Delhi HC Regulates Schools Not to Ask For Corrections in Internal Marks After Uploading on the CBSE Website

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court dismissed a student's request to amend Class 10 assessment marks on the CBSE portal, citing that there would be chaos if schools commit errors, prompting subsequent modifications.

Justice C Hari Shankar expressed sympathy but stated the court's limitations due to existing circulars preventing alterations once marks are uploaded. Acknowledging the student's plight, the court emphasized being bound by regulations that deem uploaded marks final for result preparation.

The court, in a recent order, said that "Once a school uploads the internal assessment marks of a student on the website of the CBSE, it cannot seek any correction in that regard, even if there was an error while uploading the marks," the court said in a recent order. It further added that "This is one of those unfortunate cases in which the court regrets that it has to rule from the head and not from the heart."

A student studying at a CBSE-affiliated school in Oman approached the court upon discovering discrepancies in her CBSE Class-10 results. Despite scoring 20 out of 20 in an internal assessment paper, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared her final marks as 18, prompting the student to seek legal recourse.

The petitioner firmly stated receiving 20 marks without contention and argued against suffering due to the school's error. The court, emphasizing the importance of restricting subsequent corrections, highlighted the need for schools to exercise caution during mark uploads.

The judge said "The proscription, in my considered opinion, is eminently in public interest. Schools in India, as well as abroad, are affiliated to the CBSE. Utter chaos would result if schools were permitted to commit errors while uploading students' marks on the website of the CBSE and thereafter, call upon the CBSE to correct the marks awarded at their end."

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