Over 94,000 college students scored above 90%, with greater than 17,000 candidates securing marks above 95% within the CBSE Class 12 Board outcomes. File
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Days after the announcement of CBSE Class 12 outcomes, the Ministry of Schooling on Sunday (Might 17, 2026) dismissed issues of the ‘On Display Marking’ (OSM) analysis system affecting college students’ scores. They maintained that it’s an internationally accepted norm which allows “clear analysis”.
The Board has decreased the revaluation and reply sheet verification prices to ₹100, the Ministry mentioned.
The Central Board of Secondary Schooling (CBSE) on Wednesday (Might 13, 2026) launched the Class 12 board examination outcomes which recorded a slight dip within the general go share in 2026 compared to final yr. The nationwide go share stands at 85.20%, a drop of three.19% from final yr’s 88.39%.
At a press convention, College Schooling Secretary, Ministry of Schooling, Sanjay Kumar mentioned: “98 lakh sheets scanned had been for sophistication 12, three ranges of safety had been adopted in the course of the course of. It was discovered that regardless of repeated scanning, there have been nonetheless some legibility points as a result of the ink utilized in some reply sheets was of a really mild color. Even after scanning, these scripts couldn’t be made totally legible.”
“In such instances, the examiners had been instructed to judge the scripts manually and award marks accordingly. Greater than 13,000 such reply sheets had been individually recognized and manually checked. After guide analysis, the marks obtained had been entered into the system,” Mr. Kumar added.
Revaluation prices decreased
The Ministry additionally introduced that the prices for revaluation of the reply sheets have been decreased to ₹100 from ₹700 and ₹500, respectively.
“The CBSE has determined this time that if college students want to view their reply sheets, they’ll accomplish that by paying a price of ₹100 as an alternative of ₹700. If they need verification or validation of the reply sheet, that too will value Rs 100 as an alternative of Rs 500. If they need any specific reply rechecked, the price will likely be ₹25 per query,” Mr. Kumar mentioned.
“We now have determined that if throughout re-evaluation, a scholar’s marks enhance, then the quantity paid for re-evaluation will likely be refunded to the coed,” he mentioned.
A complete of 17,68,968 college students appeared within the CBSE board examinations for Class 12. Over 94,000 college students scored above 90%, with greater than 17,000 candidates securing marks above 95%.
Among the many areas, Trivandrum leads the charts with a staggering 95.62% go price, adopted carefully by Chennai and Bengaluru. Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh has the bottom go share at 72.43%.
With PTI inputs
Printed – Might 17, 2026 02:18 pm IST
