Nagpur board, CBSE tussle moving towards HC 4th year in a row

Updated on: Friday, June 24, 2011

The acrimony between schools run by CBSE/ICSE and the state board has surfaced once again. For the last three years, judicial intervention resolved the vexed issues of percentile, 90:10 quota and 'Best 5', and now parents of students of city CBSE/ICSE schools are seeking judicial view of, what they term, state government's discriminative approach that has left hundreds of CBSE students in the lurch.

The state government has prohibited CBSE students who opted for school-based assessment from taking admission in junior colleges governed by the state board. The government also pre-empted the parents moving the court this time, and filed a caveat in the Bombay High Court so that the new policy is not struck down without a detailed hearing.

"We are in the process of filing a PIL against the government's attitude that is leading to discrimination between students. It's nothing but sheer injustice to our wards," aggrieved parents told reporters on Thursday. The parents are also planning to meet the deputy director of education in Nagpur on Friday to highlight their plight.

They claimed that they were given a false impression and not informed about this discriminatory stance before the exams. "CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi and Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal had assured us that it was the government's policy matter and the school exam will be considered at par with the state board exams. But the state government's directive has left us feeling cheated," they lamented.

"The school management had conducted three meetings with CBSE officials, in which we were told that this bifurcation was done to reduce stress on students. Joshi promised us that he has cleared the matter with the board and we won't face any problems at the time of admissions," said parent Manjot Singh.

Another parent Sanjay Soni pointed out that the application form for admission to state junior colleges clearly mentions that any student passing from a recognized board is eligible to take admission. "What are they trying to prove? That CBSE is not a recognized board and its students don't deserve to study in colleges?" he questioned.

The parents are now loosing sleep since the last date of admission is approaching and their children's future is at stake. The parents are also angry that the school principals are not providing them with a 'no objection' letter, which is required at the centralized admission committee for admitting students in state colleges.

"My son's admission is on hold too since we don't have the declaration letter by the school. The students who opted for board exams got different centres and it is mentioned in their admit cards. What other proof do they need?" questioned Ashwani Gupta.

Students yet to get mark sheets

Even after three weeks of declaration of the results, the CBSE standard X pass outs from the city are yet to receive their mark sheets. They usually get it within ten days of the declaration of results. But it's been three weeks now and there is no news from CBSE officials on this issue.

Principals of CBSE schools are equally tense and are waiting desperately for the mark sheets. CD Grace, principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, said that this is the first time that the marksheets are taking so long. She also said that the CBSE officials have not given them any intimation regarding dispatch of the marksheets.

Akhilesh Chaturvedi, principal of Delhi Public School, said that students who want to take transfers are suffering the most as their transfer certificate cannot be issued without the marksheets. "We also tried to contact the Delhi office but they told us not to panic and that they will dispatch the marksheets for all schools at the same time," he said.

Times of India

Nagpur board, CBSE tussle moving towards HC 4th year in a row

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