New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) will conduct improvement exam for students not satisfied with marks given on the basis of internal assessment from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. The dates are tentative and depend on COVID-19 conditions, the Board said in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court yesterday.

The Supreme Court was hearing a case on cancellation of Class 12 Board Exams for students who would be appearing for compartmental exams, NIOS and repeaters. Further, it was also decided that an opportunity will be offered to students in regular mode who are not satisfied with assessment and wish to appear for written exams.

Those who wish to appear for written exams will have to register online. The facility regarding this will be offered on CBSE’s official website — cbse.nic.in

CBSE has already asked schools to start calculation process for preparing the result. The Board has asked each schools to constitute a Five-Member Result Committee to be headed by the Principal. The Committee, with the help of IT teams, will prepare and upload the results. A portal to upload marks will be activated today. The results will be released by July 31.

CBSE has already released the detailed assessment sch-eme to evaluate Class 12 students. For the evaluation, the Board will give maximum weightage to the 12th exams that includes pre-Boards, unit tests, or mid-terms. This consists of 80 marks and will be the criterion for theory assessment only.

For the practical exams, the Board has allocated 20 marks. In subjects, where theory is for 70 marks, the changes for practical marks will be made accordingly. No merit list will be released this year.