The announcement of CBSE’s Class 12 exam results may be affected as the Union HRD ministry decided on Wednesday to seek legal opinion on a Delhi high court order asking the board to continue with a marking policy that it recently decided to nix.
Sources said the government has sought legal opinion on the issue of moderation, a practice that CBSE decided to do away with from this year.
Moderation refers to manipulation of marks from the total score of students based factors such as difficulty levels in different sets of question papers.
The HC asked CBSE on Tuesday to continue with the policy for this year.
“Legal opinion is being sought on the issue and various options are being explored. Things will become clearer by the end of the day,” said a senior HRD official.
So far, the CBSE has maintained that the Class 12 results will not be delayed. The CBSE will announce its future course of action at around 5pm, a source said.
“All attempts are being made to ensure results are not delayed. But a number of states have already declared results without doing moderation so there is still confusion about the entire issue,” said a source.
