CLAT to discuss date clash with class 12 exams, postponement possible but not certain

Friday, 5 March 2021 By Legally India Pre-law student

ISCE exam dates (top) and CBSE (bottom), and current CLAT date in between, indicated by red arrow

The 2021 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), which had been scheduled to take place on Sunday, 13 June 2021, may again face a clash with other school exams that will cause it to discuss whether another postponement may be required.

As widely reported, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has announced the ISC exam timetable to run from 8 April to 16 June, but with a break in exams on Sunday 13 June (the CLAT date).

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has also announced its updated schedule for Class 12 Senior School Certificate Examination, which will start on 4 May and end on 14 June, again with a break on the CLAT day of Sunday 13 June. The revised dates were announced on 5 March.

We understand that the CLAT consortium of national law school vice-chancellors (VCs) is due to discuss the potential scheduling conflict soon.

While it is by no means certain that a postponement will happen, there will be the consideration of holding the CLAT, sandwiched between the dates of the two big class 12 board exams a day either side.

Then again, options for alternative dates are looking slim on the ground.

In January of this year, the CLAT consortium had had to reschedule the exam from 9 May 2021 to 13 June, after a clash with the original CBSE board exams dates running from 4 May to 10 June.

This date clash also caused a postponement of the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) from 2 May to 20 June.

That would put the CLAT in a bit of a re-scheduling bind, with even the Sunday after that - 27 June - already announced as the date for the Symbiosis Law Entrance Test (SLET) 2021.

On the plus side, June (or potentially July) is still some time away.

Update 20:39: “Tough situation for CLAT,” commented CLAT mentor and advocate Dr Shashank Singhal about the options.

“Keeping the dates as it is, also makes a lot of sense as it will give the much needed clarity to the students and getting extra time is not very relevant as if they know the dates before hand, they can manage their boards and CLAT accordingly,” he said, adding: “Tough times require tough decisions.

“In the past as well, during 2017 (elections in UP) there was hardly any time left for IIT aspirants after the boards. During that year, JEE Mains was conducted on 2nd April, 8th April and 9th April. And, CBSE Class 12th had an exam on 10th April. These are tough times. We need to support the authorities. I would earnestly request all the students to formulate a time table so that they can focus on both without affecting either.”

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Comments

Guest 6 Mar 2021, 15:52

+1 -1

Any follow up?????

Guest1212 6 Mar 2021, 18:20

+0 -2

I am an ICSE student and I have economics. If they don't delay it, I'm already out of the race lmao R
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Guest 7 Mar 2021, 05:08

+0 -0

The writer is ignorant about ISC Board dates.

It is an absolute nightmare for us:
11th June Economics
13th June CLAT
14th June Political Science
16th June Psychology

I request the writer to make an amendment to the article and consider including ISC dates which quiet evidently clash with CLAT.
It is as much of an issue, if not more, as CBSE dates are.

Guest 7 Mar 2021, 05:22

+6 -2

Clashing of dates actually means that two or more exams have been scheduled on the same date. Law aspirants should be more careful with their choice of words, as should be legal reporters. CLAT has been scheduled on a Sunday, so technically it is not 'clashing' with either an ICSE or a CBSE exam. It is still a deuced inconvenience though.

Guest 9 Mar 2021, 05:23

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CLAT must be postponed to October because of the Covid second wave, or held online. We should try to campaign for the and get celebrities like Greta Thunberg to support it, as she did with JEE.

[img]https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/747157/greta-thunberg-tweet.png[/img]

Gabru 9 Mar 2021, 10:26

+5 -0

Cute. Cute is what I'd say.

Goyam Pitalia 16 Mar 2021, 17:34

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As mentioned by honorable Adv Shashank sir about the 2017 time table of JEE MAINS drawing the analogy of the same with CLAT 2021 without considering the fact that JEE MAINS is not one-time exam. In 2017 two or three attempts were given to JEE aspirants unlike the only one attempt given to CLAT aspirants. Let me add another analogy with the other prominent exam NEET - Recently Education ministry had delayed NEET to as far as 1 Aug 2021 "for students to compensate the loss accrued due to situations in 2020 and to prepare better" , If the Govt can postpone an exam for betterment of students of NEET then what's hindering the consortium to do so?. Also the consortium had gone so far in previous year to postpone CLAT 2020 from 7 September to 28th September just because only one state (West Bengal had imposed the lockdown) to "prevent anxiety in minds of students and for smooth conduction of CLAT" creating the benchmark of consortium as a "student friendly Org." Now this time its not only about CBSE or ICSE but other state boards too(Punjab has already postponed the board exams and other states are musing to do same!).If there would be no postponement considering the clash with board exams it will create ruckus and unwanted mental stress to the aspirants leading to anxiety and depression problem. At such point of time when judicious and critical decisions has to be taken the legal fraternity should come forward to the rescue of prospective lawyers rather than giving botched suggestion indifferent to aspirants travails and tribulations.

Guest 17 Mar 2021, 01:32

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Sir / ma'am
Revisions and mental peace in any exam are super important . Running with the the CBSE and one of the major exam CLAT which is even conducted once throughout the year will be tough to manage ..
Please consider it .

Guest 17 Mar 2021, 10:45

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Is the consortium even considering the issue?
Legally india, do you have an update?

