Schools to find it tougher to get CBSE affiliation

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education is likely to get stricter in giving affiliation to schools.

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education is likely to get stricter in giving affiliation to schools.

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The CBSE has made a committee to suggest changes to existing affiliation by-laws to address the changes in the education system.

The board has about 18,000 schools affiliated to it and receives about 3,500 applications every year for affiliation.

“The affiliation and exam by-laws were made years ago but the education sector has seen many changes..,” said CBSE chairperson Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi.

The committee on affiliation by-laws will, “recommend appropriate, punitive and compliance provision so that violation of affiliation by-laws becomes difficult and actions deterrent”.

DIGITAL INDIA PUSH

Chaturvedi said that CBSE is taking many steps to make all its services available online.

To help students locate their centres for board exams as well as various competitive exams conducted by CBSE, it will put up information on its website.

“Students get information such as distance of the exam centre on our website and mobile application,” he said.

The chairperson said all schools affiliated with CBSE have been asked to upload basic information such as number of teachers, classrooms, playground and phone numbers on school’s website.

“This is a step in making everything digital,” he said.

ONLINE CONTENT

Students from Class 9 onwards will soon be able to access supplementary reading material on CBSE website free of cost.

Chaturvedi said students will be given latest content, graphics and videos to understand their courses better. The board has asked some agencies to develop content as per CBSE syllabus.

VERIFICATION

Every year CBSE sends a CD with details of the students who have completed Class 12 to Delhi University so that the varsity can cross-check the details of students who apply to colleges. Officials say it is difficult to cross-check the documents.

But soon, DU and other institutes of higher learning will be able to request CBSE for verification of certificates and get a reply online.

“All certificates and mark-sheets are in a digital locker provided by CBSE to each student. After verification, even the student will be sent a text that their verification has been done,” Chaturvedi said.