Rahul's claim - Answer sheet scanned from mobile: Benefited a particular vendor; Beware of CBSE pickpockets on re-evaluation fees

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged corruption in the tender process of the board for the on-screen marking system. Rahul claimed that the answer sheet was scanned from a mobile phone instead of an automatic robotic scanner. Sharing a X post of CBSE student Sarthak Siddhant, Rahul wrote, "When the tender was floated again in August, all the conditions were secretly removed. The resolution was reduced to 200 DPI. It has come to light that COEMPT scanned the answer sheet with a mobile phone. Blurred copies, missing pages, and copies that were not scanned are all errors. This is the result of a contract that was deliberately designed to benefit a particular vendor. Rahul's Statements on CBSE's OSM System The photo, which showed the errors of copy scanning, the question of student principle... Student Siddhant Kumar has shared photos of the allegedly scanned copies. He has written - CBSE, you said that you used scanners to scan these copies. Now, while these copies are available for the general public to see, could you please indicate which copies have a 'drop shadow' when scanned by a scanner. And how did these three folds come about? Rahul also questioned the central government and the board over the CBSE's answer sheet scrutiny and re-evaluation fees. He wrote on X - Students have to pay extra money to get their own copy checked correctly. If a student's marks are wrong due to the mistake of the CBSE, then why is the burden put on the students and their families? He wrote... A fee of ₹100 per subject has to be paid for obtaining a digital scan copy, ₹100 per paper for re-totalling and ₹25 per question fee for re-evaluation. A student may have to spend up to Rs 2000 to check his own answer sheet. When nearly four lakh students have submitted such applications, the question arises as to how much the CBSE is earning from this process. Questioning the country's education system, Rahul said that when education is made a profession instead of a service, mistakes are not corrected but increased. The biggest price is being paid for by children in terms of their time, confidence and future. A day earlier, Rahul Gandhi also met CBSE 12th class students. He posted a 1.30 minute video of his interaction with students on X. The caption read, "The brave youths who asked simple questions to CBSE and the Modi government, instead of answering them, were insulted. In the video, the students told Rahul that when asked about the answer sheet, they called us anti-nationals, deep state agents (spies), terrorists and Pakistanis. Rahul laughed and said, "17 years of deep state agents. Vedanta was among the students that Rahul spoke to. A post by Vedanta went viral, in which he claimed that during the re-evaluation, a copy of someone else was uploaded on the portal instead of his physics copy. After Vedanta, many other students also made similar complaints. The Congress has targeted the central government over the OSM process of the CBSE, alleging that copies of about 20 lakh students of Class 12 were available in the public domain. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh termed it as a "big data leak" and called it a serious threat to the privacy of students. On May 27, Rahul Gandhi also raised questions on the company working on OSM. He said that the COEMPT company to which the CBSE has given the contract for digital evaluation of the exam was earlier named Globarina. Rahul questioned why and at whose behest the CBSE contract was given to COEMPT. What rules and procedures were ignored and the contract was awarded to this company? COEMPT was already embroiled in controversies in the name of Globarina, why did the CBSE not know about this? What is the relationship between the COEMPT management and the Modi government? The CBSE said that the rules were followed in awarding the contract to the company, however, the CBSE denied Rahul's allegations. A statement issued by the CBSE headquarters said that all general financial rules and laid down procedures were followed in awarding the contract to COEMPT Edutech. The allegations are false, misleading and not based on facts. The CBSE says that this makes the checking faster and more accurate and reduces errors in adding marks or data entry. The result was the opposite. The students complained of server down, payment failure and blurred pages. COEMPT accused of irregularities in Telangana board exams COEMPT Edutech is a Hyderabad-based company in Telangana. The firm does digital assessment work in states like Telangana, Karnataka and West Bengal. In 2019, it was renamed as Globrina Technologies Private Limited. At that time, he was accused of irregularities in data processing in the Class 12 board exams in Telangana. That year, more than 3 lakh out of 9.74 lakh children in the state failed.