The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday made it clear that it had introduced the school-based exam in Class X for students who don't want to change the board. However, it also clarified that both school and board-based exams are equivalent and should be treated at par by other boards. It also said that in the long term it plans to do away with board-based exam.
With these contrasting statements, CBSE thus maintained its ambiguity that has caused the bitter dispute with Maharashtra state board. The Maharashtra board has barred entry of students opting for school-based exam into state-run junior colleges. The CBSE ambiguity invited the wrath of parents from all over the state and many of them approached the judiciary at Bombay and Nagpur to get justice.
The Delhi-based board's assertion came through an affidavit filed in the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court by its assistant secretary (legal) S Dharini Arun. A division bench comprising justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Pramod Kode then adjourned the plea till Monday after the petitioner's counsel Nitin Lalwani sought time to reply.
The CBSE's reply came while hearing a plea by Aggrieved Parents' Forum (APF), which had challenged state's decision to prohibit CBSE school-assessment students from getting admission. The petitioners have made state education department, deputy director of education in Nagpur, and Centre Point School as respondents, besides the state and CBSE.
The CBSE further informed that it had introduced school-assessment pattern with internal evaluation last year to de-stress students. Accordingly, it introduced Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation ( CCE) in its affiliated schools from October 2009 while it decided to progressively implement the scheme all over the country.
Even while evaluation was to be done internally by school teachers, control over the entire process of school-based exam has been retained by CBSE. The board sets the question papers, provides marking scheme for evaluation, appoints moderators for checking papers and also introduced a mentoring system in schools.
The CBSE categorically stated that internal evaluation did not undermine the legitimacy, standardization and authenticity of school-based examination. Moreover, the results of both exams were declared simultaneously and even the marklists are the same.
Taking a dig at the state, CBSE strongly argued that no other board in the country has denied admission to students who opted for school-based exam. It further contended that CBSE Class X exam is valid, legal and duly recognized by the Maharashtra government.
The affidavit further said that CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi had met state principal secretary and chief protocol officer of General Administration Department (GAD) on July 5, where it was agreed that CBSE school-based exam students would be allowed to apply for Class XI admission in state junior colleges.
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