<p>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>
<p>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>
