CBSE May Stick to Moderation Policy if State Boards Disagree

The CBSE or Central Board of Secondary Education might not scrap the moderation policy if the state boards do not reach a consensus on the issue. According to the state boards, students may have to suffer while applying for UG admissions if there is no moderation policy. The Governing Body meeting of CBSE took place on June 28, 2017. Concerns had been raised over the consensus among the state boards. One of the senior officials revealed that they want to scrap inflation of marks to maintain pass parity. However, scrapping the moderation policy without consensus from state boards will put CBSE students in a disadvantageous position.

Also read; - Delhi HC Decision on Moderation Policy

According to a clause of CBSE, boards can give extra marks to students without reflecting the actual performance of the students to maintain near parity of pass percentage. However, CBSE wanted to scrap this clause after which all the state board came to a consensus on April 24, 2017. Later, due to Delhi HC order to rollback the decision of scrapping moderation policy, CBSE is in a dilemma while deciding whether to continue with moderation policy or not.

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On April 24, 2017, the decision to scrap the moderation policy was taken by a panel, i.e., Inter Board Working Group headed by the Chairman of CBSE. Members from various state boards took part in the meeting. Now, the panel is likely to meet again in July 2017 to address various issues that arose from the decisions taken in April 24 meeting.

Earlier, CBSE decided to challenge the order of Delhi High Court in Supreme Court. It had to roll back its decision as it would have delayed the declaration of Class 12 results.