Facing Mounting Questions, CBSE Drops Coempt's On-Screen Marking Platform: Reports |
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New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has moved the re-evaluation process for class 12 answer scripts away from the platform operated by Hyderabad-based Coempt Eduteck Pvt Ltd and onto infrastructure controlled by the board, amid concerns over the security of the vendor’s on-screen marking (OSM) system.
According to the Hindustan Times, the re-evaluation exercise is expected to begin next week through the CBSE’s own portal after student and examination data were migrated from Coempt’s infrastructure. The move comes as the board faces mounting questions over the procurement and rollout of, and cybersecurity safeguards surrounding, the digital evaluation system used for this year’s class 12 examinations.
A senior IIT Kanpur official associated with the technical review told HT that security concerns were behind the decision to shift the process to CBSE-controlled infrastructure. The report said the board is continuing to use Coempt’s software code after security modifications and testing, but the system is now being operated on infrastructure under the CBSE’s direct control.
The CBSE did not explicitly confirm that security vulnerabilities prompted the switch, but said its procedures were designed to protect the integrity, confidentiality and accuracy of the evaluation process.
The development follows weeks of controversy over the board’s first nationwide deployment of the OSM system, which was used to........