<p>The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) school students are no more required to get prior permission of the school board for participating in national and international level games.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They can now take part in such events merely after intimating the regional office of the board about their schedule. The CBSE has relaxed norms for such students with amendments to its examination by-laws to promote sporting activities and nurture talents.<br /><br />While more than 1.5 lakh students participated in the inter-school sports and games competitions organised by the CBSE in more than 20 disciplines at cluster, zone and national level, a large number of students of the board’s schools also took part in the national games organised by the School Games Federation of India (SGFI).<br /><br />According to the statistics with the CBSE, as many as 60 students from the Kendriya Vidyalayas and six from the Navodaya Vidyalayas won medals at the SGFI’s national school games in 2016. The number of students winning medals at the SGFI events has significantly grown over the last three years.<br /><br />“In respect of students participating in sports at national or international level, exemption from appearing in any one of the summative assessments (SAs) may be granted under intimation to the regional office of the board concerned, provided the student will be participating in sports at the national or international level organised by recognised federations, CBSE or SGFI and being held during the month of conduct of SA,” the revised rules stated.<br /><br />In such case, the marks obtained in one SA will also be indicated for the second SA by the board, it said.<br /><br />“The school will take undertaking from the parent (on the student’s participation in national or international level games). It will be countersigned by the school principal and submitted to the regional office of the board,” the revised rules added.<br /><br />The board, however, did not make any change in its rules for condoning of attendance of such students. The school principals are required to refer cases of attendance shortage of students ranging from 15% to 60% for consideration of the board.<br /><br />Rule 14 of the examination by-laws empowers the CBSE chairman to condone a case of shortage of attendance up to 15% for those students appearing for the secondary and senior school certificate examinations conducted by the board.<br /><br />Cases of candidates with attendance below 60% in Class X or Class XII, appearing for the board’s examinations, as the case may be, will be considered for condoning the shortage by the CBSE chief only in “exceptional circumstances.”<br /><br />“As regards attendance requirement, school may take action as per rule 14 of the examination by-laws. However, efforts be made by the school to give them one more chance to appear in the SA1 up to October 31 in Class IX/X and for SA 2 up to March 31 in Class IX,” the rules stipulated.</p>
<p>The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) school students are no more required to get prior permission of the school board for participating in national and international level games.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They can now take part in such events merely after intimating the regional office of the board about their schedule. The CBSE has relaxed norms for such students with amendments to its examination by-laws to promote sporting activities and nurture talents.<br /><br />While more than 1.5 lakh students participated in the inter-school sports and games competitions organised by the CBSE in more than 20 disciplines at cluster, zone and national level, a large number of students of the board’s schools also took part in the national games organised by the School Games Federation of India (SGFI).<br /><br />According to the statistics with the CBSE, as many as 60 students from the Kendriya Vidyalayas and six from the Navodaya Vidyalayas won medals at the SGFI’s national school games in 2016. The number of students winning medals at the SGFI events has significantly grown over the last three years.<br /><br />“In respect of students participating in sports at national or international level, exemption from appearing in any one of the summative assessments (SAs) may be granted under intimation to the regional office of the board concerned, provided the student will be participating in sports at the national or international level organised by recognised federations, CBSE or SGFI and being held during the month of conduct of SA,” the revised rules stated.<br /><br />In such case, the marks obtained in one SA will also be indicated for the second SA by the board, it said.<br /><br />“The school will take undertaking from the parent (on the student’s participation in national or international level games). It will be countersigned by the school principal and submitted to the regional office of the board,” the revised rules added.<br /><br />The board, however, did not make any change in its rules for condoning of attendance of such students. The school principals are required to refer cases of attendance shortage of students ranging from 15% to 60% for consideration of the board.<br /><br />Rule 14 of the examination by-laws empowers the CBSE chairman to condone a case of shortage of attendance up to 15% for those students appearing for the secondary and senior school certificate examinations conducted by the board.<br /><br />Cases of candidates with attendance below 60% in Class X or Class XII, appearing for the board’s examinations, as the case may be, will be considered for condoning the shortage by the CBSE chief only in “exceptional circumstances.”<br /><br />“As regards attendance requirement, school may take action as per rule 14 of the examination by-laws. However, efforts be made by the school to give them one more chance to appear in the SA1 up to October 31 in Class IX/X and for SA 2 up to March 31 in Class IX,” the rules stipulated.</p>
