The matter regarding the Maharashtra board exam 2021 for Classes 10 and 12 has been in Bombay High Court for a while now due to controversy regarding the government’s call to cancel the Maha Class 10 board exams and go ahead with the Class 12 board exam. It has been adjourned for hearing till Thursday.
The court has been hearing a PIL filed by a professor, Dhananjay Kulkarni, challenging the April 19 decision of the state government to cancel Class 10 board exams this year.
The Maharashtra government has filed an additional affidavit explaining the cancellation of the Class 10 board exams and the postponement of the Class 12 board exams, saying that the situation was not conducive now.
Class 10 and Class 12 board exams cannot be compared: Maha govt
On Monday’s hearing at the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government said the that Class 10 or SSC board exams and the Class 12 or HSC board exams couldn’t be compared.
The government said that the Class 12 board exam was a bigger milestone for students as their careers depended on it.
Earlier, on May 20, the Bombay High Court came down heavily on the state government saying that it was making a mockery out of the education system. The court wanted to know why Class 10 board exams were cancelled when Class 12 exams hadn’t been cancelled yet.
The affidavit from the state government said that students in Class 12 are “more matured, independent, socially aware and bodily and mentally fit” than those in Class 10. It also noted that conducting the SSC exams would have been a “mammoth exercise”.
The government also noted that though the Covid-19 cases were gradually decreasing, the situation was not in full control.
It added that the third wave of Covid-19 is likely to affect children between 12 and 18 years of age, as per experts.
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Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/maha-board-exam-2021-to-be-cancelled-or-not-bombay-high-court-adjourns-matter-till-thursday-1809578-2021-06-01
