Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel Offline Board Exams

'Can't Become Norm': SC

On Wednesday, The Supreme Court (SC) had refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) term 2, and other board exams in offline mode.

A plea filed by the class 10 and 12 students of over 15 states sought an alternative assessment method for the upcoming board exams.

A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar observed that such a petition creates “false hope” and “confusion” all over. “This creates not only false hopes, it creates confusion all over to students who are preparing,” said the bench, also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar. “Let the students do their job and let the authorities do their jobs,” the bench observed.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the board exams for class 10 and 12 students were conducted in a different Pattern due to the harsh hit of Deadly Covid-19 which had killed many innocent lives. During that phase, the country was witnessing a deadly scenario due to which education and educational related activities were hampered. 

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the dates for class 10 and 12 terms 2 exams. The term 2 exams will be held from April 26 and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is likely to conduct the ICSE Class 10 and ISC Class 12 exam in the last week of April.

Now, the cases of Covid-19 are also declining as the schools, colleges and educational institutions are all open across the states.