SC stays board exams for Classes 5,8,9 and 11 in Karnataka; orders results to be kept in abeyance
The HinduThe Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Karnataka High Court order of March 22 which allowed board examinations to be conducted for Classes 5, 8, 9 and 11 in schools affiliated with the State Board. It said the State’s push for board examinations and even the March 22 order of the High Court were not in tune with the Right to Education Act. The court is hearing petitions filed by the Registered Unaided Private Schools Management Association and the Organisation for Unaided Recognised Schools challenging the validity of the State notifications insisting on board examinations. Putting on hold an interim order of a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court permitting the State to hold the board examinations, the Supreme Court had then observed that the High Court Division Bench ought not to have allowed the conduct of board examination through an interim order.