Delhi High Court slams CBSE for ‘anti-student attitude’
CBSE reassessment scheme: Delhi High Court on Monday slammed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for its “anti-student attitude” as it said that it was “treating students as enemies” as it dragged them all the way to the Supreme Court in certain issues.
Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan was hearing a plea moved by the Board challenging a single judge order, which stated that the CBSE’s reassessment scheme would not apply to those students whose board exams got cancelled in the wake of COVID-19 but on improvement candidates as well.
“We don’t like this anti-student attitude by CBSE. You are dragging students all the way to the Supreme Court. Should they be studying or going to court? We should start imposing costs on the CBSE," it observed.
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“CBSE is treating students as enemies,” the bench stated even as it said that if the scheme applies to all improvement students, “what is the harm in it?”
Adding, it said that the CBSE should have gone to the top court for clarification, instead of dragging students to the court.
The August 14 order came on a plea by a student who appeared in the CBSE class 12 exams which were conducted in February-March last year and secured 95.25 percent.
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To improve his score, he dropped a year and decided to reappear for Accountancy, English Core, Economics, and Business Studies exams for an improvement examination 2020.
Other exams were conducted as per schedule, but the Business Studies exam, which was scheduled to be held for March 24, was cancelled due to the lockdown induced by COVID-19.
Likewise, the student sought his result for the improvement examinations, ought to be declared and in respect of the cancelled exam of Business Studies, he should be treated at par with the regular students for whom an assessment scheme was approved by the Supreme court.
Thereafter, the high court directed the CBSE to issue a corrected mark sheet to the student.
-PTC News
