This story is from October 19, 2018

8,000 new CBSE schools likely soon

The revised bye laws were released by the minister for human resource development, Prakash Javadekar on Thursday where he said that the focus is on a transparent and hassle-free process. As first reported by TOI, affiliation bye laws, first made in 1988 and last amended in 2012, will focus on co-scholastic qualities of the school.
8,000 new CBSE schools likely soon
Key Highlights
  • The revised bye laws were released by the minister for human resource development, Prakash Javadekar on Thursday where he said that the focus is on a transparent and hassle-free process.
  • As first reported by TOI in July and August, 2018, affiliation bye laws, first made in 1988 and last amended in 2012, will focus on academic and co-scholastic qualities of the school.
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cleared over 8,000 pending applications for affiliation, some dating as far back as 2007, after it revised bye-laws simplifying the process making it entirely paperless, reduced the requirement of documents from schools to just two and made it mandatory that all applications are disposed of in the same year.

The revised bye laws were released by the minister for human resource development, Prakash Javadekar on Thursday where he said that the focus is on a transparent and hassle-free process.
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As first reported by TOI in July and August, 2018, affiliation bye laws, first made in 1988 and last amended in 2012, will focus on academic and co-scholastic qualities of the school. CBSE shall not revisit any of the aspects vetted by the state government during inspection of schools and the delay due to scrutiny and non-compliance of deficiencies in these documents shall be drastically curtailed during CBSE’s scrutiny of affiliation applications.
The bye laws also get more teeth like introduction of clause like exam malpractices in schools which could lead to punitive action like disaffiliation and more. The bye laws also include provisions for full-fee disclosure to be made and no hidden charges to be levied in the garb of fees.
Javadekar said that now assessments for affiliation will be more outcome based and CBSE will not duplicate the process of physical infrastructure and resource inspection as they are already done by the respective state governments while issuing recognition to the schools under the RTE Act.

“State education administration verifies various certificates to be obtained from local bodies, revenue department, cooperatives, etc. CBSE used to re-verify them which made the process lengthy. However, from now onwards the whole process will be online, transparent and will be done within a year. Also schools will need to submit just two documents. CBSE will not inspect schools for processes such as fire safety which were already done by the education department of the states,” said the minister.
The new affiliation bye-laws also lay thrust on achieving academic excellence through mandatory teacher training. Even the principals and vice principals of every school are expected to undergo two-day mandatory training on annual basis. A special category of innovative schools has been added to include specialised schools, not covered elsewhere in these bye-laws, who are implementing innovative ideas in fields of skill development, sports, arts and sciences.
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