About CBSE

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. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all schools affiliated to follow only NCERT curriculum.

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".

EXAMINATIONS:

CBSE conducts the final examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 every year in the month of March. The results are announced by the end of May.
CBSE is also making efforts to reduce the duration of the final exams, which is dragged for 45 to 50 days.

The board conducted AIEEE exam which was merged with the IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) in 2013. The common examination is now called JEE (Main). CBSE syllabus is aligned with the syllabuses of these exams. This is one of the main reasons why this education board is so popular in India and Indian students living abroad.
CBSE also conducts AIPMT (All India Pre Medical Test) for admission to major medical colleges in India.

CBSE also conducts the central teacher’s eligibility test and the Class X optional proficiency test. With the addition of NET in 2014, the CBSE has become the largest exam conducting body in the world.
On November 10, 2017, Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared a proposal for creation of a National Testing Agency (NTA) which will conduct various entrance examinations. Currently, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE) Exam, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Central Teacher Eligibility Test (twice a year) UGC’s National Eligibility Test (twice a year) and the entrance test for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.