Make space for new students in Classes X, XII, CBSE tells schools

Wants them to delete names of Class X and XII students who left school and admit new ones

As it prepares to launch compulsory public exams for Classes X and XII next year, the CBSE has asked its affiliate schools to create space for new students.

In an advisory, KK Choudhury, Central Board of Secondary Education examination controller, has asked schools to delete names of students in Classes X and XII who have moved on for reasons like transfer, and create space for new wards.

“Schools can add students who have been admitted in Classes X/XII under direct admission cases, which are duly approved as per board rules,” he said in the advisory.

The new admissions may include students who have failed their board exams this year, but would like to appear as a regular candidate in 2018 in Classes X and XII.

Students who cleared their exams this year, but would like to improve their scores, can also seek admission at a CBSE school to appear as a regular candidate in 2018, depending on the seat availability. But, the final call on all such admissions will rest with the schools.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development made a policy decision earlier this year to scrap the optional public examination system for CBSE Class X, citing reports that the system had adversely affected the quality of education.

It then ordered compulsory public examinations for Class X along with Class XII from 2018, noting that students had been complacent without a clear pass-fail system.