New Delhi, June 9 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday began the re-evaluation of Class 12 answer scripts entirely through its own portal. Teachers and officials involved in the exercise described the new system as "smoother and more secure" than Coempt Edu Teck's OnMark platform, which was dropped by the board last month. However, some students complained that they were still unable to receive scanned copies of their answer scripts, leaving them unable to seek re-evaluation.

According to CBSE data, between June 2 and 7, over 160,000 students submitted requests for verification and question-wise objections relating to more than 380,000 answer books - amounting to roughly 35% of the 1.1 million scanned copies sough...