How to get CBSE Affiliation for Schools in India

  By Franchise School | December 7, 2013 | 
Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE is the oldest yet most preferred board of education that offers the best set of education to the children across the country. The Board is familiarized to grant affiliation to government schools, private schools and public schools across India. An important piece of information is that the schools seeking registration number under CBSE board should first apply for CBSE affiliation. For this, the schools that seek CBSE affiliation have to adhere to the norms and guidelines prescribed by the CBSE Board. As soon as the school gets affiliation from the board, it is allotted a CBSE affiliation code.
Since it is not an easy task to get the school seek affiliation with CBSE-Central Board of Secondary Education, listed below is the process to seek affiliation from CBSE:
  1. Primarily, the school must have at least 2 acres of land with the school building constructed on one part and a playground on the other. The land requirement is specifically in case of opening a school in any of the metropolitan cities having population more than 25 lakhs.
  2. Further, approach the State Department of Education to get the No Objection Certificate (NOC) within a stipulated time period.
  3. The land should be owned by the schools or the society which is running the school. If the school is running under a Society/Trust, make sure to get it registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or Indian Trust Act, 188; to ensure the non-profit nature of the organisation.
  4. The school should have proper facilities such that there should be a minimum floor space of 1 sq. mt. per student in the class room. Classrooms must be built on a minimum area of 500 sq. ft. per classroom.
  5. Accommodate the area of 14mx8m for a library with at least 1,500 books for reference material.
  6. School should have suitable furniture in the class rooms and office equipments proportionate with the strength and staff.
  7. Apart from rooms for extracurricular activities, the school should also have a provision for Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology), Math & Computer labs, with requisite equipment.
  8. Besides this, the school should maintain sufficient funds to pay salaries to the staff, incur expenses in to sustain in the long term.
  9. Every school is supposed to provide proper facilities for physically challenged students. Also, while admissions, no discrimination should be made on the pretext of caste, creed, colour or religion.
  10. The school must implement the education system based on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) up to 8th standard. Also, provisions must be made for the proper management of internal assessments and maintenance of academic records of the students.
Aforesaid is the list of norms and guidelines required to seek CBSE affiliation.


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