‘Pickpockets inside CBSE’: Rahul Gandhi attacks re-evaluation fee regime is among the main developments being tracked today. Rahul Gandhi criticises use of mobile phones to scan answer sheets, says it increases errors and shifts the cost of correction onto students.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday sharpened his attack on the Centre and the CBSE over alleged irregularities in the board's re-evaluation process, accusing the education system of being "financialised" and claiming students are being forced to pay for mistakes they did not make.
Sharing a video of his interaction with Class 12 students affected by the CBSE's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, Rahul Gandhi alleged that students are being charged hefty fees simply to verify whether their answer sheets were evaluated correctly.
"Beware of pickpockets — today, they are sitting right inside the CBSE," Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.
"If your marks are incorrect due to a CBSE error, what do you get?
A bill: Digital scanned copy: Rs 100 per subject.
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