Central Board of Secondary Education

Central Board of Secondary Education

Seal of the Central Board of Secondary Education
Abbreviation	CBSE
Formation	2 July 1929 (95 years ago) (1929-07-02)
Type	Governmental Board of Education
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Official language	Hindi English
Chairperson	Rahul Singh, IAS[1]
Parent organisation	Ministry of Education
Affiliations	29,179 schools (2024)[2]
Website	www.cbse.gov.in

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board was an experiment towards inter-state integration and cooperation in the sphere of secondary education. There are more than 27,000 schools in India and 240 schools in 28 foreign countries affiliated to the CBSE. All schools affiliated to CBSE follow the NCERT curriculum especially from class 9 to 12. The current Chairperson of CBSE is Rahul Singh, IAS.^[3]

The constitution of the Board was amended in 1952 to give its present name, the Central Board of Secondary Education. The Board was reconstituted on 1 July 1962 so as to make its services available to students and various educational institutions in the entire country.^[4]