CHENNAI: The Central Board of Secondary Education has made both the recognition and no objection certificate from the state governments compulsory for granting provisional affiliation to the new schools from January 1, 2017.
“Formal prior recognition letter from state education department concerned, i.er Recognition for classes 1 to 5 required for middle-class approval and recognition for classes 1 to 8 required for provisional affiliation up to secondary level,” CBSE said.
The board also brought the amendment to the affiliation bylaws in rule 3.3 (i) Chapter II to this effect on Thursday.
The amendment said the schools have to produce the no objection certificate to the effect that state government has no objection to the affiliation of the school with CBSE.
“No objection certificate once issued to any school will be considered at par even if it prescribed a specific period and level unless it is withdrawn,” it said.
As per the existing rule, the board will only ask the concerned school to produce the no-objection certificate from the state government if it receives any objection otherwise it would be assumed that concerned state government has no objection.
CBSE has said the amendment is applicable for the applications received from January 1st, 2017 for academic session 2018-19..
“There are instances where the CBSE schools did not produce a recognition letter or NOC from the state governments for affiliation. After that, the board now has made it clear that both are compulsory for the provisionary affiliation,” a member of the CBSE governing body told DC.
As per the Right to Education Act, no school should function without recognition.
An official from the school education department said, “Earlier, the CBSE did not insist on the school being recognised by the state government and many schools apply for the affiliation only in the classes 8 or 9. Now, they have to get recognition from class 1.”
He also said the CBSE’s amendment had given clarity about getting recognition from the state education department.
