The Allahabad High Court, in a landmark judgment, has held that a student has an inherent fundamental right to change his / her name and to effect necessary changes in the educational records arising out of such change in the name.
Supreme Court of India in Association of Private Schools of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. V. Union of India & Others – while hearing a writ petition filed by the Association of Private Schools of Uttar Pradesh, allayed the apprehension of students and recorded in its order, the schedule for conducting exams for Improvement/Compartment/Private/Patrachar students of Class XII and Class X, as submitted by the respondents Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E.) and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (I.C.S.E.), in the separately filed affidavits.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), through the letter No: CBSC/LOC/202, as a relief measure, has decided to waive off the exam as well as registration fees for those students who have lost both their parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced the Special Scheme of Assessment for Board Examination Classes X and XII for the Session 2021-22 wherein the Board decided to rationalize the syllabus and bifurcate it into two equal terms for conducting the exams.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) in Ateet Bansal vs. CPIO, Central Board of Secondary Education[1], directed the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide information on the funds collected from the registration of NEET Examinations from the last 5 years and on the allocation of such money by the CBSE.
The High Court of Delhi in Riddhima Singh (Minor) through…. v. CBSE and Ors. directed the school to promote the appellant on merits subject to the deposit of fees and charges while commenting that the presence of CBSE as a respondent is not enough to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226.
A Group of Parents have approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court by way of Public Interest Litigation seeking cancellation of the CBSE Class 12th Board Examination to held in July. They have also sought that results of the students be declared on the basis of internal assessment.
18th November 2021, the Supreme Court of India in Abhuyday Chakma & Ors vs Union of India & Ors dismissed the plea of students who had approached the court seeking a hybrid format of CBSE & ICSE class X and XII term examinations. The Court also highlighted the fact that the examinations had already begun and mid-process interference would be inadvertent.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced the “Use of Advanced Data Analysis to Ensure Fairness in CBSE Administered Examination.”