Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today denied his Ministry intervening in the ongoing moderation policy row and said any change should not be abruptly implemented in middle of academic session.<br/> <br/>Moderation policy refers to a practice in which students get extra marks in subjects regarded 'unusually difficult', or if there have been differences in the sets of question papers. In an interview to PTI. Mr. Javadekar said, the government will not intervene in the moderation policy issue as it is an academic call which the CBSE need to take.<br/> <br/>His comments came against the backdrop of an order by Delhi High Court directing CBSE to continue with the moderation policy, which was scrapped last month after CBSE along with other boards formed a consensus on the issue. Earlier, there were reports that CBSE is considering to challenge the court's order but was advised against it by legal counsel that moving the Supreme Court could also delay results.<br/> <br/>While CBSE declared its results for class XII examination today after following the moderation policy, there is no clarity about the fate of the six state boards of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Haryana which announced their result prior to the court order.

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today denied his Ministry intervening in the ongoing moderation policy row and said any change should not be abruptly implemented in middle of academic session.<br/> <br/>Moderation policy refers to a practice in which students get extra marks in subjects regarded 'unusually difficult', or if there have been differences in the sets of question papers. In an interview to PTI. Mr. Javadekar said, the government will not intervene in the moderation policy issue as it is an academic call which the CBSE need to take.<br/> <br/>His comments came against the backdrop of an order by Delhi High Court directing CBSE to continue with the moderation policy, which was scrapped last month after CBSE along with other boards formed a consensus on the issue. Earlier, there were reports that CBSE is considering to challenge the court's order but was advised against it by legal counsel that moving the Supreme Court could also delay results.<br/> <br/>While CBSE declared its results for class XII examination today after following the moderation policy, there is no clarity about the fate of the six state boards of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Haryana which announced their result prior to the court order.