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Supreme Court allows CBSE to cancel pending Class 10, 12 board exams

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (June 27) accepted the draft notification issued by the CBSE to cancel the remaining Class 10 and Class 12 board examination that could not be held due to the coronavirus pandemic. It also approved the board's scheme to award marks to students for the cancelled papers, based on their performance in previous exams held before the COVID-19 situation worsened.

The Central Board of Secondary Education filed an affidavit in the top court detailing the assessment scheme. According to the notification, for students who have appeared in the examinations in more than three subjects, the average of the marks obtained in the best three performing subjects will be awarded in the subjects whose examinations have not been conducted.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre in the matter, also said, "For students who have appeared in the examinations in only threee subjects, the average of the marks obtained in the best two performing subjects will be awarded in the subjects whose examinations have not been conducted."