SC Gives Nod To CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Board Result Assessment Schemes

"These Boards are independent Boards. They have taken decision to cancel exams which, according to them, is in larger public interest of the students."

SC Gives Nod To CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Board Result Assessment Schemes

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The top court dismissed all challenges to the assessment policies framed by the CBSE and the ICSE to evaluate class 12 students after the cancellation of exams.

"We will uphold the scheme as formulated by boards, which are independent boards and entitled to take decisions regarding exams to he conducted by them."

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions challenging the CBSE and the CICSE's decision to cancel Class 12 board examinations and also approved the assessment schemes proposed by the boards to evaluate students.

A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari said: "We hold that there is no need to interfere with the scheme propounded by the CBSE and the ICSE. It takes into account concerns of all students."