"Cannot Become Norm": Supreme Court's 'No' To Cancel Offline Board Exams

The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain the plea on Wednesday, February 23 to cancel Class 10 and Class 12 offline exams conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and other state boards. 

The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari, and CT Ravikumar heard the plea today. Dismissing the plea filed to cancel offline board exams for Class 10 and Class 12, the Supreme Court today said that entertaining such petitions will cause more confusion in the system. "This cannot become the norm. Such petitions give false hope to students. They will be misled by such petitions," the Supreme Court added. The Supreme Court also refused to entertain the petition that sought an alternate mode of assessment.

Authorities are already working on finalizing dates and other arrangements, the Supreme Court noted, adding that if there is any problem once those are finalized then the aggrieved parties can approach the authorities. The CBSE has decided to conduct term two board exams for class 10 and class 12 from April 26.