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

You take the decision. If you are leaving from the policy of last year, then you must give tangible reasons for it,” the bench informed Venugopal.

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

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

Read|CISCE asks schools to look at Class 12 students marks in Class 11 and this years internal assessments

The CBSE has currently cancelled Class 10 Board tests and announced an alternative marking policy. There is a broad agreement among states about performing class 12 Board tests and an “informed, collaborative” choice will be taken by June 1, the minister had actually said recently.

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

The CBSE is likely to make a decision on Class 12 board exams by June 1. Meanwhile, the CICSE board has asked its affiliated schools to submit approximately marks obtained by Class 12 students in Class 11 and throughout this session. While there is no clarity from the board whether the workout mean the possible cancellation of exams, schools have actually already begun working to satisfy the June 7 due date set by the board.

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” In view of the unprecedented health emergency and increasing varieties of the COVID-19 cases in the nation, the conduct of examination, either offline or online or mixed in upcoming weeks is not possible and delay in the examination will cause irreversible loss to the trainees as time is the essence in taking admission in higher education courses in foreign universities,” the plea read.

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