Class 10 exam marks formula not devised yet: Maharashtra State Board

Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Monday (May 17) advised the Bombay High Court it had not devised a formula as but on easy methods to consider and mark Class 10 college students whose board examinations have been cancelled this yr as a result of COVID-19 outbreak.

A division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade was listening to a public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed by a professor, Dhananjay Kulkarni, difficult the Maharashtra authorities’s April determination cancelling Class 10 exams, in accordance with information company PTI.

Kulkarni’s petition additionally challenged comparable choices taken by the ICSE and CBSE boards.

Kulkarni’s advocate, Uday Warunjikar, on Monday argued that every board may have a distinct marking system which might trigger difficulties and hardships to the scholars whereas searching for admission to Class 11.

“The Central government will have to intervene and come out with a uniform policy,” he stated.

Advocate Sandesh Patil, showing for the Union authorities, advised the court docket it has some management over the CBSE board however the ICSE and SSC boards are autonomous and, therefore, the Centre has no management over them.

Patil additional stated the Union authorities has issued a notification on how marks ought to be given and the SSC and ICSE boards can undertake the identical.

Advocate Kiran Gandhi, showing for the SSC board, advised the court docket the petition was filed prematurely.

The SSC board had not devised any formula as but on how marks could be given to Class 10 college students and the board’s examination committee will provide you with a formula which might be despatched to the state authorities for closing approval, Gandhi advised the court docket.

The bench then directed the SSC board and different respondents (Centre, ICSE board and CBSE board) to file their affidavits in response to the petition, and posted the matter for additional listening to on May 19.

(With inputs from information businesses)

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