MINUTES OF THE

GOVERNING BODY
MEETING

Held on

Friday, 26th June, 2020

at

Conference Room, 6th floor

Central Board of Secondary Education
Rouse Avenue, New Delhi

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre
Preet Vihar, Delhi – 110092
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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Shiksha Kendra, 2, Community Centre
Preet Vihar, Delhi - 110092

MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE BOARD

Day & Date : Friday, 26thJune, 2020

Time : 11.00 a.m.
Venue : Conference Room (6th floor), CBSE, 17, Rouse
Avenue, New Delhi - 110 002

ITEM NO. ITEM

ITEM I To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Governing Body of
the Board held on 19th December, 2019.
ITEM II To report on the follow up action taken on the minutes of the
Governing Body meeting held on 19th December, 2019.
ITEM III To consider the recommendations of the Finance Committee
made at its meeting held on 22nd June, 2020
ITEM IV To consider the recommendations of the Affiliation Committee
made at its meeting held on 16th June, 2020.
ITEM V To consider the recommendations of the Curriculum Committee
made at its meeting held on 19th June, 2020.
ITEM VI To consider the recommendations of the Skill Education
Committee made at its meeting held on 22nd June, 2020.
ITEM VII To consider the recommendations of the Training Advisory
Committee made at its meeting held on 22nd June, 2020.
ITEM VIII To consider the recommendations of the Examination
Committee made at its meeting held on 24th June, 2020.
ITEM IX To consider the recommendations of the 4th Advisory Committee
of JNVST held on 23rd December, 2019
ITEM X To consider the recommendations of the 5th Advisory Committee
of JNVST held on 16th June, 2020.
ADD. ITEM I Implementation of PM e-Vidya Programme
ADD. ITEM II Strengthening of Internal Systems of CBSE
ADD. ITEM III Seeking Quality Certification of CBSE
ADD. ITEM IV Engaging Agency for Planning
ADD. ITEM V Building up of Competency
ADD. ITEM VI Building up of Framework
ADD. ITEM VII Inspection Committee for Extension of Affiliation
ADD. ITEM VIII Building up Online Testing Competencies
ADD. ITEM IX Certification Course for Teachers
ADD. ITEM X Coopting Representative of NTA

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(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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Opening remarks of Chairman

At the outset, Secretary, CBSE extended a warm welcome to all the members
of the Governing Body and all the officers of the Board. Secretary, CBSE introduced
Hon’ble Chairman Sh. Manoj Ahuja who has recently joined CBSE. Secretary, CBSE
also welcomed Smt. Lamchonghoi Sweety Changsan, Joint Secretary (Institutions),
MHRD and Dr. Geeta Trilok Kumar, Delhi University. He specially thanked the
outgoing member Sh. Sanjay Kumar, Former Joint Secretary (Institutions), MHRD for
his contribution in assisting CBSE in all its endeavors.

Hon’ble Chairman, CBSE again welcomed all the members of the Governing
Body and new members of the Governing Body. He at the outset appreciated the
efforts made by his predecessor Smt. Anita Karwal who is presently Secretary
(SE&L), MHRD for the tremendous contribution made by her in new areas to move in
by the Board and setting up systems. While discussing the progress of the Board
and the initiatives taken by the Board since the last Governing Body meeting,
Chairman, CBSE informed the members about the new developments/initiatives
taken/being taken by the Board. He elaborated the following:

1. The Board is constantly endeavoring to develop the quality and standards in

school education. One of the major challenges faced by CBSE as a Board is to
ensure that the students are well equipped for the 21st century with skills like
creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking. The focus will be to
develop 21st century skills in children and this will involve changes in pedagogy,
content, assessment and enabling teachers and schools.

2. He also emphasized that CBSE will maintain continuity in terms of policy

decisions taken by the Board earlier and major programmes taken up.

3. There is a wide difference among schools which are at the top and those who
are at the bottom of the ladder in terms of performance of students even among
CBSE schools and steps need to be taken to ensure uniform quality of education
and outcomes in schools.

4. We should keep in mind the fact that there is a draft New Education policy that is
going to be published which lays a roadmap for the future of education in the
country and CBSE should be proactive and in a state of readiness to implement
the policy.

