The bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had heard the plea on May 28 and had asked petitioner Mamta Sharma to serve the copy of the plea to the counsel representing the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

You take the decision. If you are departing from the policy of last year, then you need to offer concrete factors for it,” the bench informed Venugopal.

The federal government will take a final decision within the next 2 days on whether to carry out class 12 board tests amidst the continuous COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court was informed on Monday. Attorney General K Venugopal told this to a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari which was hearing a plea looking for instructions to cancel the class 12 exams of the CBSE and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) in view of the existing situation.

File.CBSE Board Class 12 Exams 2021 Live News Updates: The Supreme Court (SC) heard the plea concerning Class 12 board examinations today. The plea, filed by supporter Mamta Sharma, requires Class 12 board exams be cancelled.

Read|CISCE asks schools to collect Class 12 trainees marks in Class 11 and this years internal assessments

The decision on CBSE Class 12 tests will be taken by June 1. Representational image.

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” In view of the extraordinary health emergency situation and increasing numbers of the COVID-19 cases in the nation, the conduct of examination, either offline or online or blended in upcoming weeks is not possible and delay in the evaluation will trigger irreversible loss to the students as time is the essence in taking admission in college courses in foreign universities,” the plea read.

The CBSE is likely to make a last decision on Class 12 board examinations by June 1. On the other hand, the CICSE board has actually asked its associated schools to submit an average of marks obtained by Class 12 trainees in Class 11 and during this session. While there is no clearness from the board whether the workout tips at the possible cancellation of tests, schools have currently started working to satisfy the June 7 deadline set by the board.

The CBSE has actually already cancelled Class 10 Board exams and announced an alternative marking policy. There is a broad consensus among states about carrying out class 12 Board examinations and an “informed, collaborative” choice will be taken by June 1, the minister had actually said just recently.

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File.CBSE Board Class 12 Exams 2021 Live News Updates: The Supreme Court (SC) heard the plea regarding Class 12 board tests today. The plea, filed by advocate Mamta Sharma, requires Class 12 board exams be cancelled. The CBSE is likely to make a last choice on Class 12 board exams by June 1. The CICSE board has asked its associated schools to submit an average of marks obtained by Class 12 students in Class 11 and during this session.

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