The Secondary School Examination (Class X) results of the Central Board of Secondary Education were declared early this year and the board credits its new marking system for it. According to the board, the introduction of On-Screen Marking helped in quickening the process.
On-Screen Marking (OSM) is a system where answer books are scanned and uploaded centrally and then downloaded at the evaluation centres online. For evaluation, teachers are given a user ID through which they can access and download the batch of scripts assigned to them for evaluation. “The idea of OSM is that the software is developed in such a way that the answer book cannot be submitted to the Head Examiner if there is any unassessed portion or unmarked answer. As a result there is no chance of leaving questions unassessed. The Head Examiner was responsible for reviewing 10 per cent answer books compulsorily to ensure proper marking and rectifying mistakes, if any,” said Rama Sharma, Public Relations Office of the board.
CBSE is the first national examination body to have started OSM. This system was introduced in the Class X exams in all subjects and for all regions except Thiruvananthapuram. However, in Class XII OSM was done in English (core) and Economics in Delhi region only.