Admission Guidelines for Students

We provide essential information on admission eligibility criteria for students seeking enrollment in CBSE-affiliated schools across India.

Eligibility Criteria Overview

I. A student seeking admission to any class in a 'School' will be eligible for admission to that Class only if he(i) has been studying in a School recognised by or affiliated to this Board or any other recognised Board of Secondary Education in India;

(ii) has passed qualifying or equivalent qualifying examination making him eligible for admission to that Class;

(iii) satisfies the requirements of age limits (minimum and maximum) as determined by the State/U. T. Government and applicable to the place where the School is located;

(iv) Produces:

(a) The School Leaving Certificate/Transfer Certificate signed by the Head of the Institution last attended and countersigned if required as provided elsewhere, in these Byelaws;

(b) Document(s) in support of his having passed the qualifying or equivalent qualifying examination; and

*(c) Date of Birth Certificate issued by the Registrar of Birth and Deaths, where-ever existing, as proof of date of birth.

IV. No student shall be admitted or promoted to any subsequent higher class in any school unless he has completed the regular course of study of the class to which he was admitted at the beginning of the academic session and has passed the examination, at the end of the concerned academic session, qualifying him for promotion to the next higher class.

*V. No student shall be admitted in Class IX and above in a school affiliated with the Board after the 31st day of August of the year except with prior permission of the Chairman, CBSE/Competent Authority as may have been defined in the State/Union Territory Education Acts. The application for permission to grant admission after the 31st of August shall be routed through the Principal of the school specifying the unavoidable reasons. The candidate shall complete the required percentage of attendance (75%) for Class IX, X, XI & XII as per Examination Bye-Laws of the Board to make him/ her eligible for the examinations. In such cases where the admission by the candidate could not be taken in a higher class by the stipulated date because of the late declaration of result by the Board, such permission would not be required, provided the candidate applied for admission within a fortnight of the declaration of the result.