The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to remodel its by-laws to help ensure greater affiliation transparency.
“We will work to update our by-laws to better tune them to government policies that affect education to ensure better regulation and compliance,” CBSE chairman Rajesh Chaturvedi told The Hindu .
There is a wide range of concerns that needs to be addressed, he said.
While in the past, disabled children have often had to attend special schools, the CBSE is trying to ensure that schools develop the infrastructure and resources to cater to children with special needs. In other words, the by-laws will be made fully compatible with disability laws to ensure inclusive schooling.
The CBSE is organising a two-day national conference on inclusive education on Tuesday and Wednesday.
There will also be an attempt to ensure that children up to Class-2 do not have homework to do or schoolbags to carry. This has been in the by-laws but has not been implemented well.
The CBSE will also look to update its by-laws to curb any instances of schools charging capitation fees from parents.
