CBSE admits to Physics answer sheet mix-up of Class 12 student, takes corrective measures

Read | CBSE OSM Row: Vedant’s ‘corrected’ Physics answer sheet shows signs of manual evaluation

Taking to X, Vedant wrote, “We have got my correct answer sheet by CBSE. CBSE officials reached out to us in the evening and have sent my answer sheet. We were correct on our claims, and the answer sheet indeed got exchanged.”

Dear Vedant,

Thank you for bringing your concern regarding your Physics answer book to our attention.

Upon review, the matter has been examined, and the correct copy of your answer book has been sent to your registered email address. Necessary action for updating your result,…

— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) May 25, 2026

In its response to the student, CBSE said the matter had been reviewed and corrective action was being initiated. “Upon review, the matter has been examined, and the correct copy of your answer book has been sent to your registered email address. Necessary action for updating your result, as applicable, is also being undertaken accordingly,” the board said in an email response. Screenshots circulating on social media also showed an email from a senior CBSE official stating that Vedant’s result would be updated based on revised Physics marks shortly.

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The controversy began after Vedant claimed that the scanned copy of his Physics answer sheet uploaded during the verification process did not belong to him. According to the student, the handwriting, answer presentation, spacing, and overall writing style in the uploaded document were completely different from his own. Comparing it with his English and Computer Science answer sheets, as well as his handwritten notes, he publicly questioned whether his original Physics paper had been evaluated at all. “If this is true, then what exactly was evaluated under my roll number? My paper? Or someone else’s?” he wrote on X.

As the issue gained traction online, CBSE sources said complaints related to alleged answer-sheet mismatches and other re-evaluation concerns were being treated on “top priority”. Officials said the board was actively examining all complaints received online and offline and senior officials were continuously engaging with students and parents to resolve grievances. “It is not about a single child. Everyone whose request is coming is being attended to actively,” a source said, adding that similar cases raised by other students were also under review and some had already been resolved.

Vedant’s brother, Siddhant Srivastava, said the family had to take to social media because there was no formal mechanism available to report a discrepancy where the uploaded answer sheet itself appeared to belong to another student. He said the issue surfaced after the family applied for re-evaluation in multiple subjects due to dissatisfaction with the Physics score. “When I independently checked it myself, I saw that the handwriting in the Physics answer sheet was completely different. The style of writing answers was different; everything was different,” he said.

The family also alleged that they faced trolling and online abuse after the post went viral, with some social media users questioning their identity and accusing them of being “anti-national” or “Pakistani” because the newly created X account displayed the region as “South Asia”. Siddhant said such reactions were deeply hurtful and diverted attention from a genuine grievance raised by a student.

Meanwhile, another Class 12 student, Sanjana, also alleged on social media that the Chemistry answer sheet uploaded during the re-evaluation process did not match her handwriting. She claimed that while the first page containing her personal details appeared to be hers, the internal pages did not resemble her writing style. The allegations have intensified concerns over the implementation of CBSE’s OSM system and the accuracy of digital scanning and tagging processes used during evaluation.

Amid mounting complaints, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan recently said technical experts from IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur would examine all technical issues reported since the rollout of this year’s post-examination re-evaluation services and assist CBSE in ensuring a glitch-free process.

(With PTI inputs)