"CUET, JEE Advanced Results To Be Synchronised With CBSE": Dharmendra Pradhan to NDTV

In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) re-evaluation results will be synchronised with the Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2026 and the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) results. Discussing topics concerning the CBSE On-Screen Marking (OSM) and re-evaluation issues, the union minister said that the board has adopted the OSM practice as part of a reform. The CBSE has started a new thing; earlier, the marking used to be manual, this time it went online, Pradhan said. The CBSE has adopted the OSM practice as part of a reform, he added. Pradhan pointed out that "around 2 to 2.5 lakh students used to come back to CBSE with re-evaluation requests". "This time, the number is 4 lakh," he added. The union minister further highlighted that 11 lakh question sets have been sent to students for verification. "I stand with all students," he said.