CBSE submits class 12 assessment formula in Supreme Court, results to be declared by July 31

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday submitted the assessment system for class 12 students in the Supreme Court and said the results will be declared by July 31.

CBSE:

Attorney general K K Venugopal placed the scheme for CBSE which said performance of students in class 10, 11 and 12 examinations will be considered.

"For evaluating a student, his marks in best of three papers for class 10 would be given 30% weightage, for class 11 weightage of 30% and for class 12 the weightage is 40%."

"For class X and XI the marks in best of three from five papers in term examinations will be considered. For Class XII the marks obtained in unit, term and practical's will be taken in unit term and practical's will be taken into account." the Venugopal said.

The Result committee will be there for each of the schools to rule out advantages to students in some schools, which traditionally give high marks to students. The final result will be announced by July 31.

The second option suggested by CBSE also including holding class 12 board exams in a "controlled environment" to this the Supreme Court had said that there is "no rolling back" of the decision to cancel the exams. This, however, can be given as an option to students who wish to appear for exams, asked AG. The final decision on this can be expected in the next hearing.

The government had cancelled Class 12th board examinations on June 1 due to the surge in Covid Cases.

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