Unless you live under a rock, you will have heard about the CBSE; maybe through the annual din of Board exams or most probably, by studying under it. It turns out that managing a board exam is merely one of the functions of the CBSE.
First, some history. The predecessor of the current CBSE was set up a couple of decades before Independence. After Independence, it was renamed CBSE, and schools under its affiliation began mushrooming all over the country. Now, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, and countless other private schools, all of these come under the ambit of the CBSE. The CBSE itself comes under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, in the Central Government. It even has schools outside India which are affiliated to its Board.
At this point in our country, the CBSE has emerged as the best choice for every school student; while its syllabus and teaching is much better than the state Boards and arguably, on par with/better than the ICSE, the sheer number of affiliated schools across the country make sure that the student will not have to go through the process of adjusting to new Boards all over again, if and when they have to move along with parents. Thus, in matters of education AND convenience, the debate has been comprehensively won by the CBSE. But this Education Board is important in the lives of students, even after school.
Apart from the task of setting a board exam every year, the CBSE is also responsible for holding the NEET-UG exam, as well as the UGC-NET exam. NEET-UG is now the default exam for all medical aspirants in the country. With the upper age limit recently removed, there are going to be more people in the queue for giving the exam. UGC-NET (University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test) is the exam for students going on to apply for a PhD, for a Junior Research Fellowship or for being a lecturer in college.
Did I mention that the CBSE is one of the biggest education boards in the world?
The CBSE also offers a choice between English & Hindi, for the medium of instruction; not to worry though, it also offers students the opportunity to learn other languages, from French to Urdu, and and from Marathi to Kannada. In fact, one of the recent changes brought about by the Board has been its inclusion of believed to be 'alternate' subjects. These range from Fashion Studies to Theatre Studies, from Entrepreneurship to Psychology. Being exposed to subjects like these at a young age, and that too under the experienced eye of a teacher, not only expands the horizons of the normal CBSE school student. It also introduces their parents to the opportunities and the work involved in these 'alternate' studies. Ultimately, it brings both, the parents and the students, awareness about available career paths, away from the gridlocked, eight lane highways of medical and engineering.
All in all, studying in a CBSE school seems to be quite a deal. And just to make it clear, this is coming from a state Board student.
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