Vedant Shrivastava, Nisarga Adhikary and Sarthak Sidhant | The Gen Z trio that took on the CBSE
Three Gen Z students successfully challenged the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) regarding flaws in their on-screen marking system. Their public advocacy led the board to admit to errors in the examination process.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing influence of student activism and social media in holding large educational institutions accountable for administrative failures.
Vedant Shrivastava (17), Nisarga Adhikary (19) and Sarthak Sidhant (18) were ordinary teenagers until two weeks ago, before they raised their voice on public platforms against the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) botched up On-Screen Marking system . After the board admitted to flaws in the system, the Gen Z trio stood vindicated. Class 12 student Vedant was in for a rude shock when he got called ‘anti-national,’ on X, as he flagged receiving a stranger’s answer sheet instead of his own to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
The report focuses on the factual outcome of a student-led grievance process without taking a partisan stance.
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