FAQ
Affiliation means formal enrolment of a school among the list of approved schools of the Board following prescribed/approved courses of studies up to Class 8, as well as those schools preparing students according to prescribed courses for the Board’s examinations.
Recognition means formal State recognition of a school in accordance with the provisions of Section 18(1) contained in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.
No Objection Certificate or NOC
Recognition Certificate
Land Certificate
Land Ownership Documents
Society Registration Certificates
Fire Safety Certificate
Safe Drinking Water and Sanitary Certificate
Building Certificate
Certificate from bank regarding ECS
Certificate from DEO
No Objection Certificate is a letter issued by the Education Department of the State/Union Territory with respect to a school situated in the State/Union Territory, certifying the State/UT has No Objection for affiliation of the school to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
No, all correspondence from the Board will be sent through the online link only. No hard copy will be sent to the school.
For submitting any clarification/compliance, school will be given 30 days from the date of such communication.
A school may submit a representation against the decision of the Board with respect to scrutiny of application and inspection report within 60 days of communication of such decision. If affiliation is not granted and the application is rejected, the school may apply afresh with prescribed fee after fulfilling the norms for affiliation
Affiliation granted to the school will remain valid on receipt of application from a school for extension of affiliation, subject to the final decision of the Board.
A late fee as per the details given in Appendix-I shall be charged from the school against late submission of applications for extension of affiliation. Late fee shall be chargeable from the last date or the date when the applications are opened for next term/session as the case may be.
It will be the responsibility of the school to apply for additional subjects with requisite fee as per time frame in Appendix-I. However, the board may conduct an inspection to assess the suitability of the facilities available with respect to the teaching of the subject(s) applied. No school is permitted to start the classes in the applied additional subjects, even during the pendency of the application.
The school may apply along with prescribed affiliation fee given in Appendix-I. The fee deposited will not be refunded or adjusted. Online applications for all categories within the scope of Affiliation Byelaws shall generally be open on 1 January and shall close by 31 March of a particular calendar year.
No school shall be affiliated to the Board without inspection by an inspection committee of not less than two members at least one of whom has to be an academician. An affiliated school may be inspected at the time of extension or after specified periods any time during the affiliation period. The Board may at any time get an affiliated school inspected by a committee without giving any notice to the school as per rules 11.4 and 11.5 of Affiliation Byelaws. Details regarding inspection and procedure are listed under rule 11.7 of Affiliation Byelaws.
The inspection will be more academic and quality oriented by placing reliance on the outcome based methodology and going away from the techniques of input based inspections.
The school should follow the scheme of studies for different classes as prescribed in the Examination Byelaws of the Board and follow them mutatis mutandis. The school should sponsor its bona fide and eligible students in Board’s Class 10 and 12 examinations. For this purpose, the school should present list of number of students and their details for Classes 9–12 from the beginning of the academic session, and should not present students who are not on its rolls. The school should provide free of charge its infrastructure, that is, building, furniture, IT devices, and the like, for conduct of Board’s examination and spot evaluation. The school should prepare its annual report containing comprehensive information including: name, address, postal and e-mail, telephone numbers, affiliation status, period of affiliation, details of infrastructure, academic calendar, details of teachers including qualification, details of teachers’ training, academic sports achievements, innovations, overall results, PTA activities, important SMC decisions, number of students, and so on, on school website before 15 September of every year. The school shall follow CBSE inter-school sports and games competition rules and not send students who are not on roll for participation. The school should follow the curricula and the syllabus prescribed by CBSE/NCERT and also follow the scheme of study for different classes as prescribed in the Examination Byelaws of the Board. The school shall fill up the self-appraisal form (based on quality of school education) required for affiliation/upgradation/extension by reflecting the correct and true present position, and the school should then strive to make efforts to improve in all areas outlined therein.
