In the case of CBSE and ICSE's tenth and twelfth term exams, the Supreme Court has refused to conduct hybrid examination. There will be no change in the exam mode. The exam will be held in offline mode only. The court said that the examinations have started. It would not be appropriate to disturb the examination at this stage. Covid precautionary measures are already being taken by the government. Exam centers have been increased from 6,500 to 15,000. The duration of the exam has been reduced from 3 hours to 1.5 hours. If there is any shortcoming in the COVID measures, it should be addressed immediately. He is confident that the authorities will take utmost care to ensure that the students and staff do not face any untoward situation. During the hearing, the Supreme Court said that do not play with the education system. Officers do their job well. it's too late now. This last minute act should be discouraged. It is not possible to conduct the examination of 34 lakh children in such a chaotic manner.
Actually, some students have filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the offline mode only. Students have also asked for the option of online examination. Six students of class X and XII have filed a petition. It has demanded immediate instructions to conduct the examination in a hybrid manner. CBSE exams have started from 16th November. ICSE exam will start from 22nd November. It has been said in the petition that the risk of infection of Kovid-19 will increase rapidly due to offline examination. This is a violation of the right to health. Obtaining consent without a choice is arbitrary and illegal. Hybrid mode is the need of the hour. Improves social distancing. Reduces the burden on logistic hassles. It has been said in the petition that in December 2021, the examination of major subjects will run for three weeks. This will put you at risk of infection. There are great apprehensions about the effect on subsequent examinations. There are examinations of other subjects in physical mode in November 2021 before the examination of major subjects in December 2021. Many students have reported that consent is being obtained by resorting to misrepresentation and coercion.
The petitioner's lawyer Sanjay Hegde said that 14 lakh children will appear in the examination. This exam is not the final exam. This is a mid term exam, last time this exam was held in hybrid mode, this time also hybrid exam should be conducted. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that a total of 40 lakh students will appear in the examination if only offline examination is conducted, then only 40 students used to sit in a class, this time only 12 students were seated in the examination hall. Will go. Instead of 6 thousand, 15 thousand examination centers have been made. The exam time has been reduced. The petitioner said that 34 lakh children will appear in the examination, in such a situation the situation can be worrying.
