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The Supreme Court of India hear a plea on today (Wednesday) February 23 on seeking cancellation of class 10, 12 offline board exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) and several other boards this year.
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition seeking the cancelation of board exams. The petition has sought an alternative mode of assessment. The Court said, “such petitions give false hopes to students.” The court was hearing a plea seeking cancelation of term 2 board exams by CBSE, CISCE, and NIOS boards. The petition sought the cancelation of offline exams amid the covid-19 pandemic.
Supreme court said, authorities will take decision on exams. The bench said they are not going to pass any order and asked what kind of PIL is this. The bench further said, “This has to stop. Don’t come up again or there will be exemplary costs. Let students & authorities do their job. You can’t PIL like this. Whoever has filed we’re saying for that petitioner.”
We will not issue any directions, said the Supreme Court while dismissing the petition. “There are rules regulations in place and authorities are working. This plea is ill-advised and premature. Authorities are yet to decide the rules and dates. If the decision is not in consonance with rules then it is open to challenge,” said the Court.
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Covid Situation has Improved, Exams Should be Offline: CBSE
CBSE told the court that the board exams should be held in offline mode as the covid-19 situation has improved. The Central government had also rolled out vaccination for teens and board aspirants are part of those eligible.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list todaya writ petition which seeks the cancellation of physical exams for Class 10 and 12 to be conducted by all State Boards, CBSE, ICSE and NIOS.
A bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar directed that an advanced copy of the petition be served on the CBSE and other concerned respondents in the case. All State Boards have been made respondents in the writ petition.
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On Monday, a bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of a lawyer seeking early listing of the plea saying that the physical examination should not be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. “This is regarding class 10 and 12 Board examinations. Physical examination should not be held due to the pandemic,” lawyer Prashant Padmanabhan said.
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The petition has been filed in the top court by students of 15 states seeking direction to state boards, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) to adopt an alternate mode of assessment in Class 10, 12 board exams 2022 instead of conducting offline exams.