Even as the Kerala High Court ordered an extension of the last date for submitting applications for Plus One courses in State higher secondary schools by a day, the State government opposed further extension of the deadline saying that the interest of students who passed the SSLC examination would be adversely affected.
‘CBSE, a national board’
The submission was made by the government pleader when a writ petition filed by Ameen Salim and another CBSE Class X student from Malappuram seeking a directive to extend the time to enable them to file applications for the State Plus One course came up for hearing.