Supreme Court Rejects Pleas Against Cancelling 12th Exams, Approves Evaluation Scheme

The court on Monday asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) to respond today to the concerns raised by some students and parents on the schemes of both the boards formulated to evaluate Class 12 students, whose exam

The Supreme Court of India, on June 22, has dismissed the plea against cancellation of Class 12th CBSE exams. A Division Bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari heard the matter today against cancelling the Class 12 CBSE board exams. Saying the evaluation criteria to assess the students of the cancelled board exams is "fair and reasonable", the top court says there is no reason to interfere with the CBSE and ICSE schemes. Also, the plea to cancel the compartment exams has been cancelled by the top court today. The court on Monday asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) to respond today to the concerns raised by some students and parents on the schemes of both the boards formulated to evaluate Class 12 students, whose examination was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CBSE on Monday, in a fresh affidavit to the Supreme Court, said that the board will constitute a committee to deal with the disputes on Class 12th results, adding that it will conduct the optional exams for the students not satisfied with their marks between August 15 and September 15. The Supreme Court has also accepted the proposal to hold the compartment exams in August-September. CBSE will open the application window to register for the optional exams after the Class 12th results are declared.