Schools can't withhold admit cards of Board students: CBSE

New Delhi: Following complaints, CBSE has warned schools against withholding admit cards of Class 10 and 12 students on any pretext, including poor performance in pre-board examinations.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had recently received several complaints that certain schools are withholding the admit cards and in some cases are charging fee for its release.

Mentioning Rule 15 of the examination bylaws, the CBSE said, “In no case the heads of affiliated schools shall detain eligible candidates from appearing in the examination. The practice has been viewed very seriously by the board and is violative of the bylaws.”

CBSE controller of examination, KK Chaudhary, in an advisory to schools, said: “Several instances of not issuing admit cards by various CBSE affiliated schools on grounds of performance of students in pre-board tests (conducted by schools internally) have come to the notice of the board. It has also been noted that some schools are charging fees for release of the admit card.”    

Notably, the CBSE exams for Class 10 and 12 students are set to begin from March 5.   

The advisory also stated that the board issue admit cards to only those students, who have been sponsored by the schools in their final list of candidates submitted to it.

“Their eligibility for appearing for exams has already been confirmed by the school and hence their admit cards cannot be withheld. The schools also cannot charge any fee for issuing the admit cards,” it said.

The CBSE had earlier started its pre-examination psychological counselling for students and parents as part of an outreach programme for board aspirants to address exam related psychological problems.