‘Don’t throttle students’: SC restrains Karnataka from declaring half-yearly exam results for Classes 8 to 10

The decision was taken after the Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Karnataka government for "harassing" students by conducting board exams for different classes.

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Adhering to a Supreme Court directive, the Karnataka Government has decided to not declare results of board examinations of classes 8, 9 and 10 till further orders.

The decision was taken after the Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Karnataka government for “harassing” students by conducting board exams for different classes, and restrained it from declaring results of board examinations of classes 8, 9 and 10 till further orders. “Why are you harassing the students? You are the state. You should not behave like this. Don’t make it an ego issue. If you are really concerned about the welfare of students, then please open good schools. Don’t throttle them,” the bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma told senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the Karnataka government.

Following this, Kamat informed the apex court that the state government has withdrawn a circular for conducting board examinations for students of classes 5, 8, 9 and 10 in the current academic year in seven rural districts of the state.

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Meanwhile, School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Friday made an official announcement about cancelling board examinations for classes 5, 8, 9 and 11, following the apex court’s order in April that the examinations were against the Right to Education Act.

As per the new plan, students of classes 5, 8, and 9 will be assessed through Summative Assessment-2 (SA-2), while class 11 students will face an annual examination, Bangarappa explained.

“Previously, we introduced several examination reforms, such as implementing web streaming for SSLC and II PUC exams. To reduce the fear and anxiety surrounding board exams, we took measures to introduce board exams for classes 5, 8, 9, and 11. The matter is currently under consideration by the Supreme Court, and we will fully comply with whatever final ruling is delivered,” Bangarappa had said last week.