The inspection will be more academic and quality oriented by placing reliance on the outcome based methodology and going away from the techniques of input based inspections.The format for certification is available as Appendix II of Affiliation Byelaws for schools applying for fresh affiliation. Appendix III is applicable for schools seeking extension/upgradation of affiliation. The soft copy of the byelaws is available on the Board’s website: www.cbseaff.nic.in. The copy of Appendix II and Appendix III containing the CBSE watermark can be downloaded by clicking on the link. This certification may be typed in accordance with the format and is to be issued by the District Education Officer or an equivalent officer of the State Education Department as may be notified by the appropriate government.
No, it is mandatory on the part of the school to upload certificate at the time of submission of online application for affiliation.
The details of fee prescribed for different categories are available in Appendix-I of Affiliation Byelaws of the Board.
No, the school is required to upload only one, single certificate obtained from District Education Administration as per prescribed format during application for affiliation with the Board for various categories.
The school can apply online only from 1 January to 31 March with prescribed fees for affiliation under various categories.
The application will be reviewed as per norms of affiliation and subject to fulfilment of mandatory conditions of affiliation. The Inspection Committee will be constituted immediately. However, on non-fulfilment of mandatory conditions, application will be rejected and communication in this regard will be sent to the school.
Enabling provision has been made under Rule 15.2 of Affiliation Byelaws to allow the transfer of school from one society to another under certain pre-conditions, such as threat to very existence of the school, furtherance of cause of education, approval from state, and others
The Board after initial affiliation for a period of 3 years grants extension of affiliation for a further period of 5 years provided the school conforms fully to the norms of affiliation under the byelaws and other conditions laid down for extension from time to time
Application for extension of general/regular affiliation for Secondary/Senior Secondary classes should be made by the school authority from 1 January to 31 March (under different fee slabs as per Appendix-I) of the preceding year in which the affiliation expires. Affiliation granted to a school will remain valid on receipt of application from a school for extension of affiliation subject to the final decision of the Board.
As per Rule 2.5 of the Affiliation Byelaws, special provisions for affiliation have been made with respect to schools situated in foreign countries.
The land requirement applicable to schools seeking affiliation with the Board is mentioned in Rule 3 of the Affiliation Byelaws.
The qualifications of teachers will be strictly as per NCTE notifications and the Salary should be as per the rules of the appropriate government.
The student:teacher ratio should not exceed 30:1 in the school. In addition, there must be 1.5 teachers per section, excluding principal, physical education teacher and counsellor to teach various subjects.
The school must have sufficient resources to guarantee its continued existence. It should maintain separate accounts from the society/trust/company and maintain audited books of account independently.
Every affiliated school is required to arrange the following training programmes every year for all its teachers through a recognized Sahodaya School Complex of CBSE or the State or Regional Teachers Training Institutions.:
Every school shall organize 3 days of in-house training programmes for every teacher at the school level.
Every school shall organize a minimum of 2 days of training programmes by external agencies.
Every school should organize at least 5 days of training programmes for its Principal every year.
Every school shall organize full time training programmes of not less than 5 days, at least once in three years, for its entire teaching staff.
The school management is required to ensure compliance with the following provisions with respect to examinations:
The school should ensure that all provisions of the Affiliation and Examination Byelaws and all directions given by CBSE from time to time are strictly complied with.
The school should follow the scheme of studies for different classes as prescribed in the Examination Byelaws of the Board and follow them mutatis mutandis.
The school is required to maintain records of attendance of all pupils especially attendance of Class 9–12 (wherever applicable) for the purpose of admission to the Board’s examinations. The entries in these registers shall be properly checked and signed by the Principal or a teacher nominated by the Principal.
The school should sponsor its bona fide and eligible students in Board’s Classes 10 and 12 examinations. For this purpose, the school should present list of number of students and their details for Classes 9–12 at the time of beginning of academic session and should not present the students who are not on its rolls.
The school affiliated to the Board shall not send candidates for examination of any other Board/University. It shall prepare candidates for the Secondary and Senior Secondary examinations of the CBSE only.
