CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government is set to introduce a major reform in the evaluation process for board examinations, with the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) preparing to roll out an On-Screen Marking system for the March 2026 examinations. Announcing the initiative, Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said Punjab will become one of the first state boards in the country to adopt end-to-end digital evaluation, marking a transformative shift in how answer sheets are assessed.
Divulging details of the project, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said, “This digital system will enable teachers to evaluate scanned answer sheets on computers, with marks calculated automatically by software, ensuring faster and more accurate results.”
The Education Minister further shared that the system has already demonstrated its effectiveness. “The system has already proved its mettle by evaluating 23, 000 answer sheets swiftly and accurately during the September 2025 Supplementary Examinations, ” he stated.