AP SSC, Inter exams 2021 Live Updates: 10th, 12th Exams Cancelled, results to be based on internal assessment

AP SSC, Inter exams 2021 cancelled.

AP Inter exams 2021 Live Updates: The AP SSC, AP Inter exams 2021 have been cancelled following pressure from Supreme Court. The state board will be declaring the results based on internal assessment by July 31, as directed by the SC.

On June 24, the Supreme court had adjourned the hearing of the plea challenging the decision of Andhra Pradesh to conduct AP Inter exams 2021 to June 25. The SC had told the state government during a hearing on June 24 that it is not convinced with the precautionary measures announced to conduct AP Class 10, 12 exams, further adding that they will not allow the state to conduct the exams until it is completely satisfied with the mechanism.

Earlier, SC also said that it will hold the state government responsible for even a single fatality if the AP SSC, Inter examinations 2021 are conducted amid COVID-19, adding that it may also look into the aspect of compensation in case of a fatality like in many other states where Rs 1 crore is given for the death due to COVID-19. The state government has been firm on its stand to conduct the AP Class 10, 12 examinations in the last week of July, if the situation is conducive.

 A special bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari posed tough questions to the Andhra Pradesh government on its decision to hold AP Class 12 board examinations, asked the standing counsel for the state Mahfooz A Nazki to present an affidavit by tomorrow. Nazki said the major problem was that in AP Class 10, students are given only grades and there is no mechanism to evaluate the students, hence, they want to conduct the Class 12 examinations. 

Highlights from June 24

• AP SSC, Inter exams 2021 have been cancelled
• During the hearing, the top court also raised specific concerns over accommodating 5,19,510 students in classrooms for the AP Class 12 exams and said the state government says that a maximum of 15 to 18 students will be in one class. “If we go by your figure then for 15 students per class, you will need 34,644 rooms and if we take 18 students per class then you will need 28,862 rooms. Tell us from where you get all these rooms,” the bench said. It told Nazki, “Don't hold examinations for the sake of examination. It is not only 5 lakh students giving the examination, more than a lakh people will be involved in the process including 34,000 supervisors for each room. You have to think about their health and safety also”. The bench said the state should keep in mind the impact of the second COVID wave, how fast it unfolded and how it will cope if it is hit by the third wave.
• “We understand your difficulty that converting grades to marks or evaluating the students will be a problem. But every problem has ten solutions. You talk about experts. You can talk to UGC, CBSE, CISCE or other States and experts and devise a formula. Many states had problems but they have decided to cancel the examinations,” the bench said. The apex court also raised its concern that Andhra Pradesh has not mentioned a timeline for the exams or results and asked the state to specify it to avoid any uncertainty in the minds of students.

• “You cannot keep things uncertain. If you want to hold the examination we want a concrete plan by tomorrow. We want to know what your COVID protocol management is and how you are going to implement it. You must know that the first and second COVID are different and as per experts the third wave will also be different. Alerts have been sounded in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala for Delta variant,” the bench said.

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