NO. CBSE/AFF./Notification/2021 Dated: 24.09.

2021

Notification No.16/2021
NOTIFICATION

Consequent upon approval of the Affiliation Committee in its meeting held on 18.06.2021
vide Agenda Item No. 14 and subsequent ratification by the Governing Body of the Board in its
meeting held on 30.06.2021 the following amendments have been made in various clauses of
Affiliation Bye laws – 2018 and will come in to force from the date of issue of this notification.
Sr. Chapter Existing Rule Proposed Amendment
No No./ Clause
No.
1 Clause Every school shall organize 3 days in- Every school should ensure that all
16.1.1 house training programme for every the teachers must participate in at
teacher at the school level least 50 hours of Continuous
Professional Development (CPD).
Out of these 50 hours, CPD of 25
hours shall be completed by the
teacher in the programmes
organized by the Board or by the
State Govt. or Govt. Regional
Teachers Training Institutions and
school shall organize remaining 25
hours of CPD in collaboration with
School Complex of CBSE or in-
house programmes.
2 Clause Every school should organize at least 2 To be deleted (as clause 16.1.2
16.1.2 days' training programs for its teachers has been covered in 16.1.1 as
preferably in association with the centres per NEP and TAC approval)
of Excellence (C.O.E ) of the board or
through any teachers training institute
recognized by the
Centre/UT/State/Regional Teachers '
Training institutions, a CBSE Sahodaya
school complex or through Centre/State IT
training platforms such as DIKSHA or
SWAYAM etc. The school can also
arrange this training with the help of
established teachers. Training institutions.

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S. No Chapter No./ Existing Rule
Clause No.
3. Clause Every school should organize at least 2
16.1.3 days' training programme for its
principal preferably in association with
the Centres of Excellence (C.O.E.) of
the board or through any teachers'
training institute recognized by the
Centre/UT/State/Regional Teachers
training institutions, a CBSE Sahodaya
School complex or through
Centre/State IT Training platforms
such as DIKSHA or SWAYAM etc. The
school can also arrange this training
with the help of established teachers.
Training institutions.
4 Clause 16.2 In addition to provisions of clause 16.1, To be deleted
every school for its entire teaching staff
shall organize full time Training
Programme of not less than 5 days, at
least once in three years. Such training
programme may be organized by the
school in collaboration with the Board
or by a recognized Sahodaya School
Complex of CBSE or by the State or
Regional Teachers Training Institutions
or by any reputed Organization.
Proposed Amendment
Every school should ensure that
Principal and School complex
leaders must participate in at
least 50 hours of Continuous
Professional Development
(CPD). Out of these 50 hours,
CPD of 25 hours shall be
completed by the Principal and
School Complex Leader in the
programmes organized by the
Board or by the State
Government or Government
Regional Teachers Training
Institutions and school shall
organize remaining 25 hours of
CPD in collaboration with
School Complex of CBSE or in-
house programmes.
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S. No Chapter No./ Existing Rule Proposed Amendment

Clause No.
5 Clause 16.3 The entire training programme as The entire training programme
specified in Clauses 16.1 to 16.2 and as specified in Clauses 16.1
sub-clauses thereto shall be properly and sub-clauses thereto shall
videographed and documented be properly videographed and
including training participation documented including training
certificates of teachers and the records participation certificates of
be preserved and produced during the teachers and the records be
time of affiliation, upgradation, reported annually to concerned
extension etc. or during inspection or Centre of Excellence of the
as and when required by the Board for Board for verification.
verification.

This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority of the Board.

(Anurag Tripathi)
Secretary, CBSE

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Distribution:

1. All Managers/ Principals of Independent category schools Affiliated to CBSE.

2. The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18 Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet
Singh Marg, New Delhi 110016.
3. The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalya Samiti, B-15, Institutional Area, Sector 62, Noida
201307, District Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
4. The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, EssEss Plaza, Community Centre,
Sector- 3, Rohini, Delhi 110085.
5. The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat,
Delhi 110054.
6. The Director of Public Instruction (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 09,
Chandigarh 160017.
7. The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim 737101.
8. The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar 791111.
9. The Director of Education, Govt. of A& N Islands, Port Blair 744101.
10. All Education Secretaries of States/ UTs.
11. All HODs of CBSE.
12. The PRO, CBSE, Delhi for due Publicity.
13. The Joint Secretary (A & L), CBSE.
14. Deputy Secretary to the Chairperson, CBSE for kind information to the Chairperson.
15. The SPS to Secretary, CBSE.
16. The Deputy Secretary (Co-ordination Unit), CBSE.
17. All the Regional Directors/ Regional Officers/ COE Heads of CBSE.
18. The Joint Secretary (IT), CBSE, Preet Vihar, Delhi 92 with request to disseminate the
information further.

(Anurag Tripathi)
Secretary, CBSE