CBSE Class 12 re-evaluation date changed to June 1 after payment system attack; what students must know
CBSE revaluation portal hacked: The CBSE website set up for Class 12 students to apply for re-checking of their answer sheets ran into serious trouble. Someone attacked its payment system and around 50 students managed to get through by paying the wrong amount. Some paid as little as Re 1, while others were shown a fee of Rs 67,000–68,000 instead of the actual charge.
As per sources, the attack appeared to be either a prank or a deliberate attempt to manipulate the system. The glitch was traced to the HDFC payment gateway, which is connected to the portal.
To fix the problem, experts from IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur have been brought in, along with the Digital Infrastructure Corporation of India. Four government banks, SBI, Canara Bank, Indian Bank, and Bank of Maharashtra — have now been added as additional payment options to make the system more stable. The issue got attention at the highest level.
On May 24, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss the payment problems students were facing. It was decided in that meeting that the four public sector banks would help CBSE rebuild and strengthen its payment setup.
Meanwhile, the CBSE pushed back the portal's reopening date. On May 29, the board announced that students can now apply for verification or re-evaluation from June 1. The delay was to make sure the portal works properly this time without crashes or payment errors.
The trouble didn't stop at the payment system. Students had earlier raised a string of complaints — blurry scanned copies of answer sheets, questions that appeared unchecked, the portal going down repeatedly and general confusion about the whole process.
The minister addressed the uproar on May 28, saying he personally takes responsibility for what happened. "I take responsibility. It will be fixed, a solution will be found. We are all working on that task," he said, adding that if any irregularity is found in the evaluation process, no one will be spared.
- With inputs from agencies
