CBSE restructures affiliation system; process to completely go digital

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is restructuring the affiliation system for schools and making the process completely digital and based on data analytics with least human intervention. Also Read | Punjab Govt. teacher dies due to COVID-19; many students test positive The new system will come into effect from March 1, it has been restructured as per various recommendations for systemic reforms laid down in the new National Education Policy (NEP). CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said, “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 the least human intervention,” Adding, “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,” He said the board will soon come out with 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,” he mentioned. The CBSE board has also revised timelines for the application process as per the restructured system.

According to the revised timeline, every year the application window for fresh affiliation and upgradation of affiliation will open three times: March 1 to 31, June 1 to 30 and September 1 to 30. CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said, “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,” “After the online submission of application, details submitted by the school will be analysed in accordance with the CBSE by-laws and an inspection committee will be constituted immediately for the purpose of inspection. Schools will be able to get inspection done on any of the dates mentioned in the letter,” he added.

Also Read | RBI on scrapping old notes of Rs 100, 10 and 5 after March In August last year because of COVID-19, the CBSE had introduced a facility for virtual inspection of schools for upgradation of affiliation. The board is also in the process of setting up a facilitation centre to address queries, and problems of schools and inspection committees related to the virtual inspection. At present, CBSE has 24,930 schools affiliated to it across the country and abroad, with over 2 crore students and more than 10 lakh teachers. The affiliation by-laws were formulated in the year 1998. -PTC News

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