CBSE's new digital marking system is broken and students are paying the price.
Missing pages. Unexplained marking errors. A system that was supposed to modernize assessments has instead left thousands of students anxious, confused, and unheard.
While YouTube teachers stepped up breaking down the process, standing with students, and amplifying their concerns, mainstream media took a different route. Anjana Om Kashyap sparked a firestorm by dismissing them as "Youtube star teachers jinko kuch jaanna na kaudi." The teachers fired back. And now, the conversation can't be ignored.
Manisha Pande sits down with educators Abhinay Sharma and Babita Tyagi for a no-holds-barred conversation about the education system, godi media and more!
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