New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday filed an additional affidavit before the Supreme Court in which it said that the result, on the basis of its assessment policy, will be declared by July-end, after which it will provide online facility for registration for the optional examination for those students who are not satisfied with their results. It, however, said the examination will be conducted only in the main subjects and "the marks obtained by a candidate in this examination will be treated as final".The exams will be held any time between August 15 and September 15 , if the condition is conducive, in the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The board added that the examinations for private, patrachar and compartment would be conducted in such a manner so that they will fall within the assessment policy for the academic year 2019-2020.It said policy for tabulation of marks for Class 12 board examination has been formulated by CBSE to ensure standardisation of marks, as marks of Class 11 and 12 component will be awarded at school level and, therefore, they will strictly not be comparable across schools."Therefore, to ensure standardisation, each school will have to internally moderate the marks to account for school level variations by using a reliable reference standard. This is necessary in the interest of fairness and to ensure that the marks allocated are comparable and there is no adverse impact or undue gain for any student," the affidavit said.
