Karnataka High court refused to cancel Karanatak State Board Exam 2021 in this pandemic situation Admin Mon, Jul 12, 2021, at ,04:03 PM A PIL has been filed at the Karnataka High Court challenging the state government’s decision to conduct SSLC or Class 10 board exams amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the State Government to hold SSLC exams in physical form for students of Class X from July 19. A division bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeev Kumar observed that the holding of the exam was "in the interest of students" and that the state has taken adequate precautionary measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. Necessary arrangements have been made to conduct examinations for as many as 8.76 lakh students with 73,066 examination halls have been increased from last year's 48,000 classrooms to ensure these examinations are held as per Covid safety protocols. Conducting exams is not a punishment to the students, but it is being held as it would help the students to choose the subjects of their liking to shape their career in the future. Moreover, this year we have to conduct examinations as these students were promoted to SSLC last year without a written examination of their Class 9. This being the case, we cannot take the risk of not conducting these examinations and promote them to the next class,"