CBSE will now check only learning outcomes in granting affiliation to schools
The HinduThe Centre announced a liberalisation of the Central Board of Secondary Education ’s affiliation-granting regime on Thursday, with Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar saying that the state government alone would henceforth certify a school's infrastructure while the CBSE would inspect only learning outcomes. This apart, all applications for affiliation of schools to CBSE would now be online — for greater transparency — and each school would have to mandatorily have sports activities. Schools affiliated to the CBSE would have to make full fee disclosures — with no hidden costs —and permit students to procure the school uniform and shoes from any shop of their choice, Mr. Javadekar added. The sole role of the CBSE in granting affiliation, he said, would be to assess the learning outcomes of schools — the number and training of their teachers up to Class-8 and the academic performance.