New Delhi, May 25 -- Calling once again for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Congress RS MP Jairam Ramesh on Monday demanded accountability from the government for alleged irregularities in CBSE's grade 12 marking of answer sheets. The Congress leader called for PM Modi to address why the education minister's "ineptitude" has been allowed to continue for a long time.

"The CBSE introduced a On Screen Marking System (OSM) for Grade 12 Board Examinations which has thrown into chaos the academic futures of lakhs of children across the country," Jairam Ramesh wrote on X.

According to the party leader, the pass percentage of students has declined by 3 per cent, an unprecedented decline. He said that such a situa...