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Sarthak Sidhant is excessively young to beryllium elected to Parliament, but the 17-year-old pupil from Jharkhand, who flagged alleged irregularities successful the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) tendering process for the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, presented his findings earlier a Parliamentary Standing Committee connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
The committee connected education, women, children, younker and sports, chaired by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, met to sermon the “use of On-Screen-Marking (OSM) successful Grade 12 CBSE exams and issues faced by students”.
Mr. Sidhant, who appeared for the Class 12 exams this year, submitted a seven-page papers outlining alleged anomalies successful the CBSE’s tendering process for selecting vendors for online marking and posed a bid of questions to the board, sources said.
His presumption was made successful the beingness of CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar, on with different officials from the Ministry of Education and the board. Mr. Singh was transferred hours aft the meeting.
The CBSE, meanwhile, submitted a study to the sheet detailing challenges progressive successful implementing the OSM process. Officials, sources said, assured MPs that issues with the portal had been resolved and that students present person clip until Saturday (June 6) to use for re-evaluation of reply sheets.
