Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi chaired a meeting with senior officials of the Department of School Education and Literacy and the Ministry of Education to
review issues related to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The meeting focused on key priorities concerning CBSE’s academic, examination and administrative processes. The review aimed at improving efficiency and transparency while strengthening support for students and teachers. The development comes amid a wider focus by the Education Ministry on improving examination systems and strengthening quality checks. The ministry has been reviewing processes followed by examination bodies after concerns over errors and administrative issues in some national-level examinations.
Focus On Examination Systems
The CBSE review comes after concerns during this year’s board exam cycle, including errors reported in on-screen marking and a delay in the Class 10 second board exam results. The focus on transparency and efficiency remains a key priority.
The review also comes after the recent reforms at the National Testing Agency (NTA). Following a meeting between Joshi, the NTA Director General and other senior officials, the agency announced several measures to strengthen its examination processes.
Around 600 experts associated with the NTA’s examination work were removed as part of the restructuring exercise. The agency is also bringing in new specialists to strengthen its examination-related functions.
A four-tier question paper checking system has also been introduced. Under the new system, question papers will undergo multiple levels of scrutiny before being used in examinations. The move is aimed at reducing factual, typographical and other errors in question papers.
The NTA overhaul followed concerns over examination processes, including errors reported in the UGC-NET June 2026 examination. The agency had ordered a re-conduct of the UGC-NET examination in English, Commerce and Sociology after a probe committee identified significant factual, typographical and translation-related errors.
The ministry has also called for stronger examination security and a review of NTA’s existing processes. The broader reform exercise is aimed at improving reliability and accountability in the conduct of competitive examinations.
Further decisions on CBSE’s processes are expected to provide greater clarity on the steps being considered to improve examination management and support for students and teachers.
