CBSE 10th Result 2020: Know Class 11 admission criteria, procedure, stream to choose

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CBSE Class 10th Result has been declared. Know how to choose the stream after Class X.

CBSE Class 10th Result has been declared. Know how to choose the stream after Class X.

CBSE Class 10th Result 2020: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had declared the CBSE 10th Result 2020 on July 16, 2020. This year, the CBSE 10th Result was delayed due to coronavirus pandemic in the country, because of which, the exams were initially postponed and later cancelled. The CBSE until this year used to declare the CBSE 10th Result by May-end. With the delay in the announcement of the Result, the admission to Class 11 has also been pushed further. 

CBSE is expected to start the admission process to class 11 anytime soon. It is expected that the CBSE Class 11 Admission 2020 will be done online or other methods like WhatsApp, considering the coronavirus condition in the country. The Haryana government has already started to enrol class 11 students via Whatsapp. Students can take admission in Class 11 as per their interest and the percentage they have scored. Students have option to choose from various streams like Science, Arts, Commerce, to pursure their higher secondary education. Choose your stream wisely as it will decide your career after Class 12th as well.

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CBSE Class 11 Admission Criteria:

Admission to class XI in a school shall be open only to such a student who has passed :

(a) Secondary School Examination (Class X examination) conducted by this Board; or

(b) an equivalent examination conducted by any other recognised Board of Secondary Education/ Indian University and recognised by this Board as equivalent to its secondary school examination.

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Admission Procedure

(i) Admission register in the form prescribed by the State Government concerned/Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan/Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti as the case may be shall be maintained by the "School" where the name of every student joining "the School" shall be entered.

(ii) Successive numbers must be allotted to students on their admission and each student should retain this number throughout the whole of his career in the school. A student returning to the school after absence of any duration shall resume his original admission number.

(iii) If a student applying for admission to a school, has attended any other school, an authenticated copy of the Transfer certificate in the format given in Annexure I, from his last school must be produced before his name can be entered in the Admission Register.

(iv) In no case shall a student be admitted into a class higher than that for which he is entitled according to the transfer certificate.

(v) A student shall not be allowed to migrate from one "School" to another during the session after his name has been sent up for the examination of the Board. This condition may be waived only in special circumstances by the Chairman.

(vi) A student leaving his school at the end of a session or who is permitted to leave his school during the session shall on a payment of all dues, receive an authenticated copy of the Transfer certificate up to date. A duplicate copy may be issued if the head of the institution is satisfied that the original is lost but it shall always be so marked.

(vii) In case a student from an institution not affiliated to the Board seeks admission in a school affiliated to the Board, such a student shall produce a transfer certificate duly countersigned by an authority as indicated in the format given in Annexure-I.

(viii) If the statement made by the parent or guardian of a student or by the student himself/herself, if he/she was major at the time of his/her admission to a school, is found to contain any wilful misrepresentation of facts regarding the student's career, the head of the institution may punish him/her as per provision of the Education Act of the State/Union Territory or Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan/Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti rules, as the case may be, respectively and report the matter to the Board.

As per the CBSE 10th Result 2020 statistics, the pass percentage has increased marginally from 91.10 per cent last year to 91.46 per cent this year. Though the pass percentage has increased, the number of students placed in compartment category has increased. This year 18,85,885 students had registered for CBSE Class 10 Board Exams and 18,73015 appeared, an increase from last year's 17,61,078 students. Out of those who appeared for the exam, 17,13,121 have passed. This year, more than 1,50,198 students have been placed in the compartment category.

From this year onwards, the Board has decided to replace the term 'Fail' with 'Essential Repeat' in the CBSE Board Exam Results and the same will be mentioned instead of 'Fail' in students' documents.

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