Class 12 Board Exam 2021 Result Criteria: 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the CBSE will be adopting a 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks of class 12 students based on results of Class 10, 11, and 12 respectively.

A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari was told by Attorney General K K Venugopal that CBSE students who are not satisfied with the evaluation formula will be given an opportunity to take up Class 12 examination when the pandemic situation becomes conducive.

The top court told Venugopal to come up with modalities for dispute resolution mechanism in the CBSE scheme itself so that grievances of students can be taken care of. Venugopal assured the bench that a committee will be constituted for redressal of students' concern if any.

It said that some outer timeline for the declaration of results and proposed Class 12 examination should also be specified. The top court said that it is also rejected arguments of some of the petitioners that there shall be a rollback of the decision to cancel Board exams.

The bench was hearing pleas seeking directions to cancel the Class 12 exams of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) amid the pandemic situation.

CBSE Class 12 Board Exam: Timeline

CBSE Class 12 exams were originally scheduled to begin on May 4. On April 14, CBSE cancelled the Class 10 exams and postponed the Class 12 ones.

On May 23, education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' and several Union ministers, including information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar and women and child development minister Smriti Irani, met to discuss Class 12 board exams. The CBSE presented two options to states -- both were offline, pen-and-paper exams that would require students to go to schools, their own or other centres.

The Union government appeared to favour one of these options and not a cancellation. On June 1, prime minister Narendra Modi again met ministers and education officials and announced that the CBSE Class 12 exams cancelled.

While the policy-makers debated, a section of students had moved the Supreme Court seeking postponement after the meeting of the Union ministers. At the first hearing after PM Modi's announcement, on June 3, the Supreme Court gave CBSE two weeks to frame alternative assessment criteria.

On June 4, the board established a 13-member panel to determine criteria. That is what the CBSE has submitted in the SC today.

(With inputs from PTI)

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