CBSE To Revamp Affiliation System; Know Details

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to restructure the entire affiliation system for schools and make it completely digital from 2021. The process will be based on data analytics with least human intervention, according to officials.

Based on the recommendations for systemic reforms laid down in the new National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the restructuring is done. This will come into effect from March 1.

“The board is restructuring the affiliation system and process as per recommendations of education reforms in the NEP. Although the CBSE affiliation system has been online since 2006, the restructured system will be completely digital and based on data analytics with least human intervention,” CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi told news agency PTI.

“The restructuring will help in establishing ease of doing business in the CBSE affiliation system, attaining the goal of minimum government, maximum governance, automated and data-driven decisions, achieve transparency, bring more accountability in the entire systemic processes and achieve quick and time-bound disposal of all applications,” Tripathy added.

According to the CBSE secretary, the board will soon release the detailed guidelines on the restructured system.

“A detailed document on the CBSE affiliation system containing the restructured online procedure for affiliation, documents required for affiliation application, modalities and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for inspection, guidelines for the inspection committee, videos for various process, will be released soon,” Tripathy was quoted.

The CBSE has also made changes in the timelines for the application process in accordance with the restructured system.

According to the revised timeline, the application window for fresh affiliation and up-gradation of affiliation will open three times a year — March 1 to 31, June 1 to 30 and September 1 to 30.

“The application for extension of affiliation will be accepted from March 1 to May 31 every year. Other applications such as those for additional subject, section increase, change of name of school, change of society or trust, will be accepted through the year,” the secretary said.

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