New Delhi : The evaluation for the class 10 and 12 board tests this year shall be done as per the grace marks policy that was in vogue when the students submitted the examination forms, the Delhi High Court ordered on Tuesday.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Pratibha M Singh refused to allow the CBSE to withdraw its moderation policy for the exams held this year, saying “rules cannot be changed after the game has begun”.
Under the moderation policy, grace marks are given to the students in exams for difficult questions or errors in the question paper.
The court said the students who took the exams “ought to have been put to notice” as they have the “right to know” what the CBSE was doing.
“These children, who have worked so hard and have burnt the midnight oil, are entitled to some stability and the only stability they know is the system. Do not instill insecurity in them. Don’t do it (withdrawal of the policy) this year,” the bench said. –PTI
