PART-I ELIGIBILITY, SCHEME OF STUDIES AND SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
1. ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES
1. Admission of students to a School: Transfer/Migration of students
Admission: General Conditions:
1.1 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 & 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; and
(b) document (s) in support of his having passed the qualifying or equivalent qualifying examination.
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 of a "School" on the basis of Certificate (s) of such unrecognised institution attended by him earlier.
(b) `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 this Board equivalent to the corresponding examination conducted by this Board or conducted by a "School" affiliated to/ recognised by this Board.
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 the corresponding class of this Board.
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.
1.4. No student shall be admitted or promoted to any subsequent higher class 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.
Admission: Specific Requirements
1.5 Admission to Class XI in a school shall be open only to
such a student who has passed:- (a) Secondary School Examination (Class X Examination) conducted by this Board: or
(b) 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.
1.6 (i) Admission to Class XII in a School shall be open
only to such a student who :- (a) has completed a regular course of study for class XI and :
(b) has passed Class XI examination from a School affiliated to this Board.
(ii) A student who has completed a regular course of study for Class XI and has passed class XI examination from an institution recognised by/affiliated to any recognised Board in India, other than this Board can be admitted to a school only after obtaining permission for such admission from the Chairman of this Board.
1.7 Admission Procedure (i) 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.
(ii) 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 his original admission number.
(iii) If a student applying for admission to a school has attended any other school, an authenticated copy of the Transfer Certificate in the format given in the Examination Bye- Laws from his last school must be produced before his name can be entered in the Admission Register.
(iv) In no case shall a student be admitted into a class higher than that for which he is entitled according to the Transfer Certificate.
(v) 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 examination of the Board. This condition may be waived only in special circumstances by the Chairman.
(vi) A student leaving his school at the end of a session or who is permitted to leave his 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 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
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certificate duly countersigned by an authority as indicated in the format given in Exam. 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.
Admission to Examinations
1.8 General No candidate who has been expelled or is under the punishment or rustication or is debarred from appearing in or taking an examination for any reason whatsoever, shall be admitted to any examination of the Board.
All India/Delhi Senior School Certificate Examination
1.9 Academic Qualifications For Undertaking Examinations: (i) A Candidate for All India/Delhi Senior School Certificate examination should have:-
(a) passed the Secondary School Examination (Class X) of this Board or an equivalent examination from any other recognised Board/University at least two years earlier than the year in which he/she would take Senior School Certificate Examination (Class XII) of the Board: and
(b) secured a grade higher than grade E in each of the subjects of internal assessment at Secondary School Examination (Class X) referred to at (a) above.
1.10 Admission to Examinations: Regular Candidates All India/Delhi Senior School Certificate Examination will be open to such regular candidate who has his duly completed application for admission to the concerning 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:.-
(i) that he possesses the academic qualifications as laid down in Exam. Bye-Laws;
(ii) that he has not passed equivalent or higher examination of any other Board or University;
(iii) that he is on the active rolls of the School,;
(iv) that he has completed a "regular Course of Study" as defined and detailed in Exam. Bye-laws in a school in the subjects in which he would appear in the examination;
(v) that he bears a good moral character and is of good conduct; and
(vi) that he satisfies all other provisions, applicable to him/her, of the examination Bye-laws and any other provision made by the Board governing admission to the examination concerned, if any.
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1.11 A Regular Course of Study (i) The expression "a regular course of study" referred to in the Exam. Bye-laws means atleast 75 per cent of attendance in the classes/lectures held : counted from the day of commencing teaching of class XII upto the 1st of the month preceding the month in which the examination of the Board commences.
(ii) The candidate who had failed in the same examination in the preceding year and who rejoins class XII shall be required to put in 75 per cent of attendance calculated on the possible attendance from the 1st of the month following the publication of the results of that examination by the Board upto the 1st of the Month preceding the month in which the examination of the Board commences.
(iii) In the case of migration from other Institution, 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.
(iv) Candidates taking up a subject (s) involving practical shall be required to have put in at least 75 per cent of the total attendance for practical work in the subject in the laboratory.
1.12 Requirement of Attendances in Subjects of Internal Assessment (i) No student from a School affiliated to the Board shall be eligible to take the examination unless he has completed 75% of attendances counted from the opening of class XII upto the 1st of the month preceding the month, in which the examination commences in the subjects of internal assessment.
(ii) Exemption from WE./Art Education/P&HE may be granted to it candidate on medical grounds provided the application is supported by a certificate given by a Registered Medical Officer of the rank not below that of Asstt. Surgeon and forwarded by the Head of the School with his recommendations.
(iii) The Chairman shall have powers to condone shortage of attendances in subjects of internal assessment.
1.13 Rules for condonation of shortage of Attendances (i) If a candidate's attendance falls short of the prescribed percentage, 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 the 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 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 in the academic session, attendance by the candidate in question during
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the academic session and the percentage of attendance by such candidate in the session.
(ii) Shortage upto 15% only may be condoned by the Chairman. Cases of candidates with attendance below 60% In class XII shall not be considered.
(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.
(iv) The following may be considered valid reasons for recommending the cases of the candidates with attendance less than the prescribed percentage
(a) prolonged illness:
(b) loss of Father/mother or some other such incident leading to his absence from the school and meriting special consideration : and
(c) any other reason of similar serious nature.
(v) authorised participation in sponsored tournaments and Sports Meets of not less than inter school level and at NCC/NSS Camps including the days of journeys for such participation shall be counted as full attendance.
Detaining of Eligible Candidates Heads of affiliated schools shall not detain eligible candidates from appearing at the examination of the Board except for very grave reasons and with the previous permission of the Chairman.
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.