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Development of Education System Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 12: Functions of CBSE and State Boards of

Education

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
12.1 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
12.2 Functions of CBSE
12.3 State Board of Secondary Education
12.4 Function of State Board
12.5 Brief Introduction of Some of the State Boards
12.6 Summary
12.7 Keywords
12.8 Review Questions
12.9 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below:
• to discuss about central board of secondary education.
• to discuss about the functions of secondary education
• to explain about state board of secondary education.
• to discuss about functions of state board.
• to explain a brief introduction of some of state board.

Introduction

CBSE is one of the best and most recognized boards of school education in India, other prominent
board is Indian Certificate of Secondary Education or ICSE. The Central Board of Secondary
Education has undergone a number of changes over the years that have resulted to the board's
present avatar.
There is a state board of each state, recognized by the Department of Higher Education, Ministry
of Human Resource. Management, Govt. of India each board works for the educational
development of children at high school, secondary level. We will discuss about it is a descriptive
manners.
12.1 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

CBSE board is considered very important in Indian education system because, it focuses to
impart a common education in this land of diverse culture and heritage called across India.
Thus, it has created a common standard of education for all across the country. CBSE education
keeps getting updated with time. This board has successfully matched the needs and changing
trends in the world of education. The quality of education system has always been high and
competitive. At present there are more than 9000 schools are affiliated with the board and
the figure includes around 140 schools spread in 21 countries with more than 12 million
students.

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