The Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) has now decided to give its students who are in or below Class
10 an option to get their caste mentioned in their Class 10 pass certificates.
In this regard CBSE has already served a
notice to the schools and they have extended this option to the students. It is
understood that the CBSE circular clearly mentioned that students, if they
want, can get their caste mentioned on their Class X pass certificate.
Therefore, mentioning caste in the certificate is completely optional for the
student and no student / parent would be forced to do it by the school or CBSE
itself.
According to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairperson Mr. Vineet Joshi, this step has been taken because
some schools had requested CBSE to add this column in CBSE registration forms.
It has been learnt that some CBSE affiliated schools from Kerala had sent CBSE
a representation asking them to introduce this option. Some State Boards
mention the caste of students on their pass certificates and so, a lot of institutions
ask students from CBSE schools to produce similar certificates, which could be
another reason for CBSE being willing to mention caste in class 10 pass
certificates.
However, as the rules vary from state
to state so also, CBSE has not made it mandatory. Instead, CBSE has left it
to the student to decide whether he or she wants to get his / her caste
mentioned on Class 10 pass certificate.
(Posted: 27-Oct-2014)
No comments:
Write comments