The top court was hearing a plea filed by Chandan Kumar and others against the eligibility criterion of 75 per cent marks in Class 12 board exams for admission to IITs.
Students often face the dual pressure of preparing for engineering and medical entrance exams while also studying for school board exams, doubling the pressure and expectations.
Question papers of Assam state board exams for science and Assamese were leaked earlier, following which these two exams were postponed.
"Moreover, the board examination is an 'achievement test' whereas CUET-UG is a 'selection test'. Hence, board exams at the class 12 level are not likely to become redundant," he said.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala, however, agreed to hear on March 27 a plea filed by associations of unaided private schools against the high court order.
More than 3.5 lakh students appeared for the examinations under Arts, Science and Commerce streams in 1,145 examination centres across the state.
The announcement was made by CBSE Exam Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj.
On Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that she has long put an end to "bandh politics" in the state, as that always "came in the way of development".
The Class 10 exams will be conducted in 76 subjects and will be over on March 21 while Class 12 exams will cover 115 subjects and will be over on April 5.
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While the first term exams were conducted during November-December, the second term exams were held in May-June.
The Class-10 and Class-12 board examinations, slated to begin from April 29 and April 28, respectively, will be conducted as per schedule, it said.
Over 3,20,000 students will appear for the examinations being conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE).
The term-II exams for Class 10 will end on May 24, while for Class 12 students, the papers will end on June 15.
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