HRD Ministry will have No Role to Play in Moderation Policy: Javadekar

HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar made a surprising statement that the HRD Ministry will not intervene in the ongoing moderation policy issue. However, he indicated that any change with regard to the moderation policy must not be implemented in the middle of the academic session. He further clarified that it is the responsibility of state education boards and CBSE to take a decision on it.

Initially, CBSE scrapped the moderation policy that was supposed to come into effect this year. However, CBSE rolled back the decision following the orders of High Court of Delhi. The court directed the board to continue with moderation policy. CBSE planned to challenge the order of Delhi HC in Supreme Court. However, CBSE did not do so, as it could have led to a delay in Class 12 results.

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After a long speculation and confusion, CBSE declared Class 12 results on May 28, 2017. CBSE followed the moderation policy and awarded grace marks to the students. However, state education boards of Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab and Rajasthan did not award grace marks to students. These boards announced results prior to Delhi HC order. Now, students of these states might suffer in UG admissions.

CBSE took the decision to scrap moderation policy after holding consultation with various state education boards. All the state boards accepted the decision of CBSE and decided not to award grace marks.

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Some of the officials criticised the board by stating that any decision shall come into effect from the following academic session. It is unfair to implement some major decision in the middle of the academic session. Delhi HC also gave a similar statement and pointed that students will suffer a lot if rules are changed in the middle of the academic session.