CBSE compartment exams are scheduled from September 22 to 29 (Representational Picture)
New Delhi:
The Supreme Courtroom on Thursday mentioned the CBSE wouldn’t have the ability to assist a lot the scholars taking compartment exams for sophistication XII this month as it will be the universities and universities which can take their admissions for increased research.
The highest courtroom mentioned this whereas listening to a plea which has challenged the choice of the Central Board of Secondary Schooling (CBSE) to carry compartment exams on the bottom that it will be detrimental to the well being of the examinees.
“It’s the schools, universities and deemed universities which shall be taking admissions of these college students and the CBSE won’t be able to assist a lot the scholars taking compartment exams,” a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar instructed senior advocate Vivek Tankha, who was representing the petitioners.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, mentioned this after Mr Tankha argued that the CBSE could ask the universities to present provisional admissions or wait until outcomes are declared for compartment exams.
Mr Tankha mentioned that compartment exams are scheduled from September 22 to 29 and by that point, admissions for varied undergraduate programs can be over.
He mentioned college students taking compartment exams wouldn’t get admissions in schools and their entire yr can be wasted.
The senior advocate argued that the CBSE couldn’t maintain predominant exams because of the COVID-19 pandemic and determined to declare outcomes primarily based on some “hybrid techniques of analysis” and attributable to this, many college students are going through compartment exams.
“Within the curiosity of scholars, who’re virtually 5 lakhs, taking compartment exams, one thing should be achieved,” he mentioned.
The bench noticed that compartment exams are being performed “maybe thrice in a yr”.
The highest courtroom mentioned round 87,000 college students have failed and the answer doesn’t lie with the CBSE.
Throughout the listening to performed by way of video-conferencing, Tankha mentioned the Centre and states could possibly be served with the copy of petition by way of standing counsel and makes an attempt could possibly be made to seek out an appropriate resolution for such college students.
“Do not complicate it in any other case it won’t come up for listening to,” the bench mentioned.
The highest courtroom later requested the petitioners to serve the copy of the plea to the Centre and posted the matter for listening to on September 14.
On September 4, the CBSE had opposed within the high courtroom a plea and mentioned all “mandatory” security measures for college students are being taken in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
The CBSE’s counsel had mentioned that board has elevated the variety of examination centres for compartment assessments from 575 to 1,278.
“We have now taken a call that in a category the place 40 college students might sit, now solely 12 will sit and we’re taking all precautions,” the counsel for CBSE had mentioned, including that every one mandatory measures are being taken.
The highest courtroom had requested the CBSE to file a brief affidavit in response of the plea of Anika Samvedi and others.
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