CBSE 12th Class Exams 2026 - Onscreen Evaluation
Board Exams: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the 12th class board exams from February 17 to March 9, 2026. Over 17 lakh students are expected to participate in these exams. This year, more than 1 crore copies (32 crore pages) will be evaluated digitally using onscreen marking.
Onscreen Evaluation Process: All answer sheets will be scanned by CBSE, and teachers will evaluate them digitally in their school labs. The answer sheets will not display the student's name or roll number during evaluation to ensure transparency. According to the statement from the CBSE exam controller, this method will save time and transportation costs as well as ensure that teachers can evaluate papers using computers in their labs.
7 Phases of Onscreen Evaluation
- Offline Exam: Students will appear for the board exams offline. Copies will be used according to subject-wise page counts of 20, 32, and 40 pages.
- High Security Scanning: The answer sheets will be scanned under high security. All pages of the answer sheets will be scanned, creating a digital image of each page. Each sheet will be assigned a unique code. Teachers will not see the name or roll number during evaluation, reducing bias.
- Access via OASIS ID: Teachers will log in to the OSM (Onscreen Marking) portal using their OASIS ID to check how many copies have been assigned to them for evaluation.
- Marking the Answer Sheets: After logging in, teachers will access the students' answer sheets and fill in the marks for each question. A column will show the full marks and obtained marks.
- Auto Calculation: Teachers will enter only the obtained marks, and the system will automatically calculate the total marks.
- Tracking Evaluation: The system will track the time spent by teachers in evaluating each answer sheet. In case of any discrepancies, the paper can be rechecked.
- Direct Data Saving: Once the evaluation is complete, the marks data will be saved directly to CBSE’s result database.
10th Class Evaluation
This year, only the 12th class answer sheets will be evaluated using onscreen marking. The evaluation process for the 10th class papers will remain the same as before, with teachers manually grading the papers.