CBSE has told the Supreme Court that full class scorecards cannot be provided to some Class 10 pass out students, who alleged that an Odisha school denied it because it was “concealing its error” in awarding marks. fell.
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) The three-member inquiry committee, in its inquiry report in August last year, had concluded that the school had prepared the result of class X students as per the tabulation policy, the said.
The matter came up for hearing on Friday before a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar, which posted it for hearing after two weeks. The petition, filed by 24 students who have passed class 10th from a school in Odisha, directs the CBSE to review their results based on the evaluation policy of the board dated May 1, 2021 and declare the results afresh after collecting the correct records. has been demanded. from the school.
The petition, filed through advocate Ravi Prakash, asked the apex court against the school for “illegally demanding money and exerting undue pressure to take admission in class 11 in the same school to obtain good marks in class 10”. A request has been made to direct the inquiry. In an affidavit filed by the Controller of Examinations, CBSE has said that the petitioners are not entitled to claim the complete Class 10 attendance sheet for each examination and each subject.
Therefore, I submit that the petitioners are entitled to know from their school their internal assessment marks, highest average in the last three years and the marks awarded to them by the results committee, but that does not mean that they can claim attendance The controller of examination has said in the affidavit that the sheet, result committee report and detailed scorecard of all the students of class X of their school. It further said that the petitioners had written a letter to CBSE in August last year claiming that the school has reduced its marks in class 10 and given very good marks to the poor performing students. The affidavit said that when the issue was published as a news item in a local newspaper in August 2021, the Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) had taken suo motu cognizance and directed the Board to investigate the matter. was instructed to do.
It said a three-member inquiry committee was constituted to conduct the inquiry and submit a report. It said that the investigation report dated August 11, 2021 did not support the said contention of the petitioners and a copy of the investigation report was also sent to the Chairman, OSCPCR.
In the inquiry report, it was concluded that after observing all the activities of the result committee regarding class X 2021 of the said school, the committee was of the opinion that the school has prepared the result tabulation policy of class X students, according to the class. -X 2021 and onwards FAQs issued by CBSE, it said. The affidavit said that the petitioners in their plea have sought directions to provide a reasoned document, attendance sheet of each examination and each subject conducted by the school, report of the result committee and detailed scorecard of all class 10 students , which were to be prepared. Schools with reference to the assessment policy dated May 1, 2021.
In this regard, I submit that the petitioner is not entitled to claim the entire class X attendance sheet for each examination and each subject, adding the petitioner to claim the detailed scorecard prepared by the school for the entire class. is not entitled to. The plea said that CBSE’s class 10 board exams were canceled in April last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the evaluation policy was notified by the board in May 2021. It has said that an exemplary cost may be imposed on the school for causing trauma and harassment to the petitioner students.
It alleged that the marks of students who were denied admission in class 11 in the same school were illegally deducted. “The arbitrary action of the respondent school is a clear violation of Article 14 (equality before the law) read with Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of the Constitution of India.”
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