Company Embroiled In CBSE Marking Row Faces Fake Documentation Charge at Nagpur University
NSUI alleges that COEMPT Edu Tek used its previous identity as Globarena Technologies to secure a Rs 5 crore contract at Nagpur University despite being ‘blacklisted’ by universities in Telangana. It is being accused of marksheet errors, examination glitches and fake documentation, affecting over 3.17 lakh students.
New Delhi: Hyderabad-based COEMPT Edu Teck Pvt Ltd, the company embroiled in the ongoing Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on-screen marking (OSM) controversy, is facing serious allegations of marksheet errors, examination glitches and fake documentation at Nagpur University, affecting over 3.17 lakh students.
According to media reports, the firm secured a three-year contract worth Rs 5 crore from Nagpur University for preliminary and post-examination work in the 2025-26 academic session. The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) Nagpur unit, as reported in the Times of India, has accused COEMPT of submitting false documents during the bidding process and alleged that the company was previously blacklisted by universities in Telangana.
As per the news report, the NSUI has also claimed that COEMPT previously operated under the name Globarena Technologies and used that entity’s credentials to qualify for the tender.
Among the many accusations, the company is also allegedly responsible for having messed up the winter 2025 results. Incorrect calculations, subject mismatches and errors in hall tickets are among the few accusations against COEMPT. Results for more than 1,200 examinations have reportedly faced inordinate delays, over 300 students have filed complaints and 60% of major course results missed the mandated 45-day deadline.
The problems, NSUI has alleged, also spilled into the summer 2026 examinations, with students reporting hall tickets not being generated even 24 hours before exams, wrong subjects on admit cards and widespread glitches.
The TOI report, attributing information to an examination officer, has claimed that the basic fee calculations were also flawed. In one instance, Rs 96,000 was incorrectly displayed as Rs 9.6 lakh, the report claims.
Student protests led Nagpur University to issue a legal notice to COEMPT and constitute a three-member inquiry panel headed by senate member Manmohan Bajpai. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is now being heard by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.
Bajpai, as quoted by TOI, has stated that two hearings have been held, with COEMPT officials blaming the previous agency for data handover issues. “The company has contested the blacklisting allegations. Top university officials said the firm remains under scanner and “won’t be spared if found guilty”, Bajpai told the paper.
An internal observation report from a dry run conducted at five Delhi schools in January 2026 flagged at least 36 technical, operational and evaluation-related concerns. According to a Hindustan Times report, these included risks of “blind or superficial checking,” weakened supervisory oversight, absence of safeguards against data loss and the lack of opportunity for evaluators to deliberate or reach consensus on marks.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has sought responses from the Union government, CBSE and Uttar Pradesh government on a PIL challenging the hasty implementation of the OSM system, which the petitioner termed a “systemic institutional failure”. This petition demands re-evaluation of affected answer sheets by trained evaluators and the formation of an independent expert committee.
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