On Thursday, The Union Human Resource Development Ministry told the Supreme Court that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 and 12 board examinations, to be held from 1 to 15 July, stand cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, the board has decided to make the examinations for Class 12 optional.
The Centre told the SC that while exams for Class 12 students will be conducted “as soon as situation is conducive,” students who opt for the exams will have the said marks as final. For others, the CBSE will take marks scored in the past three exams in account, the Centre told apex court.
Taking a cue from the CBSE’s stand, the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) also said that it would cancel this year’s Board exams.
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A three-judge Bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a plea seeking the cancellation of this year’s CBSE exams, filed by the parents of students scheduled to appear for their Class XII Board exams in July.
During the SG Tushar Mehta elaborated that CBSE has scheme by which marks scored in the past three exams will be taken into account. He also stated that Class XII exams would be conducted “as soon as situation is conducive.”
He added:
“Marks for students who opt for Class XII exams will have that marks as final.”
Those who opt out of the exams that might be held in the future, will be assessed according to the exams they took in the past.
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For Class 10, the students will not get the same option, and the exams stand cancelled for all.
The hearings at the apex court are based on a petition filed by the parents of CBSE students, who had said conducting board exams in this pandemic situation would only expose students to the threat of coronavirus.
In order to ensure the safety and security of students and their families, the petitioners had asked the Supreme Court to scrap the pending CBSE papers and allow students to be graded on the basis of internal assessment in combination with marks of papers that have already been conducted.
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The results for the already held exams will be declared in mid-August and the academic year is expected to start in September 2020.
There’s lot riding on the Supreme Court hearing as several boards like ICSE and the West Bengal Higher Secondary Board have have indicated that they will take a call about their respective papers once the apex court has settled the CBSE matter.
Apart from board exams, the Union Human Resource Development Ministry is also expected to make a fresh announcement on the conduct of JEE Main and NEET (UG) 2020 entrance examinations.
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