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The CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2021 results will be declared by July 31, the board told the Supreme Court.
Updated : Jun 18, 2021, 09:23 AM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar
In a big development, the Supreme Court has approved the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) and ICSE's formula to calculate the final marks of Class 12 students whose Board exams were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBSE, on Thursday (June 17), told the Supreme Court that the CBSE Class 12 Board Exams Results, 2021 will be assessed based on two components - theory and practical. The CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2021 results will be declared by July 31, the board told the Supreme Court.
The CBSE, in an affidavit, informed a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar and comprising Justice Dinesh Maheshwari that the performance of the students in Class 11 and Class 10 exams will also be factored in while making the assessments for Class 12 students.
The CBSE said for Class 12, marks based on unit test/mid-term/pre-board exam will have 40 percent weightage; Class 11, marks based on the theory component of the final exam will have 30 percent weightage; and Class 10 marks based on average theory component of the best three performing subjects out of the main 5 subjects will have 30 percent weightage.
According to the policy, a result committee under the principal of the school will be formed in each school comprising of two senior-most PGT from the same school and two PGT from the neighbouring schools. The committee has been given the liberty to prepare the result by following the policy.
Elaborating on the criteria for the Class 12 assessment, the CBSE said, "The computation of theory marks for Class 12 will be based on performance in one or more Unit Test(s)/Mid-Term/Pre-Board(s) theory examination. The result committee of the school may decide the weightage to be given to each exam based on the credibility and reliability of the assessment. For example, if the committee may be of the considered view that only the Pre-Board exams may be taken into consideration, then full weightage can be given to that component. Similarly, another school result committee may decide to give equal weightage to Pre-Board exams and Mid-Term exams."