S. Vishnu Sharma
10th 12th CBSE Exams, the results for the cancelled exams of 10th and 12th standards of CBSE will be declared on 15 July.
According to sources, the results for 10th 12th CBSE Exams of this year will be made public by 15 July so as to enable students to apply for admissions in higher education in India and abroad.
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was supposed to hold exams for pending subjects from 1 to 15 of July.
However, they were recently cancelled amidst a raising voice favouring exam cancellations. 10th 12th CBSE Exams this year began as per the schedule in the month of February.
Over 30 lakh students appeared for 10th 12th CBSE Exams that were to happen between 15 February to 30 March this year.
10th 12th CBSE Exams 2020
However, fate had different things in store for students who appeared for 10th 12th CBSE Exams this year. First hinderance dropped in form of CAA protests.
The obstruction arrived for the second time this year in form of corona virus outbreak.
Ever since the cancellation of 10th 12th CBSE Exams for second time, many students were looking eagerly towards writing these exams with equal amount of worry for their future.
Those seeking cancellation of exams were also no less in number. These are those who felt the atmosphere was not apt to conduct 10th 12th CBSE Exams as the corona virus is yet to subside.
While these two goups were voicing their concerns, CBSE came with an announcement that 10th 12th CBSE Exams will be conducted only for those subjects which are essential for students to move to higher education.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced at a webinar that pending 10th 12th CBSE Exams will be held from 1 to 15 July.
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The dates for conducting NEET UG 2020 and JEE Mains 2020 were also announced. It is interesting to note that while efforts were being made to conduct exams, voice to cancel them was also growing up.
A petition was also filed in the Supreme Court against the decision to conduct 10th 12th CBSE Exams in July. The plea opined that the number of cases of COVID-19 were on increase and it puts the life of students and their parents at risk.
CBSE soon informed that the pending 10th 12th CBSE Exams will be cancelled. A notification released by CBSE in this regard says, students who have completed all their examinations for classes 10 and 12 will get marks on basis of their performance in the exams.
Students who have appeared in more than three subjects, the average marks obtained in the best three subjects will be awarded in the subjects whose examinations have not been conducted.
For students who have appeared in the examinations in only three subjects, average marks obtained in the best two performing subjects will be awarded in the subjects whose examinations have not been conducted.
The notification further says, students of class 12, mainly from Delhi who have appeared in the examinations in only 1 or 2 subjects. Their results will be declared based on performance in the appeared subjects and performance in internal practical/project assessment.
These students will also be allowed to appear in the optional examinations conducted by CBSE to improve their performance, if they desire to do so. The result of these students will also be declared along with other students.
About CBSE
A trail of developments mark the significant changes that took place over the years in shaping up the Board to its present status.
U P Board of High School and Intermediate Education was the first Board set up in 1921. It has under its jurisdiction Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior.
In response to the representation made by the Government of United Provinces, the then Government of India suggested to set up a joint Board in 1929 for all the areas which was named as the ‘Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana’.
This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central India and Gwalior. The Board witnessed rapid growth and expansion at the level of Secondary education resulting in improved quality and standard of education in institutions.
But with the advent of State Universities and State Boards in various parts of the country the jurisdiction of the Board was confined only to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh later.
As a result of this, in 1952, the constitution of the Board was amended wherein its jurisdiction was extended to part-C and Part-D territories and the Board was given its present name ‘Central Board of Secondary Education’.
It was in the year 1962 finally that the Board was reconstituted. The main objectives were to serve the educational institutions more effectively, to be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government and had frequently transferable jobs.
The jurisdiction of the Board is extensive and stretches beyond the national geographical boundaries.
As a result of the reconstitution, the erstwhile ‘Delhi Board of Secondary Education’ was merged with the Central Board and thus all the educational institutions recognized by the Delhi Board also became a part of the Central Board.
Subsequently, all the schools located in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Andaman and Nicobar Island, Arunachal Pradesh, the state of Sikkim, and now Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh have also got affiliation with the Board.
From 309 schools in 1962, the Board as on 01-05-2019 has 21271 schools in India and 228 schools in 25 foreign countries.
There are 1138 Kendriya Vidyalayas, 3011 Government/Aided Schools, 16741 Independent Schools, 595 Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalayas and 14 Central Tibetan Schools.