No formula yet on marking Class 10 Maharashtra Board students

Plea in Bombay HC seeks direction to hold the examinations and not mark students without an assessment

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Monday told the Bombay High Court that it was yet to come up with a formula on how to evaluate and mark Class 10 students, whose board examinations were cancelled this year due to the pandemic. A Division Bench of Justices S.J. Kathawall and S.P. Tavade was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by Dhananjay Kulkarni challenging the Secondary School Certificate’s (SSC) decision to cancel the board examinations for Class 10. The PIL sought for a direction from the court to hold the examinations and not mark students without an assessment. On April 20, State Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad released a statement that said, “With rising infections in the State and the country, and after national and international boards declared a cancellation of Class 10 exams, we have decided to cancel them. Students will be marked on the basis of their internal assessment.”