ICSE class 12 assessment plan settled, SC takes up state boards issue

After accepting the CBSE and ICSE formula for Class 12 assessment the Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the state governments which are yet to cancel the board examsA bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari noted that counsel for the petitioners in all fairness informed that out of 28 states 6 states have already conducted examinations 18 states have cancelled it but 4 states Assam Punjab Tripura and Andhra Pradesh have not cancelled the examination so farThe bench in its order said Counsel for the petitioners shall serve the standing counsel for the abovementioned four states via emailonline In addition counsel for the petitioners shall serve a copy of this petition on the standing counsel for the state of Kerala as we are informed that the state of Kerala has not cancelled 11th standard examination conducted by the state boardThe top court sought a response from the Assam Punjab Tripura and Andhra Pradesh governments and scheduled the matter for further hearing on June 21A petition filed by child rights activist Anubha Shrivastava Sahai sought cancellation of all board exams During the hearing the top court said it will protect the interest of all class 12 students but those raising issues with state boards need to have some patience as first it wanted to resolve the issue related to the fixing of objective evaluation criteria for two boards CBSE and ICSE On Thursday after a detailed hearing in the matter the top court approved the formula devised by the CBSE and the ICSE for the assessments of class 12 studentsSahai sought the constitution of a committee to decide the formula for assessment of students including compartment students and declare the result within a fixed timeBy conducting offline exams the government will be putting the lives of students teachers and other staff at risk The government must take a call now for the 12th board like they have done for 1Oth board International boards have already cancelled 12 board offline exams and are going ahead with internal assessment argued the pleaThe plea contended that some states cancelled Higher Secondary Certificate Examination HSC Exam scheduled earlier for March but some states have not taken any decision so far in connection with the cancellation of the exam The petitioner argued that the HSC board is yet to finalize a formula for the assessment of Class 12 students in the event of cancellation of the examIn the same matter the parents of some Class 11 students from Kerala had also moved an intervention application in the top court seeking directions to cancel the exam scheduled in SeptemberThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever