CBSE schools must fall in line with state: Chairman

Chennai: With Tamil Nadu government’s plan to regulate CB­SE schools in the state, Vi­n­­­eet Joshi, chairman of Ce­­­ntral Board of Sec­on­d­ary Education (CBSE) said that CBSE schools need to adhere to the state government’s norms too, as sch­ools cannot exist independent of the state.

In an interview to Deccan Chronicle on Wednesday, Joshi said that schools cannot exist independent of the State, as they are loc­ated in the concerned state and schools need to follow law of the land (state government).

“Education is on the concurrent list so both the st­ate and Centre need to wo­rk together in the interest of the students. So anyth­ing done in the interest of the students is most welc­ome,” he said when asked ab­o­ut the state governme­nt’s proposal.

Pulling up schools for sta­r­ting admission process in November-December, Joshi said that the Board had proposed admission sc­h­edule based on Ken­driya Vidyalaya’s calendar.

“The regional officer has sent communication to schools with a detail schedule. Academic year starts in April so we also need to give some time to schools, as it can’t be done too mu­ch in advance, then it bec­omes a commercial activity. At the end of the day it should help students get admission,” he added.

To another question abo­ut CBSE schools with more than 10 sections in each standard, the CBSE chief confirmed that schools that started long time ago had several sections, but the board had now made it clear that no school should have more than four sections with 40 students each.

CBSE also plans to set up eight teacher training centres across the country, including one in Chennai to train teachers in a face-to-face and through Internet.

Taking open text-based assessment (OTBA) further, Vineet Joshi said that they would implement it for classes X and XII soon and the decision would be taken next month.