Following allegation of incorrect answer key for CBSE Class-X Odia Paper (Term-1) and subsequent wrong marking, the board on Tuesday revised the marks of as many 28,310 students with correct answer key.
“On a serious dispute being brought to the notice of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on 14.03.2022 regarding the answer key of Odia Class-X, it was directed by the Minister that the dispute must be resolved within the next 24 hours and students’ grievance addressed immediately and appropriately” the CBSE said.
Accordingly, with a view to ascertaining the factual position, an expert committee was constituted by the CBSE to examine the discrepancies mentioned in the representation, the CBSE stated.
“The committee submitted its report and based on the report of the expert committee, the CBSE has evaluated the OMRs of Odia Class-X with the correct answer key approved by the expert committee. The revised performance of students has been since sent to the concerned schools for onward information of the students. A total of 28,310 students have benefitted as a result of this revision,” the board added.
Notably, the CBSE had declared the results of the Term-1 examinations on March 12. However, many students had\ claimed that the question paper had several errors and grace marks were not awarded for the same.
Some students also claimed that there were several wrong answers in the answer key.