CBSE RESULTS LIKELY TODAY OR TOMORROW, SAYS OFFICIAL

The CBSE Class 12 examination results are likely to be announced by Saturday evening, sources in the country’s largest education board said.

The Central Board of Secondary Education, which sets the curriculum and organises school-clearing examinations for millions of children across the country, has decided to continue with its five-point moderation policy for this year.

“Results will be declared in light of the High Court’s directions and keeping our declared five-point moderation policy in mind. There will be strictly no spiking of marks and the decision taken in the April meeting will also be followed,” a CBSE source said.

If not Saturday, the official added, result will certainly be declared by Sunday.

On Thursday, Union human resources development minister Prakash Javadekar assured Class 12 students that the result will be declared on time.

His comments came in the wake of a Delhi High Court order asking CBSE to continue for this year its moderation policy that it had decided to drop in an April meeting.

The moderation policy refers to a practice in which students are given extra marks in subjects regarded unusually difficult, or when there have been differences in the sets of question papers.

But such extra marks were often doled out in excess, leading to overall scores being spiked and triggering high cut-offs in universities for freshers.

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