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Published on:
Aug 09, 2022
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In July, Union Education Ministry gave a nod to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) me ant for providing equivalence certificates to class X and XII students passing out from new state school boards. The newly established school education boards will now have to apply for equivalence from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). However, the already existing state education boards need not apply for equivalence as they already are deemed equivalent.
To get equivalence from AIU, the new state education boards would be required to comply with the provisions of NEP 2020, Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 and follow the National Curriculum Framework (NCF). AIU will prepareacent ralised list of state education boards which would be granted equivalence. Some of the unrecognised school boards are: the All India Council for Open Education,
New Delhi; Indian Council of Open School Certificate Examination, Maharashtra; and Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Vidyapeeth, Karnataka. Apart from this, there are a host of other unrecognised state school boards in the country as well. Pankaj Mittal, secretary-general, Association of Indian Universities (AIU), says, "This is not for the already existing school education boards. The new state education board will be required to get an equivalence certificate and need to comply with the provisions of NEP 2020 and RTE 2009 and follow National Curriculum Framework (NCF). AIU will soon release the list of school boards that will be been given equivalence to save the students from facing any difficulty.
"Students will not face any hassle while taking admission to colleges as universities will not question the authenticity of their respective state boards. Currently, there are around 100 school boards that are not recognised. We will complete the process of granting equivalence to the state school boards within six months," informs Mittal. "AIU has an equivalence committee, governing council and an expert committee that will be in volved in completing the process," adds Mittal.
Published on :- Times of India
Date :- 09/08/2022
