New Delhi: Four states Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, and Andaman & Nicobar — categorically opposing pen-and-paper examinations. It may be noted that the centre had elicited feedback from the states and Union Territories on the conduct of CBSE Class 12 exams.
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh have requested the Union government not to introduce too many changes in the pattern of the question paper.
After attending the high-level meeting with the minister on May 23, in their feedback to the Education Ministry this week, as many as 32 states and Union Territories (UTs) have supported CBSE’s proposal to go ahead with the class 12 board examination, with only four — Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, and Andaman & Nicobar — categorically opposing pen-and-paper examinations.
In the meanwhile, Mamta Sharma, filed a plea demanding Class 12 board exams be cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Supreme Court (SC) heard a plea regarding Class 12 board exams today. The plea, filed by advocate Mamta Sharma, demands class 12 board exams be cancelled. The SC today adjourned the plea for Monday.
“Supreme Court adjourns a plea seeking directions to the Centre, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) to cancel the CBSE, ICSE Class XII examination for Monday,” ANI tweeted.
“In view of the unprecedented health emergency and rising numbers of the COVID-19 cases in the country, the conduct of examination, either offline or online or blended in upcoming weeks is not possible and delay in the examination will cause irreparable loss to the students as time is the essence in taking admission in higher education courses in foreign universities,” the plea read.
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