Bengaluru, April 21 -- A bid by the Karnataka government to overhaul the SSLC evaluation system has run into judicial resistance, with the High Court stepping in to block what it described as a "midway change in the rules of the game."At the centre of the controversy was a revised assessment framework that sought to alter how third-language marks are treated in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examinations for 2025-26. The new system proposed grading the subject separately and excluding it from the calculation of overall SSLC marks, a move the State said was intended to reduce failure rates and ease pressure on students.
However, the timing of the reform proved critical. The High Court noted that the draft rules had not been formal...