Submitted By :

Name :Ankit Singh

Enrollment Number : 043
Topic : CBSE
Subject : Education In
Emerging Indian Society
Submitted To : Ms Kalpana
Sangwan

Central Board
of Secondary
Education
(CBSE)

What is CBSE
The

Central Board of
Secondary
Education (abbreviated
CBSE) is a Board of
Education for public and
private schools, under
the Union Government of
India

Casual Glance

Abbreviation:

CBSE

Formation:
(50 Years)

November 3, 1962

Type:
Of Education

Government Board

Headquarter:

New Delhi

Casual Glance

Location: Central Board of

Secondary Education Head
Office "Shiksha Kendra", 2,
Community Centre, Preet Vihar,
Delhi 110092

Chairman: Vineet Joshi

Parent Organization: Ministry Of

Human Resource Development

History

The first education board to be set up in

India was the Uttar Pradesh Board of
High School and Intermediate Education
in 1921, which was under jurisdiction
of Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior.
In 1929 the government of India set up a
joint Board named "Board of High School
and Intermediate Education, Rajputana".
This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central
India and Gwalior.Later it was confined
to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh.
In 1952, it became the "Central Board of
Secondary Education".

At Present

From 309 schools in 1962 the

Board today has 8979 schools
on 31-03-2007 including 141
schools in 21 countries. There
are 897 Kendriya Vidyalayas,
1761 Government Schools,
5827 Independent Schools, 480
Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalayas
and 14 Central Tibetean
Schools.

Decentralization

In order to execute its functions

effectively Regional Offices have been
set up by the Board in different parts of
the country to be more responsive to the
affiliated schools.

The Board has regional offices in

Allahabad , Ajmer, Chennai, Guwahati,
Panchkula and Delhi. Schools located
outside India are looked after by regional
office Delhi. The headquarter constantly
monitors the activities of the Regional
Offices. Although, sufficient powers have
been vested with the Regional Offices.
Issues involving policy matters are,
however, referred to the head office.

Financial Structure

CBSE is a self-financing body

which meets the recurring and
non-recurring expenditure without
any grant-in-aid either from the
Central Govt. or from any other
source. All the financial
requirements of the Board are met
from the annual examination
charges, affiliation fee, admission
fee for PMT. All India Engineering
Entrance Examination and sale of
Board's publications

Major Activities and

Objectives

To prescribe conditions of
examinations and conduct public
examination at the end of Class X
and XII . To grant qualifying
certificates to successful
candidates of the affiliated
schools.
To fulfill the educational
requirements of those students
whose parents were employed in
transferable jobs.

Major Activities and Objectives

To prescribe and update the

course of instructions of
examinations.

To affiliate institutions for the

purpose of examination and
raise the academic standards
of the country.

Prime Focus Of The Board

Innovations in teachinglearning methodologies by

devising students friendly
and students centered
paradigms.

Reforms in examinations
and evaluation practices.

Prime Focus Of The Board

Skill learning by adding joboriented and job-linked inputs.

Regularly updating the

pedagogical skills of the teachers
and administrators by conducting
in service training programmes,
workshops etc.

ORGANISATIONAL SETUP
The

Board functions
under the overall
supervision of the
Controlling Authority
which is vested with the
Secretary Education,
Government of India,
Ministry of Human
Resource Development.

ORGANISATIONAL SETUP

The Board has various statutory

committees which are advisory
in nature. The Governing Body
of the Board is constituted as
per its rules and regulations.
The recommendations of all the
committees are placed for
approval before the Governing
Body of the Board.

ICSE vs. CBSE

CBSE approves both English and Hindi

language as the medium of instructions,
CISCE or ICSE does not recommend
Hindi. CBSE allows both regular
candidates as well as private candidates
from non-affiliated schools to appear in
the exams. CBSE is recognized by Indian
government and ICSE is not. CBSE is
comparatively easier than ICSE, syllabus
wise. ICSE lays more emphasis on lab
work. ICSE has made it compulsory to
include environmental education as one
of the subjects

AND FINALLY