Supreme Court refuses to direct CBSE, CISCE to provide hybrid mode option for board exams
The Hindu
The Bench said it “hopes and trusts” that authorities will take all precautions and measures to ensure that no one is exposed to anything untoward in the examination process
The Supreme Court on November 18 refused to direct the CBSE and the CISCE to provide option of hybrid mode, instead of the offline mode only, for the Class 10 and 12 board examinations, saying it would not be appropriate to disturb the process at this stage.
The apex court noted that Term-1 board exams of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have already commenced from November 16 while semester one of board examination of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) are to commence from November 22.
A Bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and C.T. Ravikumar was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representing the CBSE, that all precautions have been taken for conducting the board exams in offline mode and the examination centres have been increased from 6,500 to 15,000.