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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday rapped the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for its \u201canti-student attitude\u201d, saying it was \u201ctreating students as enemies\u201d by dragging them all the way to the Supreme Court in certain matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan made the observation while hearing a plea moved by the Board challenging a single judge order, which said the CBSE\u2019s reassessment scheme for students whose board exams got cancelled due to Covid-19 would apply to improvement candidates also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t like this anti-student attitude of the CBSE. You are dragging students all the way to the Supreme Court. Should they be studying or going to court? We should start imposing costs on the CBSE.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey are treating students as enemies,\u201d the bench added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bench further said that if the scheme applies to all improvement students, \u201cwhat is the harm in it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The single-judge had held on August 14 that the scheme approved by the Supreme Court for assessing students due to cancellation of the CBSE exams in light of Covid will also apply to students, who appeared for improvement examinations as they are equal victims of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is no earthshaking emergency for you to come to court now all guns blazing,\u201d the bench said, adding that the CBSE should have gone to the apex court for a clarification, instead of dragging students to court.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The single judge had said that like regular students, those who appeared for improvement exams would also be entitled to avail the scores as per the assessment scheme or appear for the optional exam held by the CBSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The August 14 order had come on a plea by a student who appeared in the CBSE class 12 exams held in February-March last year and secured 95.25 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thereafter, to improve his score, he dropped one year and decided to reappear in Accountancy, English Core, Economics and Business Studies for an improvement examination this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While other exams were held as per schedule, the Business Studies exam was cancelled due to the lockdown.<\/p>\n