Eligibility for admission to a CBSE school

Q: What can be the reasons for not getting admission in CBSE schools?

A: CBSE Board can restrict admission of a student in a school under the following criteria.

• A person who has been studying in an institution, which is not recognised by this Board or by any other recognised Board of Secondary Education or by the State/ UT Government of the concerned place.

• No student migrating from a School in a foreign country, other than the School affiliated to this Board, shall be eligible for admission unless an eligibility certificate in respect of such a student has been obtained from this Board. For this, the Principal of the School– to which admission is being sought– will submit full details of the case and relevant documents with his own remarks/recommendations to the board.

• No person who is under the sentence of rustication or is expelled from any Board/University/ School or is debarred from appearing in the examination for whatever reason by any Board/ University shall be admitted to any class in a School affiliated to this Board.

• No student shall be admitted or promoted to any subsequent higher class in any school unless he has completed the regular course of study of the class to which he was admitted and has passed the examination.

• No student shall be admitted in Class IX and above in a school affiliated with the Board after 31st day of August of the year except with prior permission of the Chairman, CBSE/Competent Authority. The application for permission to grant admission after 31st of August shall be routed through the Principal of the school specifying the reasons which are unavoidable. The candidate shall complete the required percentage of attendance (75%) for Class IX, X, XI & XII as per Examination ByeLaws of the Board. In such cases where the admission by the candidate could not be taken in a higher class by the stipulated date because of the late declaration of result by the Board such permission would not be required, provided the candidate applied for admission within a fortnight of the declaration of the result.