Tech troubles in CBSE
An investigative blog and an ethical hacker have exposed significant security and procedural flaws in the CBSE's digital evaluation system. Concerns include data sovereignty issues and potential manipulation of tender processes to favor specific vendors.
Why it matters
The integrity of national examination systems is critical for student outcomes, and these findings raise alarms about digital infrastructure security.
As the CBSE evaluation errors controversy was unfolding, Sarthak Sidhant, a 17-year-old Class 12 student from Jharkhand, published an investigative blog ‘How CBSE rewrote rules to favour Coempt EduTeck’, which probed the dilution of the tender for an allegedly favourable vendor for OSM evaluation. There is also another, 19-year-old, Nisarga Adhikary, an ethical hacker who claims to have hacked into the OSM portal, and was able to read, write and edit answer sheets.
The article reports on allegations made by third parties regarding institutional failures.
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