A GUIDE TO CBSE AFFILIATION PROCESS FOR SCHOOLS
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is the most known and trusted board of education for private and unaided schools in India. A school affiliated with CBSE gets various advantages like it helps in preparing the curriculum, innovative teaching- learning, setting examination pattern, raises the academic standards of the school.
CBSE grants affiliation to various schools like government or government aided, schools run by government department, private, unaided etc. The CBSE Board functions under the overall supervision of the Controlling Authority which is vested with the Secretary (School Education & Literacy), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. 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.
If any one planning to start a school or already running a school, it is essential to get it affiliated by CBSE, to make it a landmark in quality education.
Applying for affiliation
To start the process for application one has to visit the CBSE’s official website and apply for affiliation by filling the online form available. CBSE portal online application is open every year from 1st of January to 31 of March.
Essential Documents
It is essential to attach the following set of documents with your application form:
1) Copy of Registration letter of the Society, Trust or, Company (Not for Profit).
2) Certificate from DEO in CBSE Format (With State Recognition and NOC)
3) Land Papers (Land Should be as per rules)
4) Land Certificate
5) Building Plan and Approvals
6) Staff Statement and Salary as per norms
7) Various Certificate from Govt Departments only as required (Fire & Safety, Safe Drinking Water, Health & Sanitation, Building Stability, Salary Certificate from DEO)
8) Affidavit of non- proprietary character as per CBSE format
9) Affidavit for SMC No Blood relation
10) Geotagged Photo and Videos
Affiliation bye laws
To ensure the affiliation of your school, it is mandatory that your school should meet the CBSE standards of education. Some necessary conditions are given below as per CBSE Bye Laws to get the affiliation:
The selected land must be 2 acres or at least 1acre for metropolitan cities.
No Objection Certificate is the mandatory document obtained by Department Of Education.
Availability of minimum 1sq.metre floor space per student is required.
Proper furniture and Lab Equipment's should be available in school. School must have a composite science lab, Math Lab, a library, Medical Room, Exam room and a computer lab.
Availability of well qualified teaching staff is required to sufficiently teach respective sections.
Payment of salaries to staff should not be less than the corresponding categories of employees in the State/Central Government.
Your school should have proper provision and facilities available for physically challenged students.
The sanitary conditions, drinking water and fire safety precautions in your school should be according to prescribed standards of Municipal Authority of your area.
Students’ fee should be according to the facilities available in your school.
Hence, all the essentials given above has to be fulfilled, failing to these will led to rejection of application for affiliation. However, merely submission of application to CBSE is not enough to get affiliation. Lot of preparation required for Inspection as well. For imparting quality education and to become the most trusted school in education fraternity; you need to maintain the quality education by exploring, revising and innovating the resources of teaching, teaching strategies, learning environment etc.
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