The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions challenging CBSE and ICSE decisions to cancel the examinations and approved the assessment scheme propounded by the boards to evaluate students .
The Supreme Court was hearing petitions seeking cancellation of physical examinations of class 12 held by various state boards,Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) class 12 private, compartment exams , HSC and NIOS exams.
A joint petition was filed by 1,152 students seeking direction to the CBSE for cancellation of the board’s class 12 private compartment examination and demanded parity with regular students.
The center on Tuesday said to the Supreme Court that there cannot be one uniform assessment policy for all boards including CBSE, ICSE and 32 state boards as all boards are autonomous and empowered to formulate their scheme.
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