5. There is a Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission which will be

announced and lays importance on children at Grade 3 and 5 are able to have
reading and arithmetic competencies, else the learning gaps will become bigger
in the future.

6. The Governing Body in its meeting held on December had deliberated on a

framework known as ATAL that focuses on accreditation, teaching, assessment
and learning which also broadly defines the points which I have mentioned.

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(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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7. He elaborated on the areas which CBSE will be and has been focusing on like
shifting from present pedagogy to experiential learning, competency based
learning which will be a sea change in terms of making learning child centric and
joyful.

8. Board has taken a decision to introduce competency based testing for 10th and
12th Board exam. The start was made last year which was 10% for Class 10th
and will be 10% for Class 12th and 20% for Class 10th this year. But now in
conjunction with what are the purposes and aims of the Foundational learning
mission we will try to introduce this in Class 3rd, 5th and 8th also in a gradual
manner. This will be a huge exercise where we will build up the skills of teachers
and administrators to start implementing this.

9. We should not put these issues and semantics of education in an expert area.
Ultimately the teachers, parents and students should be able to understand it
and therefore the imperative to demystify and democratize semantics of what we
deliberate at policy levels.

10. Board’s core strength lies in examination. There have been a lot of steps taken
in this regard in terms of ensuring credible examinations but there is a need for
setting up a good infrastructure in 2 or 3 years through which Board will be able
to provide assessment which is online and adaptive so that over a period Board
will be able to develop proficiency and systemic ability to conduct examinations
based on the science of assessment.

11. The primary shifts for the 21st century is the need to shift from providing
information to make students analyse and think. Any student can surf the
internet and have access to knowledge which wasn’t available to earlier
generations. This will enable the students to work in an environment where the
half life of knowledge is decreasing rapidly and make them adaptive learners.
Earlier what was taught in school would serve you for nearly 40 years, but now
with the half life decreasing it is no longer relevant for more than 4-5 years. Our
job is to develop a hunger for learning in students and provide them an
environment where they become life long learners.

12. Some of the other challenges that Board faces is the process of accreditation
and affiliation. The process of affiliation has improved substantially and we are in
the process of reviewing it further. The Academic Unit has come up with the
SQAF framework which the schools can use to develop and orient themselves
for accreditation which will strengthen schools and improve their quality.

13. Major strength of CBSE is collaborating with schools, Partner Institutions, NGOs,
who actively collaborate with CBSE to strengthen the education system and we
hope to traverse this journey together.

Thereafter the Secretary, CBSE and the concerned Directors of the Board
went through the Power Point Presentation on the various activities undertaken by
the Board since the last Governing Body meeting of the Board.

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(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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Following the Power Point Presentation the Secretary, CBSE and Directors of
the Board discussed their respective Agenda Items and also briefed about the
important initiatives/ decisions taken by the Board.

ITEM I TO CONFIRM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE

GOVERNING BODY OF THE BOARD HELD ON 19 TH DECEMBER,
2019

The members confirmed the minutes of the meeting of the Governing

Body of the Board held on 19thDecember, 2019.

ITEM II TO REPORT ON THE FOLLOW UP ACTION TAKEN ON THE

MINUTES OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING HELD ON 19TH
DECEMBER, 2019

The members noted the action taken by CBSE on the minutes of the
meeting held on19th December, 2019.

ITEM III TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE

COMMITTEE MADE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 22ND JUNE, 2020

The members were informed about the decision taken in the Finance
Committee meeting held on 22nd June, 2020. The members approved
the recommendations made by Finance Committee in its meeting.

Further, the Governing Body while discussing the agenda items

approved the proposal for upgradation of the post of CVO from Level-
13 to Level-13A of the 7th CPC i.e. equivalent to the level/ Grade Pay of
the Directors of the Board as per the DoP&T OM No. 372/9/2012-AVD-
III dated 12.07.2012.

ITEM IV TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AFFILIATION

COMMITTEE MADE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 16 TH JUNE, 2020

The members approved the recommendations made by Affiliation

Committee in its meeting held on 16th June, 2020.

Further, the Committee deferred its recommendations on the Affiliation

Committee agenda item no. 03 regarding land relaxation to the Schools
located within the municipal limits of the cities with population more than 25
lakhs.

