Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has for the first time posted  online the optical reading sheets (ORS) of the students who appeared for AIEEE 2012 this year. But, it didnot post the correct answer keys which has left both students and coaching Institutes in frenzy.
The Online Answersheet (ORS) can be  viewed at by clicking here
In a similar move, IIT JEE  also declared the answer sheets of students online, but  ORS  of IIT-JEE was accompanied with the answer keys, which enabled the students to assess their performances.It however may be noted that just five lakh students appeared for the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), but 11 lakh students appeared for AIEEE. Placing online  the ORS of so many students took a lot of space on the board’s server.
Even the State boards of UP, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal make available the answer keys. The coaching institutes too declare the answer keys on the same day of AIEEE examination, reminded the sources.
The move to upload the scanned answer sheets, which show how students have blackened the multiple choices against a question, followed a Supreme Court directive last year. “But without the correct answer keys, how can an examinee know how he or she has performed?†said a parent.
Sources pointed out that CBSE is hesitant about disclosing answer-keys even after over a month of examination, because there is fear of getting caught with wrong question answers. In the past, many errors in the official keys were pointed out by the teachers, parents and other stakeholders in other exams, including in IIT-JEE too.
CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi said the answer keys would be uploaded only after the results were out. “We will put those keys in the public domain after we apply them to the attempts by the students,†he said.
“If we put out the answer keys, some students can make allegations that his or her answer sheet has been manipulated. We do not want such situations,†Joshi added.