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The Supreme Court said it will direct CBSE to implement nationwide an Orissa High Court ruling requiring APAAR consent forms to include a clear option for parents to refuse consent

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will direct the CBSE to implement a direction of the Orissa High Court to amend the model consent form for the generation of Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry IDs to provide parents with the option to refuse consent or opt out of the scheme. Under the Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) scheme, launched by the Ministry of Education under the New Education Policy, 2020, a unique, lifelong 12-digit student ID is generated. It acts as a digital passport for all educational records, securely storing marksheets, degrees and co-curricular achievements in one place. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing a plea filed by the parents of four students challenging the validity of the APAAR ID scheme for students on the ground that it compelled them to obtain Aadhaar IDs. The top court said that since the Centre has not challenged the high court's December

Nearly 60% of students who took the improvement exam raised their scores, while the compartment pass rate improved to 52.4% under CBSE's new two-exam system

The Supreme Court on Thursday voiced concern over the introduction of a third language in Class 9 under the CBSE curriculum, observing it would increase the stress level of students and suggesting it be introduced in Class 5 or Class 6 so that students can cope with it. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan orally asked the Centre to not introduce a third language in Class 9 level. "Union of India please don't have a third language from Class 9 level. It would unnecessarily increase the stress level of students. If you want to introduce a new language, then please do it at Class 5 or Class 6 level but not at Class 9 level. Class nine is full of stress, it starts from Class 8 onwards," Justice Nagarathna told the counsel, appearing for the Centre, and asked her to convey the feeling of the court to the government. The remarks were made during the hearing of the Tamil Nadu government's plea against a Madras High Court directive to facilitate the establishment of Jawahar ..

Expressing concern over students' "frustration" in CBSE's digital marking system, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the assistance of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in hearing a PIL which sought directions to the Centre and the CBSE to frame regulations to conduct exams through on-screen marking (OSM) system. The CBSE's OSM evaluation system is a digital grading method where teachers assess scanned copies of physical answer sheets on a computer instead of checking physical paper scripts. "Look at the amount of frustration of young children," a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said and sought the assistance of the solicitor general in dealing with the case. The bench, also comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, said there appear to be systemic "creeping problems" in the digital evaluation process. "We are seeking your assistance, not in an adversarial way. There are some problems," Justice Bagchi told the solicitor general and sought a status report i

The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and CBSE on a plea challenging the evaluation formula adopted after Class XII Board examinations were cancelled in Gulf countries

Goyal called for greater focus on Japanese, German and French, citing demand for language-skilled professionals in Japan. His remarks come as CBSE rolls out the three-language framework

The CBSE on Monday issued fresh guidelines for the implementation of its three-language policy, granting exemption to the current batch of Class 10 students from studying three languages. As a one-time relaxation to Class 9 students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) clarified that the current batch will have to study three languages, but they can study two foreign languages and one Indian language. The developments come more than a month after the CBSE announced that studying three languages, including at least two native Indian languages, has been made compulsory for Class 9 students beginning July 1. Several students and parents had approached the court against the CBSE order. "The current batch of Class 10 will not have to follow the three language policy. The current batches of Classes 7-9 will not be required to give board exams in third language when they progress to Class 10," CBSE Academics Director Praggya M Singh said. "As a one-time relaxation, students w

CBSE will clarify that students already studying two foreign languages can continue until Class 10, with the revised three-language policy applying prospectively

The board has started releasing revised Class XII results through DigiLocker, with outcomes for most re-evaluation and verification applications now available to students

Coempt Edu Teck denied software and security failures in CBSE's digital evaluation system, attributing reported answer-sheet discrepancies to scanning errors

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass any interim order on a plea challenging the implementation of a CBSE policy mandating the study of three languages, including two native Indian languages, for Class 9 students from the 2026-27 academic session. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana tagged the plea filed by NGO Friends of People for Active Democracy with similar petitions pending on the issue. "We cannot pass a single-line order today. This matter was argued at length. There is no question of interim protection," the bench said as it ordered the tagging of the matter. During the brief hearing, the counsel appearing for the NGO submitted that they are not challenging the three-language policy per se but just the implementation part of it. CJI Kant then questioned the NGO's name, Friends Of People For Active Democracy, and asked in a lighter vein if that kind of nomenclature was meant to create fear in the mind of the court or the people. The counsel ..

CBSE’s newly introduced On-Screen Marking (OSM) system has sparked controversy after Class 12 results prompted student concerns over discrepancies and transparency in evaluation.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to disclose "point-wise categorical" information permissible under the RTI Act related to expenditure on exams and details of answer books, including the tendering and procurement process, for Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations. After setting aside the CBSE's earlier denial of information under the RTI, the transparency panel asked it to furnish revised replies and said that the information exempt from disclosure may be redacted or masked under Section 10 of the RTI Act, while any denial under Section 8(1)(d) should be properly justified. The case arose from an RTI application seeking details of answer books used in Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 sessions, including paper quality, number of pages, size, purchase cost, total expenditure, GST payments and details of the tender process for procurement of answer sheets. In its response, the

The board is continuing to use Coempt's on-screen marking platform for re-evaluation while keeping examination data and records under its own control

Delhi High Court's scrutiny of CBSE's on-screen marking system raises questions about exam transparency, digital infrastructure and resource allocation amid record student volumes

Board says its post-result services portal remained fully functional under continuous monitoring, even as students reported access issues and technical glitches

The Supreme Court and Delhi High Court examined separate matters involving a withheld Class XII result and concerns over CBSE's On-Screen Marking system

This comes after the CBSE's re-evaluation portal was targeted by a large-scale cyberattack on June 3 in an apparent attempt to disrupt the ongoing verification and re-evaluation process

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Sunday his agitation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will not stop until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns. Dipke also said their protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday was largely successful, with around 7,000 people participating in it, and added that the movement would now expand nationwide. The CJP founder reached his residence in the MIDC Waluj area in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district on Sunday morning and was welcomed by his family members. Later, speaking to reporters, Dipke said the agitation undertaken by the Cockroach Janata Party will not stop until Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns. ''The protest we staged (at Jantar Mantar) was successful, as 6,000 to 7,000 people attended it. This agitation will go nationwide. We won't step back till Dharmendra Pradhan resigns,'' he asserted. "We will roll out a further action pla