CBSE designated to act as standards authority for its affiliated schools: Education Minister

CBSE has been designated to act as SSA (School Standards Authority) for schools affiliated to it and run by KVS (Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan) and NVS (Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti), Union Education Minister Said. 

While making a statement in response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan said, The Central Board of Secondary Education has been designated to act as the standards authority for schools affiliated to it and run by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. The minister further added that The National Education Policy (NEP) recommended that for schools controlled, managed and aided by the central government, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in consultation with the Ministry of Education (MoE) shall prepare a framework.

Standards have been prepared by CBSE in different areas of school functioning such as curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, infrastructure, inclusive practices, human resources, management and governance, and leadership, the minister said.

"Accordingly, the CBSE has been designated to act as SSA (School Standards Authority) for schools affiliated to it and run by KVS (Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan) and NVS (Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti). For schools run by state governments, the state government will designate State School Standards Authority (SSSA),” he said.

Pradhan further informed that the DIKSHA portal contains assessment tools for the framework of standards called School Quality Assessment and Assurance. Pradhan said the standards across the different domains will act as a yardstick for evaluating the effectiveness of school practices and enable schools to evaluate themselves against the stipulated qualitative benchmarks and make a transformational change to reach an expected level of excellence in all aspects of functioning.

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