Mumbai:
Maharashtra Government on Thursday decided to approach the Supreme Court after the Bombay High Court struck down the 'best of five' system for admissions in Std XI on the ground that it was discriminatory.
The decision to move the apex court was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here.
Under the 'best of five' system, marks obtained in five subjects out of total six were to be counted in SSC board's Std 10th marks, leaving out the subject with lowest marks.
But, the high court while clearing the way for admission process for the next academic year described the system as discriminatory.
We will try to start admissions to Std XI from July 10, Chavan said. Around 16 lakh SSC students had studied as per the best of five systems, he said.
The system violates the right to equality guaranteed by Article 14 of Constitution, a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice J N Patel and Justice S C Dharmadhikari said on Wednesday.
The state government is of the view that marking systems of ICSE and CBSE boards were more liberal, which puts students from the state board (SSC) at a disadvantage, and says that the best of five systems is meant to "bring uniformity".
The decision to move the apex court was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here.
Under the 'best of five' system, marks obtained in five subjects out of total six were to be counted in SSC board's Std 10th marks, leaving out the subject with lowest marks.
But, the high court while clearing the way for admission process for the next academic year described the system as discriminatory.
We will try to start admissions to Std XI from July 10, Chavan said. Around 16 lakh SSC students had studied as per the best of five systems, he said.
The system violates the right to equality guaranteed by Article 14 of Constitution, a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice J N Patel and Justice S C Dharmadhikari said on Wednesday.
The state government is of the view that marking systems of ICSE and CBSE boards were more liberal, which puts students from the state board (SSC) at a disadvantage, and says that the best of five systems is meant to "bring uniformity".
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