New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (May 31) will resume its listening to on a plea searching for cancellation of Class 12 board examinations carried out by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) amid the surge in COVID-19 instances throughout the nation.
Earlier on May 28, the Apex Court bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had stated it could hear the plea. The bench has requested petitioner Advocate Mamta Sharma to serve the superior copy of the plea to respondents together with Centre, CBSE, and CISCE.
According to the petition, “Conducting Class 12 board examinations on-line or offline not possible as a result of of an unprecedented pandemic. Delay within the declaration of Class 12 outcomes will hamper college students taking admission to overseas universities. CBSE and CISCE should devise an goal methodology to declare the outcomes throughout the specified time else it is going to have an effect on practically 12 lakh college students.”
The bench had requested petitioner Mamta Sharma whether or not she has served the copy of the plea to the advocate representing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). When the petitioner stated she’s going to serve the copy of the plea to the events, the bench noticed, “You do it. We will have it on Monday (May 31).”
The bench stated in its order, “We permit the petitioner-in-person to serve an advance copy on the standing counsel for the respondent(s), namely, central agency, CBSE, ICSE and also the office of the Attorney General for India,” including, “List this matter on Monday, i.e. May 31, 2021, at 11 AM.”
On April 14, the CBSE had introduced the cancellation of class 10 exams and the postponement of class 12 exams in view of the surge in coronavirus instances. The CBSE additionally proposed conducting the exams between July 15-August 26 and the outcome to be declared in September.
The board additionally proposed two choices: conducting common exams for 19 main topics at notified facilities or conducting shorter period exams at respective colleges the place college students are enrolled.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education earlier sought detailed ideas from the states and Union Territories until May 25 on the proposals mentioned in a high-level assembly held on the problem.
(With Agency Inputs)
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