The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to send a letter to the state government confirming the equivalence of school-based and board exams. Providing further relief to CBSE students who took school-based exams, the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE; the body governing the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, or ICSE) has decided to let them apply for admission to Class XI in ICSE schools.
CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi told TOI: "I will write a letter tonight (Friday) itself to the state government confirming that both exams are equivalent." But a day earlier, he had said he would write such a letter only if the government asked for it.
"My only concern is that students of CBSE should not suffer in any way. I am ready to do the needful to ensure a solution for this problem," Joshi said on Friday. "I have always maintained that both exams are on a par and that is the reason we were issuing similar marksheets."
School education minister Rajendra Darda was not available for comment. An official from the department said the state will wait for the letter and take a decision only after going through it.
The CISCE's decision was taken in its annual general meeting on Friday.
A source from the council said it will issue a notification to all ICSE schools in the country to the effect.
The council's secretary Gerry Arathoon said: "We are a student-friendly board and have taken the decision in their favour. Even the CBSE board has introduced its reforms in the interest of students. But our decision would be applicable only for this year. It will be re-examined for admissions in the future. Also, students would be careful from next year while making their choices."
The council had earlier decided not to allow in its schools CBSE students who wrote school-based exams. Its turnaround will be a shot in the CSBE's arm to seek relief for such students in Maharashtra.
CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi told TOI: "I will write a letter tonight (Friday) itself to the state government confirming that both exams are equivalent." But a day earlier, he had said he would write such a letter only if the government asked for it.
"My only concern is that students of CBSE should not suffer in any way. I am ready to do the needful to ensure a solution for this problem," Joshi said on Friday. "I have always maintained that both exams are on a par and that is the reason we were issuing similar marksheets."
School education minister Rajendra Darda was not available for comment. An official from the department said the state will wait for the letter and take a decision only after going through it.
The CISCE's decision was taken in its annual general meeting on Friday.
A source from the council said it will issue a notification to all ICSE schools in the country to the effect.
The council's secretary Gerry Arathoon said: "We are a student-friendly board and have taken the decision in their favour. Even the CBSE board has introduced its reforms in the interest of students. But our decision would be applicable only for this year. It will be re-examined for admissions in the future. Also, students would be careful from next year while making their choices."
The council had earlier decided not to allow in its schools CBSE students who wrote school-based exams. Its turnaround will be a shot in the CSBE's arm to seek relief for such students in Maharashtra.
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