On-Screen Marking System Row: Govt Constitutes Inquiry Committee Transfers Top CBSE Officials

(MENAFN- Live Mint) The union government constitued a one-member committee on Tuesday to inquire into the matters relating to the procurement of services for the On-Screen Marking System by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

As per on office memo shared by Additional Cabinet Secretary Satendra Singh, the committee will be chaired by S. Radha Chauhan, Chairperson, Capacity Building Commission.

The chairperson has been allowed to obtain the assistance of officers from other offices as and when required.

The Capacity Building Commission will provide secretariat assistance to the committee.

The committee will be submitting its report within a month to the central government's Department of Personnel & Training.

In the meanwhile, amid the raging controversy over issues of blurred answer scripts or incorrect answer scripts that students have been receiving, the government has also transferred CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and its Secretary Himanshu Gupta.

The education board was recently marred in another controversy after it was discovered that it had sent social media toolkits to principals of schools affiliated to the CBSE wherein the latter were encouraged to make reels praising the CBSE and their on-screen marking system.

This is a developing story. Check back later for more updates.

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