Finance
By: Shree1news, 24 JAN 2021
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is restructuring the affiliation system for schools and making the process fully digital and primarily based on data analytics with least human intervention, officers mentioned. The new system, which will come into impact from March 1, has been restructured as per numerous recommendations for systemic reforms laid down within the new National Education Policy (NEP).
“The board is restructuring the affiliation system and process as per recommendations of education reforms in the NEP. Although, the CBSE affiliation system has been online since 2006, the restructured system will be fully digital and based on data analytics with least human intervention,” CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi mentioned.
“The restructuring will help in establishing ease of doing business in the CBSE affiliation system, attaining the goal of minimum government, maximum governance, automated and data driven decisions, achieve transparency, bring more accountability in the entire systemic processes and achieve quick and time-bound disposal of all applications,” he added. Tripathi mentioned the board will soon come out with detailed guidelines on the restructured system.
“A detailed document on the CBSE affiliation system containing the restructured online procedure for affiliation, documents required for affiliation application, modalities and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for inspection, tips for the inspection committee, videos for numerous process, will probably be released soon,” he mentioned. The board has also revised timelines for application process as per the restructured system.
As per the revised timeline, every year the application window for fresh affiliation and upgradation of affiliation will open three times -March 1 to 31, June 1 to 30 and September 1 to 30. “The application for extension of affiliation will be accepted from March 1 to May 31 every year. Different functions comparable to these for added topic, part enhance, change of identify of college, change of society or belief, will probably be accepted through the year,” Tripathi mentioned.
Procuring digital signatures of a school from authorised service provider or AADHAAR-based signatures; uploading necessary documents such as no objection certificates, land certificates, security certificates and certificates by district education officer, are among the many prerequisites for application for affiliation.
“After the online submission of application, particulars submitted by the school will probably be analysed in accordance with the CBSE by-laws and inspection committee will probably be constituted immediately for the purpose of inspection. Schools will be able to get inspection done on any of the dates mentioned in the letter,” he mentioned.
The CBSE had introduced a facility for virtual inspection of schools for upgradation of affiliation in August last year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The board is also in the process of setting up a facilitation centre to address queries, and problems of schools and inspection committees related to the virtual inspection. The board had revamped its norms in 2018 for granting affiliation to schools, leaving the onus of the infrastructural audit on states and limiting its personal position to academic quality monitoring.
The CBSE has 24,930 schools affiliated to it across the nation and overseas, with over 2 crore students and more than 10 lakh teachers. The affiliation by-laws were formulated within the year 1998.
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