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part i eligibility requirements scheme of studies and scheme of examinations
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1 eligibility of candidates 1 1.1 admission of students to a school transfer/migration of students admission general conditions a student seeking admission to any class in `school will be eligible for admission to that class only if he i ii iii iv has been studying in a school recognised by or affiliated to this board or any other recognised board of secondary education in india has passed qualifying or equivalent qualifying examination making him eligible for admission to that class 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 and produces a b c explanation a a person who has been studying in an institution which is not recognised by this board or by any other recognised board of secondary education or by the state u t government of the concerned place shall not be admitted to any class or a school on the basis of certificates of such unrecognised institutions attended by him earlier qualifying examination means an examination-the passing of which makes a student eligible for admission to a particular class and `equivalent examination means an examination conducted by any recognised board of secondary education/indian university or an institution recognised by or affiliated to such board/university and is recognised by the board equivalent to the corresponding examination conducted by this board or conducted by a school affiliated to/recognised by this board the school leaving certificate/transfer certificate signed by the head of the institution last attended and countersigned documents in support of his having passed the qualifying or equivalent qualifying examination and date of birth certificate issued by the registrar of births and deaths where-ever existing as proof of date of birth b 1.2 no student migrating from a school in a foreign country other than the school affiliated to this board shall be eligible for admission unless an eligibility certificate in respect of such a student has been obtained from this board for obtaining eligibility certificate from the board the principal of the school to which admission is being sought will submit to the board full details of the case and relevant documents with his own remarks recommendations the eligibility certificate will be issued by the board only after the board is satisfied that the course of study undergone and examination passed is equivalent to corresponding class of this board 3
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1.3 no person who is under the sentence of rustication or is expelled from any board/university school or is debarred from appearing in the examination for whatever reason by any board university shall be admitted to any class in a school affiliated to this board 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 no student shall be admitted in class xi and above in a school affiliated with the board after 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 31st august shall be routed through the principal of the school specifying the reasons which are unavoidable the candidate shall complete the required `percentage of attendance 75 for class 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 admission to class xi admission to class xi in a school shall be open only to such a student who has a obtained minimum grade d in at least five subjects of external examination as per the scheme of studies and a qualifying certificate at the secondary schoolclass x examination conducted by this board/senior secondary school affiliated to this board has passed an equivalent examination conducted by any other recognised board of secondary education/indian university and recognised by this board as equivalent to its secondary school examination and 1.4 1.5 2 2.1 b notwithstanding anything contained in the rules above chairman shall have the powers to permit admission in class xi in respect of such students who have opted for not appearing for the secondary school examination conducted by the board but changing school after passing the secondary school examination conducted by a senior secondary school affiliated to the board on grounds of shifting of family from one place to another transfer of parents for better academic performance or on medical grounds etc to avoid undue hardship to the candidates 3 admission to class xii i as the syllabus prescribed at senior level is of two years integrated course no admission shall be taken in class xii directly provided further that admission to class xii in a school shall be open only to such a student who a b has completed a regular course of study for class xi and has passed class xi examination from an institution affiliated to this board has completed a regular course of study of class xi and has passed class xi examination from an institution affiliated to this board and migrating from one city 4
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state to another only on the transfer of the parents or shifting of their families from one place to another after procuring from the student the mark sheet and the transfer certificate duly countersigned by the board and c has completed a regular course of study for class xi and has passed class xi examination from a institution recognised by affiliated to any recognised board in india can be admitted to a school affiliated to this board only on the transfer of the parents or shiting of their families from one place to another after procuring from the student the mark sheet and the transfer certificate duly countersigned by the educational authorieites of the board concerned notwithstanding anything contained in the rules above chairman shall have the powers to allow change of school for better academic performance medical reason etc to avoid undue hardship to the candidates in case of all such admissions the schools would obtain post facto approval of the board within one month of admission of the student 4 i notwith standing any thing contained in paras 1 to 5 of this byelaws the admision of students passing qualifying examination from an examination body outside india shall be regulated according to the provisions contained in clause 1.2 of this chapter provided that the condition of completing regular course of study for class xi is satisfied in cases of admission to class xii admission register in the form prescribed by the state government concerned/kendriya vidyalaya sangathan/navodaya vidyalaya