Will give decision on CBSE Board exams 2021 in 2 days: Center to Supreme Court

May 31, 2021

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Whether or not there will be CBSE and ICSE board exams in 2021, it can be decided in 2 days. The central government will present its plan on this in the Supreme Court on Thursday. On this issue, a bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari held a virtual hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday. Meanwhile, Attorney General of India KK Venugopal said that the Central Government will decide in 2 days whether the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council of Indian School Certificate Examinations will conduct class 12th board examination or not. The next hearing on the matter will be held on May 3.

Giving an extension of 2 days to the plea of the Center, the Supreme Court said that you are given time to take a decision. Whatever decision you take, you will have to give strong arguments behind it.

Decision can be taken in the meeting of education minister

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is scheduled to meet with CBSE on 1 June. It is expected that a decision can be taken in this meeting. Earlier in the meeting, CBSE had kept 2 options for the exam. Some media reports have claimed that there will be a 12th examination. Its dates and format are not yet decided. At the same time, the decision to conduct class 12th exams in the state has been left to their respective boards.

300 students wrote letters to CJI

Earlier on 25 May, 300 students of CBSE 12th class wrote a letter to Chief Justice NV Ramana. In their letter petition, these students had demanded the cancellation of CBSE’s decision to conduct physical exam amidst Corona outbreak. The students also appealed to the Supreme Court to direct the government to decide an alternative method of assessment.