Supreme Court

The Supreme Court solicited the CBSE to consider the predominant COVID-19 pandemic circumstance today; June 16 and have asked to take a decision on the schedule of Class 10 and 12 pending board examination by June 23, 2020. A bench comprising Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjeev Khanna directed the CBSE to think about the circumstance and revert by one week (by 23rd June 2020) from now. 

In the first week of June a group of 4 parents, whose children have to appear in Class 12 Board examination, approached the Supreme Court against the CBSE decision to conduct the remaining board examination from July 1 to July 15. Referring to the AIIMS data where it is said that COVID-19 pandemic would be at pick in July, in a petition filed by Advocate Rishi Malhotra, parents argued to cancel the board exams in the wake of the coronavirus disease.

Guardians have additionally contended that the CBSE has cancelled the examinations of Class 10 and 12 for its around 250 abroad schools and has embraced the standards of granting marks based on either practical exams conducted or the inner assessment marks, at that point why comparative methodology can’t be followed for students in India.

CBSE has announced that the pending CBSE exams for Classes 10 and 12 will be held between July 1 to July 15. These exams were postponed due to the nationwide lockdown caused by the coronavirus. But, now the group of 4 parents of the students have approached the Supreme Court against this decision of CBSE. In their petition filed against this, they have appealed not to hold the board examinations in July.

In the petition filed by Advocate Rishi Malhotra, parents are demanding cancellation of examinations citing coronavirus. They say that the corona virus infection will be at its peak in July. They are referring to the AIIMS data, where it is said COVID-19 pandemic would be at its peak in the month of July. In view of the increasing transition of Corona, there is a high chance that their children will get exposed to the pandemic. Therefore, the board should cancel the examination and declare the result of children on the basis of internal assessment.