CBSE likely to challenge HC order allowing grace marks

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New Delhi: CBSE board is likely to challenge the Delhi High Court order allowing continuation of its moderation policy of providing students with grace marks which was scrapped last month. The same has led to uncertainty about the announcement of class XII CBSE results. As per sources in the government, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court justifying its decision to scrap the moderation policy. A high-level meeting chaired on Thursday by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, where it was decided that the Board will take legal opinion before deciding on its future course of action. "Legal opinion was sought and it was decided that the board may challenge the order and results will be announced on basis of the decision," a source said. The Delhi High Court had on Wednesday said that doing away of the marks moderation policy this year was unfair to students who had registered for the exam when the policy was still in place. When asked, the HRD Minister said that the CBSE would take a call on the issue. CBSE Chairman R K Chaturvedi, however, maintained that the court order is being "studied" and all attempts are being made not to delay the results. "The court order is being studied in detail and we are trying that the results are not delayed," he said. The sources further said that the moderation has to be viewed at three different levels -- grace marks to help students pass in case he or she is missing out by few marks, difficulty levels in different sets and inflation or spiking of marks which is carried out in the garb of moderation.