CBSE – Special Provisions for the Students Participating in National / International Sports Events and International Olympiads
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
(An Autonomous Organisation under the Ministry of Education, Govt, of India)
HQRS/ Coord/ CoorOORDR(PUBD)/ 1 / 2022/
21/10/2022
To
The Principal / Head of Institutions,
Schools affiliated to CBSB
(Through CBSE website)
SUBJECT: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS AND INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIADS
As several initiatives have been taken by the Government of India to promote sports among youth, CBSE has also mainstreamed Health and Physical Education at the Secondary and Senior Secondary levels by introducing a mandatory period per day for sports, games, etc.
For promoting sports and other educational competitions among youths, CBSE has decided the following:
1. Since March 2018, CBSE has been providing a special opportunity to the students by conducting special examination(s) at a later date(s) for the students who are participating in National / International Sports Events and whose CBSE Board’s examinations clash with the dates of National / International Sports events including dates of the journey for the events recognized by Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI).
2. Since March 2020, CBSE has also been providing a special opportunity to the students by conducting special examination(s) at a later date(s) for the students who are participating in International Olympiads and whose CBSE Board’s examinations clash with their dates of International Olympiad including dates of the journey for the Olympiad recognized by Appropriate Authority in India viz. Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE).
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are as under:-
SN | Activity | Schedule |
1. | Students are to submit a request to their school for availing special opportunity in the Board’s Main Examinations. | These activities must be completed in such a manner that school recommendations along with a certificate of participation are reaching the concerned Regional Office, CBSE latest by 31st December of the academic year. |
2. | Schools are to request the SAI / BCCI / HBCSE for issuing certificate of participation. | |
3 | Schools are to send their recommendations along with the “Certificate of Participation” of SAI / BCCI / HBCSE to the concerned Regional Office of the CBSE. | |
4 | Regional Office to communicate the approval to the concerned schools | By 15th January of the academic year. |
5 | Conduct of rescheduled examination | Preferably within 15 days from the last examination in the date sheet of the main Board examinations of the concerned year. |
Rules to avail of the opportunity will be as per the following details:
- Only for the sports recognized by the SAI / BCCI and Olympiads recognized by the HBCSE
- Only for the Board’s main theory examinations falling during the dates of events of that particular Sport / Olympiad in the participating event and the journey period for the event.
- Opportunity will not be available for compartment examinations.
- Opportunity will not be available for practical examinations/ projects/internal assessments.
- Exemptions in attendance beyond the rules of the Boards shall not be extended.
- Opportunity is not available for participation in training/selection camps.
- No request beyond the schedule will be accepted for exemption.
- “Certificate of Participation” from the SAI / BCCI / HBCSE would be required to be submitted in the prescribed format to be issued by the nodal officers of the concerned organization only.
- CBSE may amend these SOPs and Rules at any time.
- Head of the schools/responsible Organisations will forward recommendations/ issue certificate of participation for those students to Regional Offices, CBSE whose cases are strictly falling within the purview of these instructions/SOPs.
- No special examination for an individual student will be conducted other than or in addition to the schedule for special examination fixed by the Board.
- SAI / BCCI / HBCSE shall host the certificate of participation on their website for cross-verification.
- Such candidates will not be permitted to appear in the compartment examination as all subjects of class-XII examinations are conducted only in one day and Class-X examinations are conducted in a week’s period for only special combinations of the subjects.
- Certificate of participation need to be issued by the Nodal officers of the concerned organizations.
- Decision of the Competent Authority of the Board shall be final and binding on schools and students.
Schools will bring these instructions and SOPs to the notice of all their students who are likely to participate in a National / International Sports Event / International Olympiads, well in time so that the students can avail the benefit of this initiative of CBSE.
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(Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj)
Controller of Examinations