From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea to cancel the offline written board exams of Classes X and XII by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and several other state education boards this year.
“Such a plea creates not only false hopes, but it also creates confusion all over to students who are preparing for the exams,” said Justice A M Khanwilkar, presiding over a Bench that also comprised Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar.
“Let the students do their job and let the authorities do their jobs,” the Bench observed.
It was hearing a PIL by Thane-based child activist advocate Anubha Shrivastava Sahai, seeking directions to the CBSE and othe boards to devise other modes of assessment. The CBSE has already decided to hold the two board exams from April 26.
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