samiti as the case may be shall be maintained by the school where the name of every student joining the school shall be entered successive numbers must be allotted to students on their admission and each student should retain this number throughout the whole of his career in the school a student returning to the school after absence of any duration shall resume admission on his original number if a student applying for admission to a school has attended any other school an authenticated copy of transfer certificate in the format given in the examination byelaws from his last school must be produced before his name can be entered in the admission register in no case shall a student be admitted into a class higher than that for which he is entitled according to the transfer certificate a student shall not be allowed to migrate from one school to another during the session after his name has been sent up for the senior school certificateclass xii examinations conducted by the board this condition may be waived only in special circumstances by the chairman a student leaving his school at the end of a session or who is permitted by the school during the session shall on a payment of all dues receive an authenticated copy of the transfer certificate up-to-date a duplicate copy may be issued if the head of the institution is satisfied 5 5 admission procedure i ii iii iv v vi
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that the original is lost but it shall always be so marked vii in case a student from an institution not affiliated to the board seeks admission in a school affiliated to the board such a student shall produce a transfer certificate duly countersigned by an authority as indicated in the format given in examination bye-laws viii if the statement made by the parent or guardian of a student or by the student himself herself if he/she was major at the time of his/her admission to a school is found to contain any wilful misrepresentation of facts regarding the student s career the head of the institution may punish him/her as per provision of the education act of the state union territory or kendriya vidyalaya sangathan/navodaya vidyalaya samiti rules as the case may be respectively and report the matter to the board 6 admission to examinations general notwithstanding anything contained in these byelaws no candidate who has been expelled or is under the punishment of rustication or is debarred for appearing in or taking an examination for any reason whatsoever shall be admitted to the all india/delhi senior school certificate examinations conducted by the board all india/delhi senior school certificate examinations 7 7.1 academic qualification for undertaking examinations a candidate for all india/delhi senior school certificate examination should have obtained passed the following at least two years earlier than the year in which he/she would take senior school certificate examination class xii of the board a i obtained minimum grade d in at least five subjects of external examination and a qualifying certificate at the secondary school examinationclass x conducted by the board or ii obtained minimum grade d in the scholastic areas as well as satisfactory grades in coscholastic areas under the continuous and comprehensive evaluation scheme in the secondary school examination conducted by the school affiliated to the board upto senior secondary level and certificate of school based assessment duly signed by the board or has passed an equivalent examination conducted by any other recognised board/university has passed class xi examination from an institution affiliated to this board or an insitution recognized by affiliated to any recognized board in india atleast one year earlier than the year in which he would take senior school certificate examination of the board iii iv 8 admission to examinations regular candidates all india/delhi senior school certificate examination will be open to such regular candidates who have submitted their duly completed application for admission to the concerned examination and/or his name in the manner prescribed by the board along with the prescribed fee forwarded to the controller of examinations by the head of the institution/school with the following duly certified by such head:6
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i ii iii iv v vi that he possesses the academic qualifications as laid down in examination bye-laws that he has not passed equivalent or higher examination from this board or equivalant or higher examination of any other board or university that he is on the active rolls of the school that he has completed a regular course of study as defined and detailed in examination bye-laws in a school in the subjects in which he would appear in the examination that he bears a good moral character and is of good conduct and that he satisfies all other provisions applicable to him/her of the examination bye-laws and any other provision made by the board by governing admission to the examination concerned if any it is mandatory upon a school affiliated to the board to follow the examination bye laws of the board in toto no affiliated school shall endeavor to present the candidates who are not on its roll nor will it present the candidates of its unaffiliated branch/schools to any of the board s examinations if the board has reasons to believe that an affiliated school is not following the sub-section i and ii of this section the board will resort to penalties as deemed fit the expression a regular course of study referred to in the bye-law means at least 75 of attendance in the classes held counted from the day of commencing teaching of class xi xii as the case may be upto the 1st of the month preceding the month in which the examination of the school board commences candidates taking up a subjects involving practicals shall also be required to have put in at least 75 of the total attendance for practical work in the subject in the laboratory heads of institutions shall not allow a candidate who has offered subjects involving practicals to take the practical examinations unless the candidates fulfil the attendance requirements as given in this rule the candidates who had failed in the same examination in the preceding year and who has rejoined class xi/xii shall be required to put in 75 of attendance calculated on the possible attendance from the 1st of the month following the publication of the results of that examination by the school/board upto the 1st of the month preceding the month in which the examination of the school board commences in the case of migration from other institutions attendance at the institution/school recognised by the education department of the state/union territory from which the candidate migrates will be taken into account in calculating the required percentage of attendance no student from a school affiliated to the board shall be eligible to take the senior school certificate examination conducted by the board unless he has completed 75 of attendance 7 9 i ii iii 10 a regular course of study i ii iii 11 requirement of attendance in subjects of internal assessment i
