CBSE should not get into regulation. Let the states do it: Former HRD Secy

I don't agree with many things in the draft NEP but the one area it has got it right is in regulation, says Anil Swarup, former secretary, ministry of HRD

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has recently announced its decision to regulate admissions to Class 9 and 11 of its affiliated schools. The move is aimed at checking one primary malpractice. Students from non-affiliated schools seek admissions to affiliated ones in these classes to be able to take and clear the CBSE board examinations held in Class 10 and 12. 

The students have till Class 8 not followed the CBSE prescribed curriculum or pedagogy and this affects the results of affiliated schools. To check this, CBSE intends to regulate admissions. However, several school heads are of the view that