CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) is a board of education that was finally reconstituted in 1962.
The Board’s main objective is to serve the educational institutions more effectively. Other Prime objectives of CBSE include —
- To define appropriate approaches of academic activities to provide stress free, child centered and holistic education to all children without compromising on quality.
- To analyze and monitor the quality of academic activities by collecting the feedback from different stakeholders.
- To develop norms for implementation of various academic activities including quality issues; to control and coordinate the implementation of various academic and training programmes of the Board; to organize academic activities and to supervise other agencies involved in the process.
- To adapt and innovate methods to achieve academic excellence in conformity with psychological, pedagogical and social principles.
- To encourage schools to document the progress of students in a teacher and student friendly way.