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Development of Education System

Notes The CBSE board has officially declared that grading system will replace the existing marking
system for class X from academic year 2008, the results will not include pass or fail tag, it will
only show grades that a student has got. The board has also introduced a new nine point scale
system, the students to get required grades in four or five subjects to get promoted to next
level. Its result will not carry pass or fail tag, students who don't have qualifying grades will
get four options to improve their grades in period of two years from exam. Students will get
grades ranging from A to E. The board has been continuously introducing innovative changes
to match required standards of education in this world of competition. CBSE education is
proved to be very beneficial to all students in India and out of India.
Grading System used by CBSE: Central Board of Secondary Education is going to introduce
grading system for all classes from year 2009-2010. This announcement was made secretary of
the CBSE during National Sahodaya conference of principals, held at Bhopal.
The students who will pass their class 10 board examination in March 2010 will be awarded
grades at the place of Marks. It will be implemented in classes 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 also.
The official announcement about implementation of grading system in CBSE board classes is an
appreciable step. This news was published in expressindiadotcom.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is giving grades to the primary classes for last few
years but it was not there for other classes. Some of the educational institutions in
India were providing grades at the place of Marks.

Self Assessment

1. Fill in the blanks:
(i) There are more than ......................... CBSE affiliated schools.
(ii) The first board set up in India was .................. in 1921.
(iii) The CBSE board prepares the syllabus for standard .................... in affiliated schools.
(iv) The grading system has officially been declared by CBSE in academic year.

12.3 State Board of Secondary Education

In India, education is looked after by different agencies, both government and private. There
are three main stages or levels of education as they may be called, received by the students in
India. They are schooling, college and higher studies. At all the three stages, government takes
the responsibility for helping the students with different provisions at each level.
12.3.1 Historical Context
The jurisdiction of the Board is extensive and stretches beyond the national geographical
boundaries. As a result of the reconstitution, the Delhi Board of Secondary Education' was
merged with the Central Board and thus all the educational institutions recognized by the
Delhi Board also became a part of the Central Board . Subsequently, all the schools located in
the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Andaman and Nicobar Island, Arunachal Pradesh, the state
of Sikkim , and now Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh have also got affiliation with the
Board. From 309 schools in 1962 the Board today has 8979 schools on 31-03-2007 including 141
schools in 21 countries. There are 897 Kendriya Vidyalayas, 1761 Government Schools, 5827
Independent Schools, 480 Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalayas and 14 Central Tibetean Schools.
Following are the list of State Boards of School Education in India, recognized by the Department
of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Management, Government of India.

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