The Department of Primary and Secondary Education plans to urge schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) to register with the government for classes one to eight.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait said the department had communicated with the CBSE and had learnt that it recognises schools from classes nine to 12. “So this means they are unrecognised till class 8. So we want to frame a policy to ensure [all the classes] are recognised by some board.”
Once a school registers as a state board school, according to the rules it is supposed to follow the State syllabus. “But when evolving the policy, we will give them the opportunity to discuss this with us. If they come up with a set of textbooks they want to follow, we can examine and allow it. These modalities still need to be worked out. But we are very clear that these schools, as a first step, should register with us,” Mr. Sait said.
He also said it was mandatory for schools who wish to start central boards to obtain an NOC from the State government.
The Bill in the State legislature for amending the Karnataka Education Act, 1983 to regulate the fixing of fee at all private schools has already been passed. Besides regulating fee, the Bill also aimed to bring these schools under the purview of the State government on child safety.
