The Central Board of Secondary Education has written to Union ministry for human resources and development saying that the practice of being asked to conduct various examinations, which are outside it
The Central Board of Secondary Education has written to Union ministry for human resources and development saying that the practice of being asked to conduct various examinations, which are outside its purview, is creating an extraneous burden on it.
Ahead of the UGC-NET exam which is likely to be held in early next year, CBSE chairperson R.K. Chaturvedi has written to HRD ministry saying that holding large scale examinations like these stretches its resources. Mr Chaturvedi has told the ministry to raise the quality of education and that the CBSE should focus on its core areas.
Officials, however, added that in the communication, which was also sent to the UGC, the CBSE has said that it can extend all technical support for the exam. “The CBSE has expressed a view that it has been holding examinations ranging from entrance to undergraduate courses, to recruitments for institutions like Kendriya Vidyalayas to UGC-NET. He has conveyed that as these tests are large scale, they stretch CBSE’s resources and affect the overall functioning,” a senior HRD ministry official said.
It is learnt that the CBSE had also agreed to conduct recruitment exam for teachers for KVs and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas but suggested that a different mechanism should be set up for this exercise.
