Government wields stick on CBSE students

Updated on: Friday, June 24, 2011

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools which fail to submit details of students who have taken the board exam will lose out on their no-objection certificates, the state education department warned. It also threatened serious action against schools from where students, who appeared for the school-based test, apply to junior colleges, adding admissions of such students will be cancelled. A department official said, “We have already dispatched a circular which states principals of CBSE schools should approve admissions only of students who have taken the board exams. The students should preferably fill the online forms from their respective schools. If students who have taken the school test are found to have applied online, the schools would be held responsible. If such cases come to light later, the school’s NOC could be withdrawn.”

Since there is no difference in report cards of students who have taken the school-based test and the board exam, the education department has to rely completely on information provided by schools. Though the deputy director’s office claims to have sent circulars instructing schools of the admission process, principals claim they are yet to receive it. Avnita Bir, principal of RN Podar High School, said, “We have not received any circular from the state. Our students have already started filling their forms online.” Principal of DAV School, Nerul, Jose Kurien, said, “We have not received any circular from the government. But we are helping out students who are seeking their actual scores. We are sending their requests to the CBSE board and getting their scores in place of grades. We are awaiting instructions from the department.”

Another principal said students who took the school-based test might possibly want to shift boards given a chance. “There have been doubts which they never bothered to get answered. The schools are now under pressure from parents for not being able to seek admission elsewhere. It is not our fault, but it would be good if the department considers students for admissions,” said a principal.

Government wields stick on CBSE students

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