Parents move Supreme Court against CBSE decision to hold Class XII exams in July

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 10

Worried about community spread of Covid-19, four parents of Class XII students have moved the Supreme Court against the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) decision to hold examinations of remaining papers between July 1 and 15.

Petitioners — Col Amit Bathla, Poonam Singla, Charu Singh and Sunitha — whose children are Class XII students — have challenged the May 18 CBSE notification that announced a fresh schedule for holding examinations for remaining papers.

They urged the court to direct the CBSE to declare this year’s Class XII results “on the basis of examination already conducted and to calculate it on an average basis with the internal assessment marks of the remaining subject”.

Highlighting the rise in Covid-19 cases, the petitioners said the pandemic would be at its peak in India and it would not be safe for students to assemble at examination centres in large numbers.

They sought to highlight that Delhi University has cancelled first year and second-year examinations. Even IITs have cancelled their examinations, including those of final-year students, on account of the pandemic, they said. Some states have cancelled all university examinations, they added.

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