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The Congress connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) mounted a crisp onslaught connected Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan implicit the contention surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE)On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, alleging that helium was “shamelessly digging his heels successful office” contempt mounting grounds of “incompetence and corruption” successful his Ministry.
The transportation of the CBSE’s apical enactment had failed to code the contented of accountability astatine the highest levels of the Education Ministry, Congress wide caput (communications) Jairam Ramesh said.
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“The CBSE enactment whitethorn person been transferred out, but the Mantri Pradhan (Minister Dharmendra Pradhan) is shamelessly digging his heels successful bureau adjacent portion grounds of his Ministry’s incompetence and corruption piles up,” Mr. Ramesh said successful a station connected societal media level X.
Alleging that Mr. Pradhan headed a “corrupt, incompetent, and callous” Ministry, Mr. Ramesh referred to reports that the CBSE had been incapable to satisfactorily reply questions connected the procurement process for the OSM strategy earlier the Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Education, chaired by Congress person Digvijaya Singh.
“We person learnt from media reporting that the CBSE could not reply questions regarding its OSM procurement raised by the Digvijaya Singh-led Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Education, aft it heard from 18-year-old pupil Sarthak Sidhant, who had archetypal flagged the corruption successful the tender via societal media,” Mr. Ramesh said.
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Calling it “a glaring deficiency of accountability astatine the highest level of the CBSE and Education Ministry”, Mr. Ramesh besides cited a media probe into the CBSE’s OSM adust run. According to him, respective participants had flagged concerns implicit the system, and urged the Board to postpone its rollout until glitches were resolved and evaluators adequately trained.
“The CBSE not lone failed to heed this omniscient counsel of delaying OSM adoption, but besides failed to resoluteness galore of the circumstantial issues flagged by the participants,” the Congress person said.
Mr. Ramesh further alleged that the Board had repeatedly failed to conscionable deadlines for re-evaluation requests. “We already cognize that the CBSE has consistently failed to conscionable its ain deadline for re-evaluations of pupil papers. It archetypal postponed the day from May 29th and past failed to conscionable its ain June 1st deadline. When the portal yet opened connected June 2nd, respective students faced occupation accessing it, and making payments connected it,” helium said.
“Why is the Pradhan Mantri (PM) insistent connected protecting him? Whose patronage has ensured his endurance truthful far?” Mr. Ramesh said, claiming that adjacent supporters of the ruling confederation were dissatisfied with the Minister’s performance.
On Tuesday (June 2, 2026), the Cabinet Secretariat announced the constitution of a one-member enquiry committee headed by S. Radha Chauhan, Chairperson of the Capacity Building Commission, to analyse matters relating to the procurement of services for the OSM strategy by the CBSE.
