The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has
discontinued the provision of granting permanent affiliation to schools run by
private managements and public sector undertakings (PSUs).
Now the private and PSU-run schools will have to apply
for renewal of application every three years or five years, in a move decried
as the national board's attempts at "commercialisation". The CBSE
charges a fee of Rs 25000 for processing applications for renewal of provisional
affiliations.
Last week CBSE amended its bylaws to scrap the system
under which schools that had been provisionally affiliated to the CBSE for more
than 10 yrs and were fulfilling all the requirements like land, building and
teachers were given permanent affiliation.
"The board has decided to discontinue the
provisions of permanent affiliation bylaws," said a circular issued by
CBSE secretary on January 3.
The circular was issued after CBSE governing body
decided to tighten its affiliation rule at its meeting on December 18 last
year. Earlier, the affiliation committee of the CBSE had suggested such a measure.
The board has around 19500 affiliated schools,
including 15000 private institutions.
The CBSE has been giving provisional affiliation to
new private schools, regular one time affiliation to government schools and
permanent affiliation to private and PSU-run schools having completed
provisional affiliation for 10 years.
Now in general, this can be interpreted that the system
of renewal of applications has been made to ensure continuous scrutiny and
maintenance of standards in schools. However, the regular one time affiliation
for government schools will continue as usual.
(Source: Telegraph - edited)
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