CBSE to declare Class 12 results over the weekend

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the Class 12 results over the weekend, various news media reports claimed on Friday, citing sources in the CBSE.

“We do not want to delay the results further and therefore we’ll decide the result declaration date today. The Class 12 results are most likely to be released either tomorrow (Saturday) or day after (Sunday),” The Indian Express quoted sources as saying.

The English daily also reported that the CBSE had decided against appealing the Delhi High Court order in the Supreme Court.

The news comes a day after the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar weighed in on the ongoing uncertainty over the announcement of results, which arose after the Delhi High Court order allowing continuation of the Board’s moderation policy on extra marks which was scrapped last month.

“It is natural that students across the country are eagerly awaiting their results. I want to tell them that there is no need to panic as the CBSE will declare the results on time. No one should be worried,” Javadekar had said on Thursday.

Referring to the moderation policy in question, the minister had said that the CBSE was not making any major changes to the current system.

“We are not bringing in any major changes in the current system. I want to assure everyone that no injustice will be done. As far as the court order goes, we are looking into the matter and trying to sort out the issue. There is no need to worry,” Javadekar had said.

In its order on Tuesday, the Delhi High Court had termed as “unfair and irresponsible” the Board's decision to scrap its moderation policy under which grace marks are given to students in exams for difficult questions and had asked why it cannot be implemented from the next year.

With PTI inputs