Requirement of 75% of attendance in Class X/XII

As you are aware that as per Examination Bye-laws of the CBSE Board, it is essential for every student to complete 75% of attendances counted from the opening of Class X/XII upto the first of the month preceding the month in which the examination commences. The students who have not completed a regular course of study i.e, have not completed 75% of attendance in Class X/XII are not eligible to appear for the CBSE Board’s Examination of Class XD([I

Given below is the relevant extract of Rule l3.2 of the Examination Bye-laws.

No student from a School affiliated to the CBSE Board shall be eligible to take the examination unless he has completed 75% af attenadances counted from the appearing of class IX/X/XI/XII upto the first of the month preceding the month in which the examination commences in the subjects of internal assessment.

It is pertinent to mention here that every year in the month of February, even in the first week of March i.e. at the time of commencement of CBSE Board’s Exam, the CBSE Board starts receiving requests from large number of candidates/schools requesting the Chairman to condone the shortage of attendance. It is further stated that shortage up to 15% of attendance only may be condoned by the Chairman on the recommendation of the Principal of the School. The candidates/parents while representing the matter to the CBSE Board invariably state that their school has never informed them about the shortage of attendance.

In view of above, I am writing to request you to bring the above essential condition of completion of 75% attendance to the notice of all the candidates and their parents whose names have been sponsored by your

school for CBSE Board’s Examination-2009. In those cases where students are not regularly attending the schools for various different reasons whatsoever may be, the rule position of the CBSE Board must be brought to their notice in writing.

An immediate action in the matter would be appreciated and the parents and students be informed that in the case of shortage of attendance without valid reasons, they would not be permitted to appear for CBSE Board’s examination. We are sure that once the students are aware of the necessity of completing 75% of attendance, majority of students would certainly attend the classes regularly. This would reduce large number of requests for condonation at the last minute.