Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions For Cancellation Of Class XII State Board HSC AND NIOS Physical Examination & Uniform Formula Of Assessment

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions for cancellation of. Physical exams for Class XII of State Boards, HSC and NIOS, and constitution of a Committee to decide to the assessment.

The plea has been filed by Child rights activist Anubha Srivastava and 7 others, on behalf of 47 students from 23 different States and 2 UTS and 3 different countries.

The plea has sought directions to the State Boards as well as UGC regarding cancellation of Class XII exam and a uniform formula of assessment, to meet out the hardships of the Class XII students of State Board, as were passed were passed by the Court last year.

The plea has sought directions to the UGC to constitute a Committee to decide a formula for assessment of Class XII students who want to pursue further studies in non-professional courses. Its been stated that an aptitude test or other form of assessment be conducted for such students.

The plea filed by Advocate Shahsibhushan Adgaonkar has cited Supreme Court's order in case of Amit Bathla & Anr. V. CBSE whereby the court had directed the CBSE & ICE to compute and declare the result of class XII students on the basis of their earlier grading as their main final examination had been postponed and could not be conducted due to unprecedented situation caused by pandemic.

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