Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was slammed by the Delhi High Court for having an “anti-student attitude” by treating the students as enemies for dragging them all the way to the Supreme Court in several matters.
The observation was made by a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan while hearing a plea which stated the CBSE’s reassessment scheme for students whose board exams got canceled due to Covid-19 would apply to improvement candidates also.
We don’t like this anti-student attitude of the CBSE. You are dragging students all the way to the Supreme Court. Should they be studying or going to court? We should start imposing costs on the CBSE. They are treating students as enemies
PTI reports
If the scheme applied to all the improvement students who appeared for the CBSE board exams this year amid the pandemic, then what the harm in it is, asked the bench of Delhi High Court.
Students affected by the pandemic
The single-judge had held on August 14 that the scheme approved by the Supreme Court for assessing students due to cancellation of the CBSE exams in light of Covid-19 will also apply to students, who appeared for improvement examinations as they are equal victims of the pandemic.
The bench said that the Central Board of Secondary Education should have gone to the apex court for clarification, instead of dragging students to court, and added, “There is no earthshaking emergency for you to come to court now all guns blazing.”Just like the regular students, those who appeared for improvement exams would also be entitled to avail the scores as per the assessment scheme or appear for the optional examination whenever it is held by the CBSE, the judge has said.
The August 14 order had come on a plea by a student who appeared in the CBSE Class 12 exams held in February-March last year and secured 95.25 percent.
Thereafter, to improve his score, he dropped one year and decided to reappear in Accountancy, English Core, Economics, and Business Studies for an improvement examination this year.
While other exams were held as per schedule, the Business Studies exam, which was slated for March 24, was canceled due to the lockdown announced on account of Covid-19.
Improvement assessment scheme under CBSE
Sanyam Gupta, the student who filed the plea, sought that his result for the Improvement Examinations ought to be declared and in respect of the canceled paper of Business Studies, he should be treated at par with the regular students.
CBSE was later directed by the high court to issue a corrected mark sheet to the student. After implementing the August 14 order and issuing a corrected mark sheet to Gupta who, thereafter, got admitted in a Delhi University college on the basis of the same, the CBSE has now challenged the single judge’s decision.
“The impugned order has been implemented. The child has taken admission. Why should we upset the applecart now?” the bench said, taking note of the facts and the circumstances.
When the CBSE counsel said that the improvement candidates were getting more chances under the reassessment scheme as compared to regular students, the bench said it should have brought this to the attention of the apex court when the scheme was being approved.
The high court, nevertheless, issued a notice to the student and sought his reply to the CBSE’s plea. “We will put you to an exam now,” the bench said to the CBSE and listed the matter for hearing on February 5, 2021.
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