Central Board of Secondary Education

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 Central Board of Secondary Education

The Central Board of Secondary Education (abbreviated as CBSE) is a Board of

Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government of India.
Short Information On CBSE
Abbreviation CBSE
Formation 3 November 1962 (52 years ago)
Type Governmental Board of Education
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Location "Shiksha Kendra", 2, Community Centre, Preet
Vihar, Delhi-110 092
Official language Hindi & English
Chairman Vineet Joshi
Parent organization Ministry of Human Resource Development

Website www.cbse.nic.in
 History
The first education board to be set up in India was the Uttar
Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education in 1921,
which was under jurisdiction of Rajputana, Central India and Gwalior. In
1929, the government of India set up a joint Board named "Board of
High School and Intermediate Education, Rajputana". This
included Ajmer, Merwara, Central India and Gwalior. Later it was
confined to Ajmer, Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh. In 1952, it became the
"Central Board of Secondary Education".
 Affiliations

CBSE affiliates all Kendriya Vidyalayas, all Jawahar

Navodaya Vidyalayas, private schools and most of
the schools approved by Central government of India.
 Examinations

All India Senior School Certificate Examination

(AISSCE)

All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination

(AIEEE)

All India Pre Medical Test

(AIPMT)
 AISSCE
AISSCE stands for All India Senior School Certificate Examination.
The AISSCE (All India Senior School Certificate Examination) is an
examination conducted by the CBSE for class 12.

Where as the board conducts two examinations – All India Secondary

School Examination (Class X) and the All India Senior School Certificate
Examination (Class XII).
 AIEEE
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), was an examination
organised by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India.
Introduced in the year 2002, this national level competitive test is for admission
to various under-graduate engineering and architecture courses in institutes
accepting the AIEEE score, mainly 30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
and 5 Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs).[1] The examination was
generally held on the last Sunday of April and results are announced in the last
week of May or the first week of June. Candidates are ranked on an all-India basis
and state basis. Thus, they have an All India Rank (AIR) and a State Rank (SR).
The examination was replaced by Joint Entrance Examination in April 2013.
 AIPMT
The All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) is a yearly college entrance
examination in India. The exam is conducted by the Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi for admission
to MBBS and BDS courses in several medical colleges around the country.
Presently, 15% of the total seats in all medical and dental colleges run by
the Union of India, state governments, municipal, or other local authorities
in India, except in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir,
are reserved for candidates who pass this examination. Since 2014, the
examination has been modified.
 Regional offices
Presently CBSE has 10 regional offices

Delhi Chennai Guwahati Ajmer

Panchkula Allahabad Patna

Bhubaneswar Thiruvananthapuram Dehradun

Some facts about CBSE

• Total Number of Schools Affiliated with CBSE: 14808

• Areas of Operation: 25 Countries including India,

Malaysia, Dubai etc

• Major entrance exams syllabus based on CBSE viz. IIT,

AIPMT etc
 References
• After UGC's failure, CBSE to conduct NET

• NET to be held under CBSE’s watch. The Hindu

• http://blog.schoolfinder.co.in/2014/02/difference-between-cbse-icse-igcse-
ib.html

• http://cbse.gov.in/contact.htm

• http://www.mapsofindia.com/education/cbse-offices.html