The Delhi High court on Monday, May 22 has labelled Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) decision to scrap grace marks as ‘unfair and irresponsible’ and has asked the board why it cannot be implemented from next year.
Rakesh kumar, a parent. and advocate Ashish Verma has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying that the policy was changed through a notification after the exams were over. The bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Pratibha M singh said if the policy is implemented this year it ‘would have a drastic effect on the students'.
The bench asked CBSE to convey it by May 23, when the PIL would be taken up in the court which has conveyed that the policy should not be eliminated this year by some states, as it would affect students of Class 12 who have applied for admissions abroad.
The plea appeased that states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Chhattisgarh, have decided to implement the change in policy from next year and the students from these states will perform better and would be highly benefitted in getting admissions across the country.
If the policy is implemented this year, CBSE students will end up scoring lesser marks compared to other state boards and admissions in Delhi University would be a tedious task for them. The PIL advocates putting a hold on the ‘moderation policy’ until next year to establish a consensus among the state boards at the national level.
Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain told the high court that board had requested Delhi University to grant some relaxation in admission to the CBSE students, which has been denied.
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