Any person or entity associated with the management or running of the school shall not disclose any information related to examination, evaluation of answer scripts, declaration of result or any other confidential/ancillary activity, to any unauthorized person or agency. The school should provide free of charge its infrastructure, that is, building, furniture, IT infrastructure, and the like, for conduct of Board’s examination and spot evaluation
The Head of school shall be in-charge of admission in the school, preparation of school timetable, allocation of duties and teaching load to the teachers, and shall provide necessary facilities to the teachers for the discharge of their duties and conduct of school examination in accordance with the instructions issued by the government/Board from time to time.
The school should nominate and relieve teachers/principal/staff for the evaluation of answer scripts of the Board’s examinations and other ancillary activities as per requirements of the Board
The school should ensure that no financial irregularity is committed and no irregular procedure with regard to admission/examinations is adopted.
The Board will take action regarding any misconduct, negligent act/omission and non-compliance with Examination Byelaws, which may jeopardize the public examinations, evaluation of answer books, the result processing thereof, and other ancillary activities.
No school will be permitted to start CBSE-pattern Classes 9–12, as the case may be, during the pendency of the application for affiliation without obtaining formal grant of affiliation from the Board.
No. Fees shall be charged under the heads prescribed by the Department of Education of the State/UTs. Admission fee and fee charged under any other head are to be charged only as per the regulations of the appropriate government.
All the schools affiliated with the Board shall have a School Management Committee as stipulated in RTE Act 2009, and other enactment or regulations framed by the state/appropriate government. Further details regarding the composition of the School Management Committee are as per the rules mentioned in Chapter 8 of Affiliation Byelaws.
No. The Board does not grant Permanent Affiliation to schools. The earlier category of schools which was affiliated under Permanent Affiliation is now changed to General Affiliation category. However, as per a special provision in para 14.3 with regard to erstwhile Permanent Affiliation schools: “The schools which were affiliated with the Board till 2018 under the category of permanent affiliation will continue to remain affiliated under the category general affiliation and all the provisions of these bye-laws shall be applicable to these schools to ensure standardization of procedures, ensuring quality education and to bring these schools at par with all the schools of analogous plan of management affiliated with the Board.”
General Affiliation is granted to schools established by Societies registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 of the Government of India or under Acts of the State Governments as educational, charitable or religious societies, having a non-proprietary character, or by registered Trusts or Companies registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013, having education as one of its objects. Regular Affiliation is granted to schools run by the Education Departments of States/UTs, government-aided schools, schools run by autonomous organizations under the government created for running schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Central Tibetan Schools Organisation (CTSO), Sainik Schools Society, schools run directly by other government ministries/departments/local bodies, such as Defense, Railways, etc.
The Board has directed schools to submit a Commencement Certificate in the prescribed manner and format to the effect that the school has complied with all the conditions imposed in the grant letter and the provisions contained in Clause 2.4 and Sub-Clauses thereto. The format of this Commencement Certificate is given in Appendix-VIII of the revamped Affiliation Byelaws 2018.
The details about land requirement/campus area/affiliation/optimum number of sections allowed is mentioned in Appendix V of revamped Affiliation Byelaws 2018.
School will provide proper facilities like ramps in toilets for wheel chair users, auditory signals in elevators/lifts and other possible infrastructural facilities in accordance with the provisions laid down in RPWD Act-2016. School shall promote inclusion of student with special needs in the normal school as per provisions of the “Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016” and in conformity with the National Policy of Education.
Schools having hostel facilities shall ensure that they comply with the directives and directions issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) from time to time in this regard. In addition to the guidelines from NCPCR, the school shall also follow and comply with directions issued by the Central/State/UT Government, National Disaster Management Authority or any other authority setup or authorized by the Central/State/UT Government in this regard.
A school seeking affiliation or affiliated to the Board may enter into an agreement with a franchiser for the limited purpose of getting academic support, academic guidance, training of manpower and extra- and co-curricular activities only as per rule 15.1.
A school can offer subjects approved by CBSE and satisfying the provisions of scheme of studies prescribed by the Board from time to time.
Yes, it is mandatory to apply online for extension of affiliation to enable students to appear in the Board exams.