Guest 17 Mar 2021, 14:03

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It’s really a gloomy situation on how the authorities are ready to put in so much burden on the 12th class students. It is to assume than the rate of 12 appearing students getting into Clat is very difficult because it’s not only about how prepared you are but also about mental stability . Also about Jee exams , first of all they are given more than one chance to prove their worth to get into colleges , secondly the syllabus is more or less same but it is not same for Clat aspirants what is being asked in the exams in not something that we prepare for boards . I hope that consortium will look into all the aspects and in order to promote legal education in India will not take such decisions which will force students to leave their dream of getting into NLUs

Guest 17 Mar 2021, 17:09

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Ideally one shouldn't have to prepare for CLAT. Apart from perhaps brushing up on current affairs. And if you think this is too stressful, then as a matter of well-meaning advice, perhaps law school and subsequent legal careers, be it firm life or litigation, are probably not for you. That's not a bad reflection on you, just that it's a demanding and stressful life, so you might be better off pursuing something that suits you better.

TF? 2 Apr 2021, 20:21

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"Ideally one shouldn't have to prepare for CLAT"

Did you even go through the paper? And it's clearly evident that they are trying to replicate LSAT (US) - although the level of difficulty is unsurprisingly less, however, there is a time-crunch - and by that extent one shouldn't prepare for LSAT (US) too?

Even NLU grads who go abroad for JD prepare for the LSAT. So, evidently a 18-year-old would require preparation too.

CLAT 2.0 is far more difficult than it's antecedent and to a large extent different from RCs which one encounters in High School.

Guest 18 Mar 2021, 16:38

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I’m a little sick of the entitlement as the years go on. In my day it was completely normal for clat to be in the midst of other exams and even to have more than one exam per day. My seniors had to write several exams to apply to the multiple nlus. You prepare for these things months in advance so you don’t have to stress at the last minute.

Where does “mental health” and “ stress” and “ pressure “ stop and we start initiating young adults into the real world? And when do we start building some resilience in our students ?

Also I’m sorry - but mental health issues are a real problem- but not for the majority of the students engaging in this kind of online slacktivism only to have things be as easy as possible for them.

Guest 18 Mar 2021, 18:25

+2 -6

Completely agree. The snowflake culture in law schools is getting to be more pronounced and more of a nuisance with every passing day. I don't mind people not obsessing about work. I do mind people putting in less effort and then expecting disproportionate rewards still as a matter of entitlement. If someone has prepared for an exam like CLAT well throughout one or two years, it's hardly going to make a difference if they have to give it on a Sunday in the middle of the Boards.

Guest 31 Mar 2021, 05:39

+3 -2

Nobody cares about what happened back in your day. In the age of hyper-competition and amidst a pandemic, your points don't apply. We're already FACING the real world. Being locked inside a room for an entire year is no joke. All feels pretty "real world" to me. I'm sorry for feeling so entitled.

Guest 31 Mar 2021, 12:13

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Everybody has been locked up for a year, there is nothing special about you. That has got little to no bearing on preparing for an examination in advance. Yes, you are facing the real world, but apparently, you are asking for special treatment to be provided to you. No reason why that should happen. Sit for the exam or don't. There are plenty who would be ready and willing to put in the hard work in advance and clear it irrespective of when it is held. Those are the sort of students law schools need, not snowflakes.

Guest 1 Apr 2021, 12:28

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That's the problem your highness. It's easy to label others as entitled and turn a blind eye to your own weaknesses. Everybody has been locked up but the impact has been uneven. A significant portion of students belong to families which cannot even afford a good quality screen and an internet connection. Offline classes played the role of a level playing field in that sense. In such circumstances, you cannot expect thousands of such disadvantaged school students to get back on track and compete for a national entrance. You can call us snowflakes or whatever the f*** you like but there is absolutely nothing wrong with asking for a fair shot in a country which values and guarantees equal acess to opportunities.

Guest 1 Apr 2021, 13:28

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Your argument about lack of access has got nothing to do with the examination being held with the Boards going on. In fact, the way you are trying to hide the lack of logic using the garb of social justice bodes ill for the education that you have received till date. What you are asking for is not 'fairness' by any means, merely convenience.

Guest 2 Apr 2021, 17:43

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On the contrary it has everything to do with the exam being held with boards. Your clear inability to understand how it's connected indicates a below average intelligence. May god bless you. Peace out.

Biplab 19 Mar 2021, 06:34

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Sir in between 12 exam, CLAT, SET & AILET is not desired. Formulating a time table for both the study is one thing and some short of mental relief for final exam is another. I am worried student may not be able to give best performance in CLAT etc. My earnest request to the Competent Authority to announce CLAT date in first week of July.

Guest 19 Mar 2021, 09:09

+1 -7

Plenty of students are perfectly willing to give the exam on the date that it has been scheduled on. In life, you're not going to always get what you desire. It's not essential. If students cannot handle even this, then they should look for other options. These are the very people who would join law schools, can't handle the rigour, and then cry for extensions and exemptions on flimsy grounds.

Guest 19 Mar 2021, 10:04

Troll

+0 -0

Good to see people here calling out snowflake culture at NLUs. High time we take on the woke mafia.

Guest 19 Mar 2021, 10:07

+0 -0

Confirmed that India is now facing a second wave of Covid. Vaccination is very slow, so a second lockdown can be imposed things get worse. Under these circumstances CLAT should be postponed or held online.

Guest 2 Apr 2021, 12:29

+1 -1

Online......are you for real...?

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