The Supreme Court on Friday asked the CBSE to file its response on two separate pleas which have alleged that the board has failed in properly implementing the procedure of dispute redressal mechanism relating to the result of Class 12 exams which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The petitions came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar.
The counsel appearing for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said they have been served with the copy of the petitions only two days back and he could not file the reply due to paucity of time. The Supreme Court, which posted the matter for hearing on October 20, asked the counsel to file the response on or before October 18.
The petitions, filed through advocate Ravi Prakash, have claimed that the board has failed in implementing the procedure of dispute resolution mechanism, prescribed in a circular which was issued in August this year in compliance with the apex court’s June 17 order.
One of the petitions, filed by Class 12 pass-out students, has claimed that their marks have not been calculated based on their actual performance adopting the 30:30:40 formula of the CBSE. It said the petitioners have been awarded lesser marks.
The CBSE had earlier told the Supreme Court that it would evaluate Class 12 students for theory based on 30 per cent marks from Class 10 board, 30 per cent from Class 11, and 40 per cent from marks based on the performance in the unit, mid-term and pre-board tests in Class 12.
It had said that marks obtained by Class 12 students in practical and internal assessment on an actual basis as uploaded by schools on the CBSE Portal would be also considered in deciding final results.
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