The school is required to apply online for extension of affiliation with prescribed fee as per Appendix II of Affiliation Byelaws of the Board preceding the year in which the school wishes to apply for extension of affiliations
The school needs to follow comprehensive guidelines issued by the statutory bodies of Government of India namely National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The detailed circular in this regard has been issued by the Board vide Circular No 05/2018 dated 27/03/2018.
Schools are permitted to open a Tuckshop (small outlet) inside the school premises for the children. If a school makes available books, both NCERT and non NCERT, stationery and uniform items for sale in the school premises through these tuckshops, then the sale of these items must be done without any coercion on the students/parents to buy the same from these shops. A detailed circular in this regard has been issued by the Board vide Circular No. 08/2018 dated 21/06/2018.
Yes, it is mandatory to relieve teachers for evaluation of answer scripts of Board exams. A detailed circular in this regard has been issued by the Board vide circular no 03/2018 dated 23/02/2018.
On Demand Affiliation is meant for those schools that miss the opportunity to apply online for affiliation during the time period prescribed by the Affiliation Byelaws. Such schools can apply online with the prescribed fee any time in a year for affiliation under various categories and also for additional subjects of their choice. Such applications shall be treated on priority.
The Board expects school seeking affiliation to apply online within the prescribed time period, after fulfilment of mandatory conditions. On receipt of applications for affiliation, CBSE gives affiliation for applied session, subject to fulfilment of conditions prescribed in CBSE Affiliation Byelaws as per rules. However, considering the future of students admitted in these schools, the provisions for On Demand Affiliation has been introduced for those schools which miss the opportunity to apply online. The schools can opt the same as per its requirement. It is clarified that this is not compulsory, and is meant only for the rare cases that miss the deadline.
The school that misses the opportunity to apply online during prescribed period for Additional Subjects, can apply online with the prescribed additional fee. The fee excludes re-inspection fee and fee for subjects applied for.
Those schools that may have applied as per byelaw norms for the next session, but require to pre-pone the session of Affiliation to the current session, due to various reasons, are provided with an opportunity to pre-pone the session. For example, the Board has taken applications this year for the session 2020–21, which implies that it can enrol students in Classes 9–11 from the academic session of 20–21. However, if the school in question would like to obtain affiliation from the current session itself, that is, from 19–20, and would like to enrol in Classes 9–11 for Board exams in 2020, it shall be defined as pre-ponement of session.
The conditions for pre-ponement of session are as follows:
Request of school with appropriate reasons
Recognition for the period of pre-ponement
Enrolment of students
Inspection Committee recommendation
Payment of prescribed fee
As per Rule 4.1 of revamped Affiliation Byelaws 2018, minimum size of the class rooms should be 8 x 6 m (approximately 500 sqft).
Availability of 1sqmt built-up floor area per child in the class room is an absolute necessity in the school.
As per Rules 4.8 and 14.12 of revamped Affiliation Byelaws 2018, the optimum number of students shall be 40 in each section.
As per Rule 5.4 of revamped Affiliation Byelaws 2018, the pupil:teacher ratio should not exceed 30:1 in the school. In addition to this there must be 1.5 teachers per section, excluding Principal, Physical Education teacher, Counselor, etc. to teach various subjects.
No, the provision of 1.5 teachers per section excludes Principal, Physical Education teacher(s) and Counselor of the school.
“Reserve Fund” means fund created by the school authority as per requirement of the Board, in a Post Office/Nationalized Bank in the joint names of the Managing Trustee/Society Member/ Company and the Principal of the School concerned. The school shall maintain reserve fund to the extent indicated below:
| Enrolment of students from Class 1 and onwards | Amount of Reserve Fund |
|---|---|
| Upto 500 students | Rs. 60,000/- |
| From 501 to 750 students | Rs. 80,000/- |
| From 751 to 1000 students | Rs. 100,000/- |
| Above 1000 students | Rs. 100/- per student rounded to the nearest thousand. |
Refer Chapter 8 of CBSE Affiliation Byelaws 2018. The management committee of a recognized aided school shall consist of not more than fifteen members and the management committee of a private unaided school shall consist of not more than twenty-one members.
Steps to apply online for General Affiliation will be available on www.cbseaff.nic.in.
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