The Center on Monday advised the Supreme Court that it’s going to determine within the subsequent two days whether or not to conduct the Class XII board exams amid the pandemic.
“The government will take a final decision within the next two days. We are hoping that your lordship will give us time till Thursday (June 3) so that we can come back with a final decision”, Attorney General KK Venugopal advised a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari.
The bench was listening to a petition directing the cancellation of Class XII examinations of the CBSE and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) holding in view the difficulties arising out of the epidemic.
However, adjourning the listening to, the bench advised the federal government that if it determined to withdraw from final yr’s coverage, it ought to give concrete causes.
“You determine. You are entitled to it. If you might be withdrawing from final yr’s coverage, you need to give concrete causes.
The courtroom final yr authorised the CBSE and CISCE schemes to cancel the remaining board examinations as a result of Kovid-19 epidemic between July 1 and July 15 and authorised their method for evaluating the candidates.
Accepting SG’s request, the bench ordered: “As per the request by the Attorney General, the list on Thursday as the competent authority is examining all aspects of the case and is likely to be adjudicated in principle, which is to be decided by the court.” will likely be positioned earlier than it”.
The petition additionally sought to provide directions for formulating an “objective method” for declaring the outcomes of sophistication XII inside a particular timeframe.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
