Karnataka’s announcement comes after education department highlighted that shortage of teachers is affecting students’ academic growth; Allocation of Rs 85.20 crore has been approved for 2026-27
CBSE Class 10 Second Exam: Score improvement outpaced compartment entries; Science and Maths saw the highest reappearance
Senior advocate Rohatgi sought urgent listing, arguing CBSE's new rule imposes an abrupt academic burden on secondary school students.
"The audit found that while most schools already had rainwater harvesting systems in place, many had remained non-functional for years or had not been maintained properly," Delhi CM Rekha Gupta said.
The decline in the Class 12 pass percentage has been linked by several observers to the introduction of the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, tougher question papers, Brittas said.

Students continue to report payment failures, inaccessible pages, delayed status updates, and issues related to OSM.
Karnataka board releases 2nd PUC exam 2 results 2026 at karresults.nic.in; students can check scores using registration number
Questions and concerns were raised over whether private unaided schools would also come under the newly introduced SMC guidelines.