The Supreme Court Friday stayed for per week Kerala government’s decision to conduct offline tests for Class XI starting off from September 6 amid the growing instances of COVID.
“There is an alarming” situation withinside the state owing to COVID-19, observed the apex court including that “instances in Kerala are approximately 70 in step with cent instances of the country. Children of this age can not be uncovered to this risk.”
“Prima facie we find force in the submission made through petitioner that the national authorities have now no longer seriously taken into consideration the prevailing situation earlier than having a bodily examination proposed to be carried out in September this year.
As we couldn’t get a pleasant reaction from counsel for the nation on this regard, we provide intervening time comfort staying the offline examination for until next date of listening to,” stated a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar.
The apex court posted the matter for a subsequent hearing on September 13. The Kerala High Court had in advance discovered that conducting exams was a matter of government policy and no interference turned into warranted. The apex court bench exceeded the order on an attraction filed through advise Rasoolshan A challenging a selection of the High Court refusing to intervene with the selection to hold offline tests.