CBSE students urge SC to take suo motu cognizance of Board’s decision to conduct compartment Exam

Over 800 students from across the country have approached the Apex Court through a letter plea requesting it to take suo motu cognisance of the decision of the CBSE to conduct compartment exams during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Sandeep Saurav, National General Secretary of the All India Students Association, filed the letter petitioner on behalf of 809 students & apprising the CJI SA Bobde & other judges of the top court that decision of Central Board of Secondary Education exposes students, parents, teachers & staff to a lot of risk in view of exponential growth of the virus in the country.

While there is no update on the schedule of the compartment examination, most colleges have given examination deadlines, students stated. They asked the Supreme Court to keep the decision of CBSE to conduct compartment exams in abeyance until the pandemic situation normalises.

After CBSE declared its results, 1,50,198 students from Class X & 87,651 students from Class XII were required to write compartment exams, they further contended, adding that Bihar & Telangana have already cancelled the compartment examinations. 

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