The 12-member committee constituted by CBSE also told the Supreme Court that the Class 12 results will be declared by July 31.

New Delhi: Class 12 results will be announced by July 31 and will factor in students’ performance over three years or from Class 10, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) told the Supreme Court today, announcing its assessment plan after exams were cancelled because of the Covid crisis.

The total marks will be based on the past performance of the school, it said. A “moderation committee” will be set up to check schools that award liberal marks to students to boost their performance, Attorney General KK Venugopal told the court.

“The CBSE Class 12 result committee will comprise two of the senior-most teachers in the school. If necessary, a third expert will be appointed. This will be the “moderation committee”, Mr Venugopal said.

About 40 per cent of the marks will be based on Class 12 pre-board exams, 30 per cent on the Class 11 final exam and 30 per cent marks will be based on best-of-three Class 10 marks, the CBSE told the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari.

Practicals will be for 100 marks and the students will be assessed based on marks submitted by the schools, a 12-member committee constituted by CBSE told the court.

“If a student is unable to meet the qualifying criteria – now spread across three years of study – they will be placed in the ‘essential repeat’ or ‘compartment’ category. Students who are not satisfied can appear again when the CBSE conducts Class 12 board exams,” Mr Venugopal told the court.

The court, meanwhile, has asked both the CBSE and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) to include a dispute resolution panel for students who want correction of final results.

“CBSE and ICSE must incorporate two aspects – provision for dispute resolution panel in case students want correction of final results declared and timeline specified – a declaration of results and date before optional exams to be conducted,” it said.

The court will hear the case again on Monday (June 21).

The Supreme Court had given CBSE and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) two weeks to come up with objective criteria to mark Class 12 students, who need these results for college and competitive exams.

Soon after, a committee was formed by the boards to work on the CBSE Class 12 evaluation criteria.

The government on June 1 cancelled the CBSE Class 12 board exams amid the pandemic across the country. CISCE too, soon after, decided to scrap the examinations for its ISC students.