New Delhi: The Centre on Monday (May 31, 2021) instructed the Supreme Court that it’s going to take a remaining decision on conducting the class 12 CBSE and ICSE board exams in the subsequent two days.
The Centre additionally sought time until Thursday to put its decision earlier than the Apex Court.
The Supreme Court adjourned the case to Thursday whereas observing an analogous scenario in 2020 had prompted inner marking as an alternative.
Earlier on May 28, the SC bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had mentioned it could hear the plea and had 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 online or offline not feasible because of an unprecedented pandemic. Delay in the declaration of Class 12 results will hamper students taking admission to foreign universities. CBSE and CISCE must devise an objective methodology to declare the results within the specified time else it will affect nearly 12 lakh students.”
This is pertinent to notice that on April 14, the CBSE had introduced the cancellation of class 10 exams and the postponement of class 12 exams in view of the coronavirus scenario in the nation.
“To conduct the Board Exams for Class XII, the situation will be reviewed on June 1 by the Board, and details will be shared subsequently. A notice of at least 15 days will be given before the start of the examinations,” the official assertion mentioned.
