In a major relief to students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said it will not move the Supreme Court to challenge the Delhi High Court instructions stating evaluation for class 10 and 12 board exams this year should be done as per the grace marks policy.
With an aim to check high cut-offs in colleges, the CBSE had scrapped the moderation policy under which grace marks are given to the students in exams for difficult questions.
Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar, who presided over the meeting, said proper marks should be given based on credit and added schools should not work on giving the highest marks but the correct marks.
"It was decided that proper marks should be given on credit and schools should not work on giving highest marks but the right marks. Grace marks is a suggestion. It is a good consensus. Let us see how it works. Marks should be exact and fair marks should not be raised because there is competition," he said.
In a reply to plea filed by parents and some students, the Delhi High Court earlier instructed the board to follow its 'moderation policy'.
Under the moderation policy, students are awarded up to 15 per cent extra marks in certain papers if the questions are deemed to be difficult.
