New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the cancellation of Class 12 board examination.
The plea was filed by Advocate Mamta Sharma who said that she was approached by some class 12 students with their concerns regarding exams during the pandemic and therefore she filed a plea on their behalf.
"Conducting Class 12 board examination is not possible because of surging Covid-19 cases. Even online or offline examinations not feasible because of the unprecedented pandemic. Delay in the declaration of Class 12 results will hamper students taking admission in foreign universities”, the petition said.
"CBSE and CISCE must devise an object methodology to declare the results within the specified time otherwise it will affect around 12 lakh students,” it added.
The plea also contended that for the innocent students of class XII, "step-motherly arbitrary, inhuman direction" have been issued to postpone their final examination for an unspecified duration instead of following the directions propounded and accepted by them last year.
Due to the surge in Covid cases in the country, the CBSE exams for Class 12 which were slated to be held between May 4 to June 14 had been postponed.
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