The brutal reality of OSM which everyone is ignoring.
This post is not just another rant. It’s coming from someone who has survived the OSM system.
I am a current survivor of OSM.
What they don’t tell you is that On-Screen Marking is far more brutal than we expected. Even if your answers are cleanly written, well-structured, and the scan is perfect, the evaluators are following the marking scheme with extreme strictness. There is almost no scope left for partial marks or “related points” like we used to get in the old manual checking days.
The era of “kuch bhi related likh do, marks mil jayenge” is officially dead.
This year, thousands of students who wrote decent, logical answers still got crushed in Physics, Chemistry, Maths, and other subjects. The leniency that teachers sometimes showed on paper has been replaced by cold, mechanical checking. If it doesn’t match the marking scheme word for word or point for point, you get very little or nothing.
To the 2026 batch still fighting with revaluation and photocopies:
I see you. I’m going through the same pain and frustration. What you’re feeling is real.
To the 2027 batch preparing right now:
Please don’t take this lightly. The game has changed completely. Focus on exact keywords, precise points, and strict NCERT-based answers. Practice like the checking will be ruthless because it is.
OSM may be more “transparent” on paper, but in reality, it has become far stricter and less forgiving.
We survived it. But it came at a heavy cost. I lost my fav college and hope.