Minimum Area Required for CBSE School

 

To get the CBSE affiliation for any School, the government has set the minimum criteria to pass to get the CBSE affiliation. The minimum criteria include Recognition letter, NOC, Society/Trust, Affidavit, Infrastructure & Facility, Adequacy of Teaching staff, Salary & Allowances, Service condition, Essential safety certificates, School managing the committee, Enrolment of students, EPF scheme, Reserve funds, Balance sheets, Franchisee schools, school website & the last which we dive deep into a blog that is land requirement, documents & certificates.

The new CBSE affiliation law released in Oct 2018, defines the land requirements for setting up a CBSE affiliated school in India.

The norms under the law specify the minimum requirements for setting up a Secondary school i.e. up to class X or a Senior Secondary School means up to class XII. The norms have also decided to run the number of the section under each class depends on the minimum available land.

Here is a table detailing the land requirements based on the location of the school, the type of affiliation allowed, and the number of sections that can be operated: (Source: Newton Schools).

CBSE Land and Capacity Requirements

CBSE 2018 Affiliation Byelaws - Land and Capacity Requirements for Schools in India

S No	Location of School	Land Requirement / Campus Area	Affiliation Allowed	Optimum No. of Sections (From classes l/VI to X/XII)
1	Anywhere in India	Minimum 6000	Up to Class-XII	38
2	Anywhere in India	8000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	48
3	Anywhere in India	>8000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	12 sections for every 2000 square meters
4	In Municipal limits of cities with a population exceeding 15 Lakhs	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
5	In hilly areas prescribed by the Planning Commission (NITI Aayog)	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
6	In Municipal Limits of the State Capital Cities	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
7	In the North Eastern States	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
8	In the state of Jammu and Kashmir	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
9	In Municipal Limits of Ghaziabad, NOIDA, Faridabad and Gurugram cities	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
10	In the Municipal Limits of Panchkula and Mohali/SAS Nagar	Minimum 4000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28
11	In the Municipal Limits Class-X cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune) or on the Hill Stations (For Secondary Level)	Minimum 2000 Square Meters	Up to Class-X only	10
12	In the Municipal Limits Class-X cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune) or on the Hill Stations (For Senior Secondary Level)	Minimum 3000 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	24
13	In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh Or the state of Sikkim Or the Islands (For Secondary Level)	Minimum 1600 Square Meters	Up to Class-X only	10
14	In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh Or the state of Sikkim Or the Islands (For Senior Secondary Level)	Minimum 2400 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	24
15	In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh Or the state of Sikkim Or the Islands (For Senior Secondary Level)	3200 Square Meters	Up to Class-XII	28

 

* The total number of sections taken together for classes XI and XII should not be more than 1/3 of an optimum number of sections allowed on the basis of landholding for any school.

* The number of sections and students shall be restricted as per the actual facilities in the school.

* The approx number of students shall be 40 in each section. The availability of one square meter Built-up Floor Area per child in the classrooms is an absolute necessity in the school.

Smrti Academy is the best CBSE School located at Huskur, Bangalore close to Madduramma Temple covering a nearby area such as Sarjapur Road, Hosa Road, Ananth Nagar, Agrahara, and Dommasandra. Smrti Academy’s 3-acre campus has a totally built-up area that is 120,000 sq. ft. more than the minimum land required for CBSE Affiliation.

The School is covering Foundation Stage, PreparatoryStage, and Middle Stage education, earlier known as Montessori, pre-primary & primary School respectively.