Indian School Education System - British Council

Indian School Education System

An Overview

December 2014

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Concept Rittika Chanda Parruck Write-up Arijit Ghosh Value-add Sasha Sheppard, UKIERI SIP intern Forty private school heads responding to interviews and survey

? The British Council, India, 2014 The United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.

Foreword

The Indian school education system is one of the largest and most complex in the world. The complexity of the system stems from India's need to maintain standard and uniformity, while giving scope for its diverse culture and heritage to grow and flourish across the length and breadth of the country. After independence India has worked hard to provide access to almost all its young people, but it has only just begun to focus on aspects of quality and seek to improve learning outcomes.

This first section of this publication attempts to present an easily understandable overview of the Indian School Education System to those not already familiar with it. The last section of the report presents the results of a survey conducted by the British Council of over 40 private schools on how they go about procuring services and resources for their schools.

If you have found the information presented here useful and would like us to focus on other areas and aspects of school education, do write back to us and let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Rob Lynes Director ? British Council India

Contents

Executive Summary

6

India Demographics

8

Overview of the K?12 sector

10

Segmentation of Indian School Education System

12

Education Boards in India

18

Comparative Study of CBSE, CISCE, IB and CIE Education

Boards in India

20

Program Structure

Affiliation Procedures

Minimum Staff Qualifications

CBSE International (CBSE?i)

30

Initiatives of Government of India on School Education

32

Indian Education Policy--A Timeline

34

Apex Educational Organisations

38

Market Analysis of Private Schools

40

Appendix: List of Figures and Tables

44

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