Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi convened a meeting with officials of the Department of School Education and Literacy on Monday (August 24, 2026) to address controversies surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
CBSE is facing intense public scrutiny, particularly surrounding its 2026 Class 12 board examination evaluation process, issues concerning technological mismanagement and administrative failures, and a trust deficit among students. Questions were raised about the vendor chosen for the OSM system – Coempt EduTeck – the company behind the 2019 Telangana intermediate exam fiasco. Cybersecurity researchers and ethical hackers exposed data privacy vulnerabilities in CBSE’s digital evaluation infrastructure, pointing to a lack of robust archival architecture and the leaking of sensitive student data.
Expert teams from IIT Chennai and IIT Kanpur reviewed CBSE’s IT ecosystem and said that ensuring long-term security of CBSE’s IT systems needs a plan.
