The Supreme Court has directed the state boards to declare the results of internal assessment by July 31.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed state boards to notify their respective assessment schemes within 10 days for the Class 12 physical exams that were cancelled earlier due to the second wave of Covid-19 and also directed to declare the results of internal assessment by July 31, reported Live Law. A vacation bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari observed that they would not direct uniform scheme across India as "each board is different and autonomous." The bench was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that was filed by Advocate Anubha Sahai Srivastava for cancellation of state board examinations due to Covid-19 pandemic. Since the petition was pending, several state boards announced the cancellation of Class 12 board examinations while six states have already conducted it. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh is the only state that is yet to make decision on Class 12 examinations.
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