New Delhi, June 1 -- Amid controversy over its On-Screen Marking (OSM), senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday slammed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), stating that the board "finally acknowledged that the system has been compromised".

CBSE had stated that it is closely monitoring the vulnerabilities in the OnMark portal, and an expert team of cybersecurity professionals was deployed to "fortify these systems".

In an X post, Ramesh flagged irregularities in the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the tender issued in August 2025, and questioned Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, calling him an "epitome of arrogance and incompetence".

He further accused the central government of saving Coempt Eduteck, which ...