SC Refuses To Direct CBSE/ CISCE To Provide Hybrid Option For Board Exams

 

 

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The Supreme Court on 18^th November 2021 (Thursday) refused the petition filed by parents and students that sought CBSE/CISCE to provide option of Hybrid Mode for students of Class-10^th & 12^th to appear for Term-1 Exams.

 

The Supreme Court said that it would not be appropriate to disturb the Exam process at this stage, when the Board Exams have already started in Offline Mode for Classes-10^th & 12th. The Court noted that the Term-1 CBSE Board Exams have already started from 16^th November 2021 while the Semester-1 Exams for CISCE Board will commence from 22 November 2021.

 

The CBSE Representative Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar that all the necessary precautions have been taken to conduct Term-1 Board Exam in offline mode and the examination centers have been increased from 6,500 to 15,000.

 

The bench of justices said that they believe that CBSE & CISCE Board authorities will take all the needful precautions and measures for the smooth conduct of Term-1 Board Exams for Classes- 10^th & 12^th. The authorities will not let anyone exposed to anything untoward in Term -1 Examination process.

 

The plea in the Supreme Court was filed by six students who would be appearing in the Board Exams seeking directions to the CBSE and CISCE to issue a revised circular for conducting the upcoming Term-1 Board Exams in the Offline as well as Online Mode (ie. Hybrid Mode) instead of only Offline Mode due to Covid-19 Pandemic citing a reason that academic session could not take place in real classroom situations and students are not well prepared to write Board Exams.

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