Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to review the CBSE Class XII evaluation and revaluation process after concerns over falling pass percentages, On-Screen Marking implementation and technical glitches in the answer-sheet access portal.

New Delhi, May 21: Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Thursday wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressing concern over the CBSE Class XII examination results for 2026, urging an independent review of the evaluation process, the revaluation framework and technical glitches affecting the answer-sheet access portal.

In his letter dated May 21, Brittas said widespread anxiety had emerged among students, parents and teachers following the declaration of the results and pointed to a drop in the overall pass percentage from 88.39 per cent in 2025 to 85.20 per cent in 2026.

The CPI(M) leader said the decline has been linked by several observers to the introduction of the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, tougher question papers in subjects such as Physics and Mathematics, and stricter valuation patterns.

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