Decision on Class 12 exams in two days, Centre tells top court

New Delhi, May 31

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would decide in two days if ICSE and CBSE Class 12 examinations would be conducted this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

At the outset, Attorney General KK Venugopal urged a Bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar to adjourn the matter, saying a meeting had been called to take a decision on the issue.

“No difficulty. You can take a decision…But if you are departing from the policy last year, you must give good reasons as the last order was after detailed deliberations,” the Bench told Venugopal.

The students had “sanguine hope” that the policy adopted last year should be followed this year, the Bench said, posting the matter for hearing on May 3. “Take whatever decision that’s appropriate, but what has been expressed by the petitioner is that last year’s policy should be followed. Almost a similar situation was prevalent last year,” the SC said. — TNS

Exams must be held: RSS-affiliated body

New Delhi: RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas has written to the PM, urging him to ensure that Class XII board exams are held. They suggested various options, including changing the pattern to objective, allowing students to solve question papers at home and taking exams of only two to three subjects. tns