NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday said optical mark recognition (OMR) answer sheets will henceforth be sent to the board instead of being evaluated by schools.
The tweaked rules, coming just a day ahead of Thursday’s Class 12 Hindi core and elective exam, led to confusion among teaching staff and principals.
A circular issued by CBSE to centre superintendents said, “The practice of evaluation on the same day in the examination centre is being stopped from 16.12.2021 onwards. All the centre superintendents will pack and seal the OMR sheets within 15 minutes after the examination is over in the presence of the observer. The centre superintendent and observer will sign on the sealed parcel and mention the time of packing. Once OMRs are packed and sealed, the same will be dispatched to the concerned regional office.”
Asked why the changes had been introduced, CBSE’s examination controller Sanyam Bhardwaj did not respond.
With only seven subjects remaining in the Class 12 Term-1 exams, several school principals questioned the need for last-minute changes and expressed surprise at the move.
“At first, we thought that the circular was fake. We keep getting new information and changes every morning,” said a principal on condition of anonymity.
A senior official told TOI that the changes were introduced after receiving feedback from stakeholders. “It is a dynamic process,” the official said.
Among other changes enforced by the board on Wednesday, mails with passwords will be sent to schools, followed by the operation code at 10.45am.
“This effectively meant that the printing of question papers has to be done in 15 minutes. Many of the principals protested this as they have a large number of students appearing for the exams,” said a principal.
The CBSE circular said that centre superintendents will ensure that the students appearing in an exam are present at the centre latest by 10.45am and in case anyone reaches late, he/she should be frisked properly.
“Schools should ensure that the question paper should be printed within the stipulated period and, accordingly, they should make the arrangement for equipment required for printing,” said the circular.
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