SC plea seeks scrapping of state board exams too

In their plea, the petitioners told the apex court that more than 10 million students studying in Class 12 in state boards across the country are uncertain about their future as the respective state boards have postponed the decision to conduct or scrap the exams.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court for cancellation of the State Board examinations as amid the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.

The petitioners seeking cancellation of state board exams have decided to appear during the proceedings and mention the matter to the court for urgent hearing. (HT Archive)

The petition was filed on Tuesday by child rights activist Anubha Shrivastava Sahai and seven others on behalf of students from different states and Union territories.

In their plea, the petitioners told the apex court that more than 10 million students studying in Class 12 in state boards across the country are uncertain about their future as the respective state boards have postponed the decision to conduct or scrap the exams.

At the time of filing the petition, the decision of the Centre to cancel this year’s Class 12 board examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education and the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) had not been taken.

At a meeting on Tuesday chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was decided to call off the Class 12 exams conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in view of the raging pandemic. Later, CISCE also decided to cancel the Class 12 board examinations this year.