New Delhi, June 2 -- Lokhande Prashant Sitaram was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Ministry of Education, on Tuesday. He will replace Rahul Singh, who was shunted out of the national educational board by the government earlier in the day.

His appointment came hours after the Centre transferred CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta, and constituted a one-member inquiry committee to examine issues related to the procurement of services for the board's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.

The development came amid controversy over alleged irregularities in the digital evaluation system for the Class 12 examination.

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