CBSE: Class 12 students can seek re-evaluation

In a major relief to students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday told the Delhi high court that if any student who wrote the Class 12 exams felt that his or her answersheets were not correctly evaluated, he or she can now approach the board under its verification scheme.

The submission was made by the CBSE before a vacation bench of Justices Manmohan and Yogesh Khanna, who accepted the board’s submission and asked the students to approach the authority. The bench disposed of the petitions after the submission.

Additional solicitor general Sanjay Jain submitted in the court that if any of the students felt that their answersheets were not correctly evaluated as per the marking scheme, they could approach the CBSE.

“Within the limit of our verification scheme we will look into the students grievances,” the ASG, who was representing the CBSE, submitted.

The ASG added that though the CBSE has done away with re-evaluation, under the verification policy the students marking issues will be looked into.

The law officer also told the court that no undertaking would be taken from students that the “photocopy of an evaluated answer book shall not be challenged by any examinee in the court of law or make any claim on this account in any forum”.

He said that the marking schemes of the CBSE for respective subjects would be uploaded on its website soon.

The ASG told the court that outcome of the verification will be communicated to the students on first-come-first-serve basis.

The ASG’s submission came during hearing of petitions by students, who gave the board exams this year, against the CBSE’s decision to scrap its reevaluation policy.