SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
(1) These Bye-laws shall be called Central Board of Secondary Education Affiliation Bye-laws.
(2) They are effective from 28th January, 1988 with modifications/amendments from time to time.
2.Definitions (1) In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires:
(i). "Affiliation" means formal enrolment of a school among the list of approved schools of the Board following prescribed/approved courses of studies upto class VIII as well as those preparing students according to prescribed courses for the Board's examinations.
(2)
(ii) "Affiliation Committee" means Affiliation Committee of the Board.
(iii) "Board" means the Central Board of Secondary Education.
(iv) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education.
(v) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education.
(vi) "Examination" means examinations conducted by the Board.
(vii) "Extension" means extension of Provisional/Regular affiliation granted to the school by the Board.
(viii) "Affiliation Fee" means charges payable by the schools to the Board in connection with affiliation.
(ix) "School Management Committee" means the committee managing the school.
(x) "Government Aided School" means school receiving grant-in-aid from the Union Government/ Administration of Union Territory/State Government.
(xi) "Government School" means a school run by the Department of Education of the Union Territory/ State Government
(xii) "Grants-in-aid" means aid in the form of maintenance from the Central Government or State Government or Local Authority or Administration of Union Territories, as the case may be.
(3)
xiii) "Head of Institution" means the Principal/Headmaster of a Senior Secondary or Secondary School affiliated with the Board or a Middle School approved by the Board.
(xiv) "Health Officer" means appropriate authority of the Local Municipality/Municipal Corporation/Local Body to look after the health and sanitary conditions of the area.
(xv) "Indian Diplomatic Mission" means the Embassy/High Commission/Consulate General of India in the relevant country.
(xvi) "Institution" means an educational institution affiliated to the Board.
(xvii) "Kendriya Vidyalaya" means a school run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, an autonomous Organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India.
(xviii) "Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya" means a school run by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti of the Government of India.
(xix) "Middle Class Syllabus" means syllabus approved by the Board for classes upto VIII on the pattern of syllabus/guidelines for these classes given by N. C. E. R. T.
(4)
(xx) "No Objection Certificate" means a letter issued by the appropriate authority of the Education Department of the State/Union Territory in respect of school situated in the State/U.T. for affiliation of the school to the CBSE.
(xxi) "Parents-Teachers Association" means an association of the parents and teachers of a particular school.
(xxii) "Private Unaided School" means a school run by a Society/Trust duly constituted and registered under the provisions of Central/State Acts not getting any regular grant-in-aid from any Government source(s).
(xxiii) "Reserve Fund" means fund created by the school authority as per requirement of the Board, in a Post Office/Nationalised Bank in the joint names of the Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education/Director (Education) of State/U.T. and the Manager of the school concerned.
(xxiv) "Senior Secondary School" means school preparing students for both the Secondary (Class-X) and Senior School Certificate (Class-XII) examinations of the Board or for Senior School Certificate (Class-XII) examination only.
(xxv) "Secondary School" means school preparing students for the Secondary School (Class-X) examination of the Board.
(5)
(xxvi) "School run by Public Undertaking" means a school run by the Public Sector Undertaking wholly financed by that undertaking.
(xxvii) "Composite Affiliation" means affiliation from Class I to X or I to XII.
(xxviii) "Session" means the period of twelve months duration, when instruction is provided to the students, normally April to March.
(xxix) "Teacher" means a person in the employment of an institution affiliated with the Board for teaching purposes.
(xxx) "Upgradation" means upgradation of secondary school to senior secondary stage i.e., Classes-XI and XII.
(2) Words importing the singular number also include the plural number and vice-versa,
(3) Words importing the masculine gender also include the feminine gender.