DELHI HC ASKS CBSE TO EXPLAIN SCRAPPING OF REEVALUATION

The Delhi High Court directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday to place before the court the decision of its governing body and examination panel to scrap the re-evaluation policy.

The high court also asked the board to bring its marking schemes for different subjects of Class 12.

The high court order came after hearing petitions by students, who recently gave Class 12 examinations from New Delhi and the one from Saudi Arabia, challenging the scrapping of re-evaluation.

During the hearing, the court referred to a news item claiming that the Central Board of Secondary Education made mistakes in the totalling of marks which was corrected after verification.

According to the news report, some students who had sought verification of their board exam marks saw a substantial increase of 35-45 marks in their scores.

“When there are so many errors in totalling, then how many would there be in evaluation,” the bench remarked as it listed all the pleas by the students for further hearing on June 21.

The students have also sought parity with 150 Odisha students whose answer sheets have been ordered by the Orissa HC be re-evaluated.

However, the CBSE told the Delhi high court that it is seeking review of the Orissa high court order and has not yet declared the re-evaluated results of the state.

SOME STUDENTS WHO HAD SOUGHT VERIFICATION OF THEIR CLASS 12 BOARD EXAM MARKS SAW AN INCREASE OF 3545 MARKS, ACCORDING TO A NEWS REPORT