ITEM V TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CURRICULUM

COMMITTEE MADE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 19 TH JUNE, 2020

The members approved the recommendations made by Curriculum

Committee in its meeting held on 19thJune, 2020.

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(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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ITEM VI TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SKILL

EDUCATION COMMITTEE MADE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 22ND
JUNE, 2020

The members approved the recommendations made by Skill Education

Committee in its meeting held on 22nd June, 2020.

ITEM VII TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRAINING

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 22ND
JUNE, 2020

The members approved the recommendations of the Training Advisory

Committee made at its meeting held on 22nd June, 2020.

ITEM VIII TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

COMMITTEE MADE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON 24 TH JUNE, 2020.

The recommendations of the Examination Committee vide its meeting

held on 24th June, 2020 were approved by the members of the
Governing Body.

ITEM IX TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 4 TH ADVISORY

COMMITTEE OF JNVST HELD ON 23RD DECEMBER, 2019

The recommendations of the 4th Advisory Committee of JNVST held on

23rd December, 2019 were approved by the members of the Governing
Body.

ITEM X TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 5 TH ADVISORY

COMMITTEE OF JNVST HELD ON 16TH JUNE, 2020

The recommendations of the 5th Advisory Committee of JNVST held on

16th June, 2020 were approved by the members of the Governing Body.

The Chairman, CBSE as the Chairman of the Governing Body of the

Board also introduced the following additional agendas for discussion
and consideration of the members:-

ADD. ITEM I IMPLEMENTATION OF PME-VIDYA PROGRAMME

CBSE with NCERT according to the adaptive learning calendar which

NCERT has prepared for this year will progressively ensure that by
February 2021 all content for all classes, all chapters with learning
outcomes in Hindi and English is made available for students across
the country. Approach will be coherent across all platforms such as
Diksha, digital channels/platforms, radio, television etc.

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(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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ADD. ITEM II STRENGTHENING OF INTERNAL SYSTEMS OF CBSE

To strengthen our own internal systems by automation of everything

i.e. through e-office, financial management through
PFMS and personnel management through HRMS which are NIC
products.

ADD. ITEM III SEEKING QUALITY CERTIFICATION OF CBSE

The Board has to get quality certification that will help in streamlining
the in-house processes. An agency will be engaged for this purpose.

ADD. ITEM IV ENGAGING AGENCY FOR PLANNING

Keeping strategic future in view the Board will engage an agency that
will do the entire planning for Board like Manpower planning and
restructuring of the organization which is necessary for Board to serve
well in coming 5 years.

ADD. ITEM V BUILDING UP OF COMPETENCY

Besides the digilocker and other things the Board is planning to put up
all the results and Certificates in block-chain system within current year
so that it become immutable and people can access it. Also the Board
plans to build up data visualization and machine learning or Artificial
Intelligence competencies.

ADD. ITEM VI BUILDING UP OF FRAMEWORK

CBSE will put in place a framework key competency assessment at 3rd,

5th and 8th standard over a period of time with partnership of Central
Square Foundation.

ADD. ITEM VII INSPECTION COMMITTEE FOR EXTENSION OF AFFILIATION

Board after thorough deliberation has decided not to send any

Inspection Committee for extension of Affiliation of Schools because of
COVID- 19 for the current year.

ADD. ITEM VIII BUILDING UP ONLINE TESTING COMPETENCIES.

Board will push up to build infrastructure for online testing by the

School and will try to fast track it. Board will develop competencies for
testing including psychometric testing and try to become global leader
in terms of testing.

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(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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ADD. ITEM IX CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR TEACHER

MOOCS have been found to be very effective. Digital learning for

teacher is also very effective. Board will give big thrust to that. Good
MOOCS, good quality material will be made available for teachers so
that any time anywhere content is available where they can learn. This
will have Certification process so that teacher can learn and build up
their own capabilities.

ADD. ITEM X Coopting Representative of NTA

As NTA is a new agency, we may have a representative of NTA on the

Governing Body of CBSE.

After deliberations, the Members approved the additional agenda items.

The meeting then ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

-sd- -sd-
(Anurag Tripathi) (Manoj Ahuja)
Secretary Chairman

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