CBSE affiliation by-laws simplified for speed, transparency: Javadekar

New Delhi, Oct 18 Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday announced that the CBSE affiliation by-laws have been revamped to ensure "speed and transparency" in the process. Addressing the media here, the Minister said the affiliation process has been made less cumbersome and there would be no "duplicity" which takes place when schools are made to submit the same documents twice: first with the state department and then with the Central Board of Secondary Education. "For issuing recognition under the RTI Act and NOC, the state education administration verifies various certificates to be obtained from local bodies, revenue department, cooperative department. "Therefore, to prevent this duplication, schools will now be required to submit only two documents at the time of applying for affiliation, instead of 12-14 documents earlier," Javadekar said.