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'Eliminated totalling error': Education Ministry defends 'OSM' amid Class 12 result row

Following CBSE Class 12 results, Secretary Sanjay Kumar addressed concerns about the pass percentage drop, attributing it to the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. While OSM, first introduced in 2014, was successfully reimplemented this year, eliminating totalling errors, around 13,

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'Eliminated totalling error': Education Ministry defends 'OSM' amid Class 12 result rowFollowing CBSE Class 12 results, Secretary Sanjay Kumar addressed concerns about the pass percentage drop, attributing it to the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. While OSM, first introduced in 2014, was successfully reimplemented this year, eliminating totalling errors, around 13,
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