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counted from the opening of class xii upto the first of the month preceding the month in which the examination commences in the internal assessment a no student from a school affiliated to the board shall be eligible to take the senior school certificate examination conducted by the board unless he has completed 60 of attendance in respect of students participating in sports at national level organized by recognized federations/cbse/sgfi counted from the opening of class xii upto the first of the month preceding the month in which the examination commences in the subjects of internal assessment also no student from a school affiliated to the board shall be eligible to take the class xi examination conducted by the school unless he has completed 60 of attendance in respect of students participating in sports at national level organized by recognized federations/cbse/sgfi in the subjects of internal assessment exemption from w.e/art education/p h e may be granted to a candidate on medical grounds in respect of senior school candidates appearing for the senior school certificate examination conducted by the board provided the application is supported by a certificate given by a registered medical officer of the rank not below that of assistant surgeon and forwarded by the head of the school with his recommendations the chairman shall have the powers to condone shortage of attendances in subjects of internal assessment in respect of senior school candidates appearing for the senior school certificate examination conducted by the board if a candidate s attendance falls short of the prescribed percentage in case of students appearing for the secondary and senior school certificate examinations conducted by the board the head of the school may submit his name to the board provisionally if the candidate is still short of the required percentage of attendance within three weeks of the commencement of examination the head of the institution shall report the case to the regional officer concerned immediately if in the opinion of the head of the institution the candidate deserves special consideration he may submit his recommendation to the regional officer concerned not later than three weeks before the commencement of the examination for condonation of shortage in attendances by the chairman cbse who may issue orders as he may deem proper the head of the school in his letter requesting for condonation of shortage in attendance should give the maximum possible attendance by a student counted from the day of commencing teaching of classes x/xiibeginning of the session upto the 1st of the month preceding the month in which the examination of the board commences attendance by the candidate in question during the aforesaid period and the percentage of attendance by such a candidate during the aforesaid period shortage up to 15 only may be condoned by the chairman in respect of those students appearing for the senior school certificate examination conducted by the board cases of candidates with attendance below 60 class xii appearing for the board s examinations shall be considered for condonation of shortage of attendance by the chairman only in exceptional circumstances created on medical grounds such as candidate suffering from serious diseases like cancer aids tb or similar serious diseases requiring long period of 8 ii iii 12 rules for condonation of shortage of attendance i ii
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hospitalization iii the principal shall refer a case of shortage within the above prescribed limit of condonation to the board either with the recommendations or with valid reasons for not recommending the case the following may be considered valid reasons for recommending the cases of the candidates with attendance less than the prescribed percentage a b c d prolonged illness loss of father/mother or some other such incident leading to his absence from the school and meriting special considerations any other reason of similar serious nature and authorised participation in sponsored tournaments and sports meets of not less than inter school level and ncc/nss camps including the days of journeys for such participation shall be counted as full attendance authorised participation in sports at national level organised by recognized federation/cbse/sgfi iv e 13 detaining of eligible candidates in no case the heads of affiliated schools shall detain eligible candidates from appearing at the examination of the board 14 15 private candidates definition refer examination bye-laws persons eligible to appear as `private candidates at delhi senior school certificate class xii examination i a candidate who had failed at the delhi senior school certificate examination of the board will be eligible to reappear at a subsequent examination as private candidate in the syllabus and text books as prescribed for the examination of the year in which he/she will reappear the following categories of candidates shall also be eligible to appear as private candidates at the delhi senior school certificate examination of the board on the conditions laid down in these byelaws a teachers serving in educational institutions affiliated to the board who have already qualified/passed secondary or an equivalent examination at least two years before taking the senior school certificate examination teacher candidates shall submit his application form alongwith a certificate by the head of school in which they are serving duly countersigned by the director of education government of national capital territory of delhi to the regional officer delhi ii b women candidates who are bonafide residents of the national capital territory of delhi and have obtained minimum grade d in at least five subjects as per the scheme of studies and a qualifying certificate issued by the board/minimum grade 9
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