Your guide to Indian
education
If you're a teacher
looking to partner with an Indian school, you'll want to know a
little about the Indian education system. Here's a brief
overview:
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The Indian Government formulates a
National Policy on Education which provides guidelines for the
development of an appropriate curriculum by the National Council of
Education Research and Training. Education being a concurrent
subject in the Indian Constitution, each state also has a State
Council of Education Research and Training and its own education
policy.
Students appear for a board examination at the end of year 10 and
12 in their selected subjects. The Examinations are administered
either by one of the two examining bodies which operate throughout
India i.e. Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Council
for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), or, any of the
State Boards of Education which operate only within the respective
states and cater to regional requirements of the students. Schools
have the option of choosing to be affiliated to any of these Boards
of Examination and prepare their students according to the
curriculum recommended.
India is the first country outside
the UK where British Council has piloted the International School
Award. The programme is now in its third year has accredited 19
schools while 33 schools are working towards the award in the
current academic session.
If your school would like to develop
a partnership with one in India, help is at hand. Our free and
simple-to-use partner-finding
tool helps schools and teachers identify the right school for
them.
Large numbers of Indian schools have
registered on the partner-finding database and are waiting to hear
from you – their neighbours in this global village.
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