The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has devised an assessment criteria for overseas private students of Class 12 in Gulf countries to prevent them from being disadvantaged in their academic pursuits due to the cancellation of examinations.
The policy, announced on June 21, uses a 'weighted average' of the student's performance in Class 10 and their last attempted Class 12 examination.
The CBSE notification, tabled before the Supreme Court, calculates the marks based on 40% of theory marks scored in Class 10 and 60% of theory marks scored in Class 12.
For students who did not pass Class 10 from CBSE, the performance will be calculated based on the result of the Board from which Class 10 was taken.
The policy allows private candidates to take part in a fresh set of examinations in the subjects whose examinations could not be conducted, but the marks obtained in these examinations will be final.
The CBSE took time to formulate this policy as private candidates do not have a school to supply internal assessment records.
The Supreme Court bench closed the petition after taking the policy on record, as the petitioner's marks had already been calculated and communicated to him.
