Lok Sabha Question No. 3753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Change of Subject in CBSE Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3753**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015**

Change of Subject in CBSE Schools

†3753. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the students in the schools recognised by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have the facility to get transferred from one school to another;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the students of CBSE schools who enter in the 12th class after passing the 11th class can change their subject;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the number of students who changed the subjects in class 12th during the last one year and the current year, State-wise;

(e) if not, whether it is not the violation of the Right to Education Act; and

(f) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a) and (b):	Yes, Madam. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) permits the students studying  in CBSE affiliated schools for change of schools to avoid hardship. Such cases of change of schools are given post-facto approval by the CBSE within a month of admission in a new school.

(c) and (d):	Under Rule 26(iv) of Examination Bye-Laws Chairman, CBSE is empowered to allow the change of subject (s) in class XII only in exceptional cases provided such a request of change is made before 31 st August of the academic session.

The following numbers of students of class XII changed the subject during the last year and current year –

(As on 03.08.2015)

|   **S. No.** | **CBSE Regional Office**   | **States comprising of**                                                                                     |   **Year**  **2014-15** |      | **Year**  **2015-16**   |
|--------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------|-------------------------|
|           1. | Delhi                      | Delhi                                                                                                        |                    1250 | 1250 | 172                     |
|           2. | Ajmer                      | Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli                                                     |                    2744 | 2744 | 833                     |
|           3. | Chennai                    | Andhra Pradesh, Goa,  Puducherry, Daman & Diu, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Maharashtra |                     585 | 143  | 143                     |
|           4. | Thiruvananthapuram         | Kerala, Lakshadweep                                                                                          |                      30 | 04   | 04                      |
|           5. | Allahabad                  | Uttar Pradesh (Excluding Western Uttar Pradesh)                                                              |                     180 | 21   | 21                      |
|           6. | Bhubaneshwar               | Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal                                                                            |                     277 | Nil  | Nil                     |
|           7. | Patna                      | Bihar, Jharkhand                                                                                             |                     104 | 02   | 02                      |
|           8. | Dehradun                   | Uttarakhand and Western Uttar Pradesh                                                                        |                     517 | 221  | 221                     |
|           9. | Panchkula                  | Haryana, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and U.T. Chandigarh                                       |                     500 | 400  | 400                     |
|          10. | Guwahati                   | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura                             |                     195 | Nil  | Nil                     |

(e):	Does not arise.

(f):	It is within the powers of CBSE to allow change of subject (s).

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