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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

(An Autonomous Organisation Under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)

CBSE/GAMES/2024 Date: 18.07.2024

Circular No. Acad-56/2024
All the Heads of Schools affiliated to CBSE
Subject: Selection Trials at School Level for Participation in CBSE Games (2024-25)
Dear Principal
As you are aware, CBSE organizes sports events at Cluster/ Zonal and National levels for
students of its affiliated schools every year in various age-groups for girls & boys separately.
Following may be noted in this regard:
1. List of Games: The list of games along with age-groups at Cluster/ Zonal and National
level are given in Annexure - A & B.
2. Participation in CBSE Games: The schools will be required to apply online for
participation in CBSE Games. The portal will open in the month of August 2024.
The sports competitions will be organized in September & October 2024.
3. Selection Trials: It has been observed in the past that some good players were not
given chance by their schools to participate in CBSE Games. Therefore, the schools are
advised to conduct Selection Trials for selection of best players to represent the school
in CBSE Games. For this purpose, following may be noted:
i. Selection Trials should be conducted in all games from 24th - 30th July 2024.
ii. The schools should upload the exact dates of Selection Trial on the CBSE Sports
Portal https://cbseit.in/cbse/2024/sports/
iii. A committee should be constituted for conducting Selection Trials in School.
iv. CBSE may conduct Surprise Inspection in school during Selection Trials to ensure
that talented players should be given chance to play in CBSE Games.
v. The schools should upload list of participants in Selection Trials and photos of
Selection Trails on CBSE sports portal in pdf format.
vi. Th school should not deny any student/ player to participate in Selection Trial.
vii. The school may use the same Username and Password as used for LOC or
registration of students of classes IX/ X/ XI/ XII every year for login in CBSE Sports
Portal https://cbseit.in/cbse/2024/sports/
All the schools are requested to take note of the above and conduct Selection Trails. For any
further information, schools may contact Dr. Manjit Singh, Head (Sports), CBSE
at [email protected] or [email protected]
With Best Wishes!

Himanshu Gupta, IAS

Secretary
Copy to:
1. DS to Chairperson, CBSE
2. Secretary/ Controller of Examinations/ All Directors, CBSE
3. All Regional Directors/ Regional Officers, CBSE with a request to send this circular to all
the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions
4. All Joint Secretary/ Deputy Secretary/ Under Secretary/ Assistant Secretary, CBSE
5. All Head(s)/ In-Charge(s), Centre of Excellence, CBSE
Secretary

‘शिक्षा सदन’ ,17 राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इं स्टीटू िनल एररया, नई ददल्ली –110002
‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002

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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

(An Autonomous Organisation Under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)

ANNEXURE-A
List of Games and Age-Groups

Level
SN Discipline/ Game Age Group(s) Under
Cluster Zonal National
01 Athletics Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
02 Badminton Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
03 Basketball Yes No Yes 14 & 19 years
04 Football (Boys) Yes No Yes 14 & 19 years
05 Kabaddi Yes No Yes 14 & 19 years
06 Kho Kho Yes No Yes 14 & 19 years
07 Table Tennis Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
08 Volleyball Yes No Yes 14 & 19 years
09 Archery No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
10 Boxing No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
11 Chess No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
12 Football (Girls) No Yes Yes 14 & 19 years
13 Handball No Yes Yes 14 & 19 years
14 Hockey No Yes Yes 14 & 19 years
15 Judo No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
16 Shooting No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
17 Skating No Yes Yes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 & 19 years
18 Swimming No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
19 Taekwondo No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years
20 Tennis No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years
21 Yogasana No Yes Yes 14 & 19 years
22 Aerobics No No Yes 11, 14 & 19 years
23 Gymnastics No No Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years
24 Rope Skipping No No Yes 14 & 19 years

Note: Age is calculated ‘as on 31 December of the year of event’

‘शिक्षा सदन’ ,17 राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इं स्टीटू िनल एररया, नई ददल्ली –110002
‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002

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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

(An Autonomous Organisation Under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)

