CBSE

Historical Background

A trail of developments mark the significant changes that took place over the years in shaping up the Board to its present status. U P Board of High School and Intermediate Education was the first Board set up in 1921. It has under its jurisdiction Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior. In response to the representation made by the Government of United Provinces, the then Government of India suggested to set up a joint Board in 1929 for all the areas which was named as the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana. This included Ajmer, Merwara, Central India and Gwalior.

The Board witnessed rapid growth and expansion at the level of Secondary education resulting in improved quality and standard of education in institutions.But with the advent of State Universities and State Boards in various parts of the country the jurisdiction of the Board was confined only to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh later. As a result of this, in 1952 , the constitution of the Board was amended wherein its jurisdiction was extended to part-C and Part-D territories and the Board was given its present name.Central Board of Secondary Education. It was in the year 1962 finally that the Board was reconstituted. The main objectives were those of : serving the educational institutions more effectively, to be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government and had frequently transferable jobs. 

Major Activities and Objectives

The Central Board of Secondary Education was set up to achieve certain interlinked objectives:

�     To prescribe conditions of examinations and conduct public examination at the end of Class X and XII . To grant qualifying certificates to successful candidates of the affiliated schools.

�   To fulfill the educational requirements of those students whose parents were employed in transferable jobs.

�   To prescribe and update the course of instructions of examinations

� To affiliate institutions for the purpose of examination and raise the academic standards of the country.

The prime focus of the Board is on

� Innovations in teaching-learning methodologies by devising students friendly and students centered paradigms.

�  Reforms in examinations and evaluation practices.

�   Skill learning by adding job-oriented and job-linked inputs.

�   Regularly updating the pedagogical skills of the teachers and administrators by conducting in servic training programmes, workshops etc.