New Delhi, The CBSE on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will "very shortly" take appropriate decision on the issue raised in a plea which has sought quashing of the notification for conducting remaining examinations of Class XII from July 1 to July 15 amid the increase in number of COVID-19 cases across the country.
CBSE Board Exam 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will "very shortly" take appropriate decision on the issue raised in a plea which has sought quashing of the notification for conducting remaining examinations of Class 12 board from July 1 to July 15 amid the increase in number of COVID-19 cases across the country.
The Counsel appearing for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) requested a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar, who postponed the hearing of the matter for a short time through video-conferencing so that it would take a decision on the issue. I could apprise the top court.
"During the argument, Rupesh Kumar, counsel for the Central School Education Board informed the court that the Central Board of School Education is in the process of taking appropriate decisions in relation to the subject of this petition," the bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, noted in its order.
The top court was hearing a plea, filed by some parents of students who are appearing in class XII examination, which has sought a direction to CBSE to declare the results on the basis of exam already conducted and to calculate it on an average basis with internal assessment marks of remaining subjects.
The bench posted the matter for hearing on June 23, keeping in mind the submission of counsel for the board.
Concerning the safety of millions of students, the plea states that they may be made aware of COVID-19 infection if they have to appear for examinations amid increasing numbers of virus infection cases.
It has urged the apex court to rescind the May 18 notification of CBSE, by which the date of the remaining examinations of class XII was announced and asked to stay until the court decides on the petition. .
"The said petition would also demonstrate the extent of discriminatory and arbitrariness conduct of the respondent/CBSE in issuing the notification for holding of the remaining examination and that too in the month of July, 2020 wherein as per the AIIMS data, the said COVID-19 pandemic would be at its peak," the plea has said.
It alleges that in view of the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic, CBSE has canceled the tenth and twelfth grade exams for about 250 of its schools, which are located abroad and have either conducted practical exams. Or the criteria for awarding awards based on them has been adopted. Marks of internal assessment.
"It is highly regretful that the respondents (CBSE and Ministry of Human Resource Development) herein have no genuine concern about putting the lives at peril of all the students pan India and have no explanation whatsoever in insisting upon holding the said examination in India," the plea claimed.
It added that in April this year, the CBSE had directed schools to promote ninth and eleventh grade students to the next class concerned on the basis of school-based assessments.
It aslo said that on May 25, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development had announced about conducting of exams for classes X and XII class students in almost 15,000 exam centres as against 3,000 centres which were used earlier.
"Ensuring proper cleanliness and safety standards as prescribed by the concerned government in COVID-19 situation in those 15,000 exam centres spreading over length and breadth of the country including rural sectors would not only be risking health and life of children but also would be an exercise in futility and an eyewash," the plea said.
It said that even assuming 50 per cent of coronovirus cases are asymptomatic, students who will appear in the exam may risk themselves and their family members for a potential career.
The petition said that several leading educational institutions, such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), have also canceled their exams, including final year students, due to the pandemic situation.
The plea has also raised concern over the issue where an examination centre might fall within the COVID-19 containment zone.
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