Annexure-B

List of Clusters, CBSE Regions and Zones

CLUSTER AREA COVERED CBSE REGION ZONE
Assam; Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram Nagaland;
Cluster I Guwahati Region Far East Zone
Sikkim; and Tripura
(FEZ)
Cluster II Chhattisgarh; Odisha and West Bengal Bhubaneswar Region
Cluster III Bihar & Jharkhand Patna Region
Districts of Uttar Pradesh that shall be part of Cluster IV– Gonda;
Hardoi; Kanpur; Unnao; Jhansi; Lucknow; Barabanki; Etawah;
Cluster IV Ferozabad; Farrukhabad; Jalaun; Hamirpur; Lalitpur; Sitapur;
Lakhimpur Kheri; Behraich; Mahoba; Balrampur; Shravasti; Kannauj;
Rai Bareilly; Banda; Fatehpur; Auraiya;
Districts of Uttar Pradesh that shall be part of Cluster V – Allahabad (Prayagraj)
East Zone
Allahabad; Varanasi; Faizabad; Ayodhya, Gorakhpur; Gazipur; Region
(EZ)
Kaushambi; Pratapgarh; Mirzapur; Basti; Deoria; Sultanpur; Mau;
Cluster V
Azamgarh; Jaunpur; Balia; Bhadoi; Padrauna; Maharajganj; Siddharth
Nagar; Sonebhadra; Ambedkar Nagar; Sahooji Maharaj Nagar;
Chandoli & Sant Kabir Nagar
Cluster VI Tamil Nadu; Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Chennai Region South Zone
Cluster VII Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Vijayawada Region (SZ) – I
Cluster VIII Karnataka Bangalore Region
Cluster IX Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Pune Region
Districts of Kerala that shall be part of Cluster X
Cluster X Kasargode; Wynad; Kannur; Kozikode; Palghat; Thrissur &
South Zone
Malappuram
(SZ) – II
Part of Kerala & Lakshdweep Thiruvananthapuram
Districts of Kerala that shall be part of Cluster XI Region
Cluster XI
Aleppey; Kollam; Idukki; Trivendrum; Kottayam; Pathanamthitta &
Ernakulam
Cluster XII Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Region
Cluster XIII Gujarat West Zone
Ajmer Region
Cluster XIV Rajasthan (WZ)
Districts of Haryana
Cluster XV Karnal; Panipat; Jind; Hisar; Sonipat; Rohtak; Bhiwani; Jhajjar;
Gurgaon; Faridabad; Rewari and Narnaul
Panchkula Region
Himachal Pradesh
Cluster XVI Part of Haryana: Panchkula Yamuna Nagar; Kurukshetra; Ambala;
Kaithal; Fatehabad and Sirsa
North Zone-II
Districts of Punjab
(NZ-II)
Cluster XVII Muktasar; Bhatinda; Mansa; Patiala, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Barnala,
Roopnagar, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Chandigarh
Jammu & Kashmir and Districts of Punjab Chandigarh Region
Hoshiarpur; Amritsar; Faridkot; Fatehgarh Sahib; Firozpur; Gurdaspur;
Cluster XVIII
Jallandhar; Kapurthala; Ludhiana; Pathankot; Moga and
NawanShehar
Uttarakhand and following part of Western UP
Agra; Aligarh; Bareilly; Badaun; Baghpat; Bijnour; Bulandshahar; Etah;
Gautam Budh Nagar; Ghaziabad; Hapur; Hathras; J P Nagar/Amroha; Dehradun Region and
Cluster XIX North Zone-I
Meerut; Muradabad; Firozabad, Kasganj; Pilibhit; Muzaffarnagar; Noida Region
(NZ-I)
Rampur; Saharanpur; Sambhal; Shahjahanpur; Mainpuri, Mathura &
Shamli
Delhi (East) Region & Central Zone
Cluster XX Delhi
Delhi (West) Region (CZ)
Cluster F-I Russia
Cluster F-II Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
Cluster F-III Sultanate of Oman, Yemen
Cluster F-IV Qatar, Bahrain
Cluster F-V Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cluster F-VI United Arab Emirates Regional Office Delhi
Foreign Zone
Cluster F-VII Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan (East)
Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
Cluster F-VIII
Benin, Libya) Somalia
Cluster F-IX Japan
Cluster F-X Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Cluster F-XI Netherlands
Note: Venue of cluster-level games can be in any of the states mentioned against the Cluster.
Similarly, zonal-level games can be in any of the states mentioned against the Zone.

‘शिक्षा सदन’ ,17 राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इं स्टीटू िनल एररया, नई ददल्ली –110002
‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002

वेबसाइट/Website :http://cbseacademic.nic.in ई-मेल/e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]