In a relief to around two lakh students, CBSE and UGC informed
the Supreme Court on Thursday that 12th class compartment exam results will be
declared by October 10 and admissions to undergraduate courses will be on till
the end of that month.

The top court was hearing a plea alleging that the future of
these students were in jeopardy because by the time the results are out, the
college admissions would be over.

A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna was
also informed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) that it will commence
the academic calendar for undergraduate courses from October 31 and by that
time the retest results will be out.

The statements of the CBSE and the UGC assume significance in
view of the earlier observation of the bench that they should work in tandem to
ensure that the academic year of students appearing for the retest was not
wasted.

It had said that the CBSE should declare the results of
compartment examinations expeditiously and the UGC ensure that students get
admission to colleges.

Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, the top court had said that
these are exceptional times and the CBSE has to take steps as the career of two
lakh students are a big responsibility.

The bench then disposed of the plea filed by one Anika Samvedi
seeking a direction to ensure that the academic year of these students
shouldn’t go waste. It had asked the UGC not to declare the academic calendar
for undergraduate courses till September 24 but later got irked when informed
that the calendar has been released.

The top court had then sought an explanation from the UGC and had
directed that it be placed on record on Thursday, that is today.

On September 10, the top court had said that the CBSE would not
be able to help much the students taking compartment exams for class XII this
month as it would be the colleges and universities which will take their
admissions for higher studies.