CBSE FAQ:Fixation of Examination Centres for CBSE Examinations and affiliated matters

Q.1 What are the obligations of CBSE affiliated schools to facilitate its examinations?

Ans. The examinations of the CBSE are held only at the Centres approved by the CBSE and all the examination papers are administered simultaneously at all centres as per Indian Standard Time (I.S.T.).

Q.2 What are the general conditions for fixation of Examination Centres for Boards Examinations of CBSE.

Ans.
(i) Examination centres are fixed in any school after considering the availability of appropriate facilities like sufficient number of rooms with ventilation, fan, light and furniture. 
(ii) An examination centre is created subject to availability of bank/treasury facilities for the safe custody of question papers etc. as per requirement of the Board. 
(iii) A bank branch located on the premises of a school that is fixed as an examination centre is not selected to be the Custodian Bank for that centre.

Q.3 What are the terms and conditions for fixation of examination centres in the cities having only one CBSE affiliated school? 

Ans. 
(i) Subject to the fulfilment of required conditions, the affiliated school itself may be the examination centre, provided: 
(a) it presents at least 30 candidates for Class X, if it is affiliated upto the Secondary stage;
(b) it presents at least 50 candidates for classes X and XII taken together, if it is affiliated upto + 2 Stage; and
(c) the school should complete two years of its affiliation to the CBSE
(ii) In respect of such schools, the Centre Superintendent and Supervisory Staff is appointed from among those who are not employees of the School or the Trust running it. The Centre Superintendent, as far as possible, is not from the same city.
(iii) Private Schools will be Self - Centres, only if it is not possible to have KVs, JNVs, Government, Army or PSU schools.

Q.4 What are the terms and conditions for fixation of examination centres in the cities having multiple CBSE affiliated schools? 

Ans.
(i) As far as practicable, no school is allowed to have the candidates appearing for an examination of the CBSE at their own school as an examination centre.
(ii) Independent Schools are fixed as Self - Centres, only if it is not possible to allot the candidates in other CBSE affiliated schools in the same city. 
(iii) In case of two or more schools presenting candidates for an examination in  a city, the students are rotated among different centres, avoiding mutual interchange of students between schools as far as possible.
(iv) Schools are fixed as examination centres in rotation after reviews and assessments, as far as possible.

Q.5 What are the terms and conditions for fixation of Examination Centres in respect of CBSE affiliated school in Foreign Countries? 

Ans.
(i) In respect of schools in Foreign Countries, as far as possible, the norms applicable to examination centres in India, are applicable. However, the Chairman CBSE is empowered to create an examination centre in a foreign country keeping in view the number of students, geographical conditions etc. 
(ii) In respect of private/patrachar candidates appearing from foreign countries,the examination centres are fixed in Embassies/Chancelleries if no school exists in that country/city provided the candidate furnishes willingness of the Embassy/Chancellery to conduct the examination as per CBSE norms. 

Q.6 What are the norms for fixation of Examination Centres at Delhi/ New Delhi?

Ans.
(i) Normally, an examination centre falls within 10 kms. from the location of the school.
(ii) The examination centres are fixed only in such schools which have boundary walls where public trespassing is not possible and have enough furniture.
(iii) The examination centres are fixed in schools which have 'pucca' buildings and the school is not run in tents/sheds etc.
(iv) Schools are fixed as examination centres in rotation after reviews and assessment, as far as possible 

Q.7 What are the terms and conditions for Change of examination centres for appearing in the Senior School Certificate Examination or Secondary School Examination?

Ans.
(i) No candidate is allowed to appear from an examination centre to which he/she has not been allotted.
(ii) Change of an examination centre is allowed from one city to another if the student has joined a school in another city, provided that an application is made in writing and is duly forwarded by the Head of the Institution to which a candidate has been admitted. 
(iii) The change of an examination centre from one city to another city is allowed to the candidate only in case of transfer/migration of his/her parents. No change of centre is allowed within one month of the commencement of examinations.
(iv) A candidate who has appeared at an examination centre not allotted to him/her without prior approval of the CBSE, shall forfeit his/her eligibility for examination and the Board has the right to declare him/her as 'Not Eligible' for the concerned examination. 
(v) A candidate appearing for the first chance Compartmental/Improvement of Performance Examination for the Senior/Secondary examination conducted by the CBSE has to appear from a Centre in the same Region from where he/she had appeared at the main examination. However, in case of transfer of the parent from one place to another, change of centre is allowed subject to fulfilment of the following conditions: 
(a) the parent produces a valid documentary evidence of his/her transfer from one place to another;
(b) request for change of Examination centre is received one week before the date of commencement of the examination of the year; and
(c) change of Examination centre is considered only subject to availability of question papers at the requested place of centre. 

Courtesy: CBSE