When the Std X board examination was cancelled owing to the raging second wave of Covid-19 outbreak, students, who were scared of contracting the infection during their trips to exam halls, were elated. However, a retired professor from Pune says the cancellation is "a form of academic corruption".

Dhananjay Kulkarni has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against the cancellation of the Std X final examinations of all the boards. In the petition, he has said it is academically wrong to not hold exams and that it can have a long lasting impact on the standard of education. While the Maharashtra State Board is still brainstorming alternative assessment methods for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) student, CBSE, ICSE and others boards have already declared different ways of assessments, like internal tests and performances of previous academic years.