NEW DELHI — Reaffirming its commitment to a "transparent, efficient, student-friendly system," a central education board assured the public on Tuesday that its new On-Screen Marking portal is completely secure, aside from being compromised by a 19-year-old in under an hour.

Following a demonstration in which the teenager bypassed OTP authentication to successfully alter exam marks, the board confirmed the digital platform was still achieving its primary operational goal of reducing the administrative costs associated with physical paper grading.

"Claims that our live portal was compromised are false, as the teenager only gained full access to what we are now officially designating as a testing site," a board spokesperson said, dismissing the hacker's counter-evidence showing live data manipulation. The spokesperson noted that while the transition away from paper has generated widespread student complaints regarding missing answer sheets and massive mark discrepancies since last year, the initiative has successfully eliminated the need to pay for manual grading.

Following the announcement of the latest exam results amid nationwide student dissatisfaction over altered academic futures, the board confirmed it had permanently resolved the security vulnerabilities by issuing a formal written denial.