to help CBSE in making certain a glitch-free re-evaluation course of following experiences of technical challenges within the board’s post-examination companies portal.Based on the ministry, the professional groups will implement centered technological enhancements in methods and technical workflows and particularly study portal stability, server efficiency and the robustness of the general IT infrastructure. The IIT groups can even help CBSE in taking corrective measures to make sure that login authentication methods, consumer entry mechanisms and fee gateways operate easily and precisely.Pradhan additionally spoke with Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the technical and payment-related points confronted by college students through the course of. Following the dialogue, it was determined that 4 public sector banks – State Financial institution of India, Financial institution of Baroda, Canara Financial institution and Indian Financial institution – would help CBSE in strengthening its fee gateway infrastructure and integration with the post-examination companies portal.The banks are anticipated to assist the board set up sturdy fee protosscols to make sure well timed transactions, resolve fee glitches and facilitate computerized refunds in circumstances of extra funds. Pradhan additionally issued instructions to CBSE to undertake a whole overhaul of its fee gateway system.“Scholar pursuits stay paramount and all obligatory corrective measures should be undertaken by CBSE on precedence to make sure a clear, environment friendly and student-friendly system,” Pradhan stated within the assertion.