‘Tender investigator’: Rahul Gandhi meets 17-year-old scholar who uncovered CBSE-OSM anomalies | India Information
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met Jharkhand scholar Sarthak Sidhant, {the teenager} who just lately introduced his findings on alleged irregularities within the CBSE’s on-line marking system earlier than a parliamentary panel. Sharing pictures of the assembly on social media, Gandhi praised the coed and wrote, “Sarthak, stand agency in your rules. #TenderInvestigator”.The assembly got here hours after Sidhant, who appeared for the CBSE Class 12 examinations this 12 months, briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Training, Girls, Kids, Youth and Sports activities about alleged anomalies within the tendering course of used to pick distributors for the board’s On-Display screen Marking (OSM) system.Sidhant introduced a seven-page doc earlier than the committee, chaired by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, outlining what he described as irregularities within the vendor choice course of and elevating a sequence of questions for CBSE officers. His presentation was made within the presence of CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh, Faculty Training Secretary Sanjay Kumar and different senior officers from the Ministry of Training.The parliamentary panel had summoned CBSE and training ministry officers amid rising issues over the OSM system, which has been on the centre of complaints from college students relating to technical glitches, analysis discrepancies and difficulties through the post-result verification course of.Through the assembly, members additionally questioned the board’s preparedness earlier than introducing on-line marking, together with issues over system testing and instructor coaching. Some MPs reportedly sought accountability for the issues confronted by college students and urged measures resembling compensation via grace marks or sooner analysis.CBSE officers instructed the committee that technical points affecting the system had been rectified and that college students would proceed to have till June 6 to use for re-evaluation of their reply sheets. The board additionally submitted a report outlining its place on the controversy.After the assembly, Digvijaya Singh stated the committee’s focus remained on addressing college students’ issues. Requested whether or not he was glad with the CBSE’s responses, he replied, “That’s for the committee to determine.”
