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    CBSE Schools Increase By 25 Per Cent, A Report On Last Four Years

    By Nidhi Agarwal, Atul Ade
    27 Dec'22  2 min read
    CBSE Schools Increase By 25 Per Cent, A Report On Last Four Years
    Synopsis

    The number of schools affiliated to CBSE across the nation in 2021, increased by over 5,000 schools since 2018. The northern states of India have the highest number of schools which are affiliated to the CBSE board. Read on for a detailed report.

    CBSE Schools Increase By 25 Per Cent, A Report On Last Four Years
    Synopsis

    The number of schools affiliated to CBSE across the nation in 2021, increased by over 5,000 schools since 2018. The northern states of India have the highest number of schools which are affiliated to the CBSE board. Read on for a detailed report.

    There has been a 25 per cent increase in the number of schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) across India in the last four years since 2018. While CBSE schools outside India showed an increase of 15.86 per cent in the same period. In India in 2021, a total of 26,641 schools are affiliated to the CBSE board. Out of which a majority of them, i.e. 15.4 per cent are in Uttar Pradesh,.

    The CBSE board is a national level board which aims to achieve quality learning among students. It is considered to be the most eminent and most widely acknowledged education boards in India. Compared to other education boards prevalent in the country, the CBSE has the highest number of schools under its guidance.

    Careers360 has analysed the state wise data of the number of CBSE schools. It also has an in-depth analysis about the number of CBSE schools in India and across the world over the last four years.

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    CBSE School In India And The World

    Each year the number increases but in the year 2020, the number of CBSE affiliated schools showed a very sharp increase in India by more than 3,000 schools. An increase of 14 percentage points in the number of schools affiliated was seen that year.

    Number CBSE Affiliated Schools over the last four yearsCBSE Affiliated Schools

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    Total CBSE Schools

    By the end of March 2022, CBSE had almost 27,000 schools in India, out of which more than 78 percent schools were independent schools.

    Total Affiliated Schools as on 31.03.2022Total Affiliated Schools

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    State Wise CBSE school: Across India

    Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh are the top five states in terms of population. Out of these only Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are in the top five states in terms of highest number of CBSE schools, and Maharashtra ranks among the top 10 states.

    Percent of schools state-wise

    States

    2021

    Uttar Pradesh

    15.40

    Delhi

    8.25

    Haryana

    8.20

    Madhya Pradesh

    5.84

    Punjab

    5.71

    Tamil Nadu

    5.47

    Kerala

    5.46

    Rajasthan

    5.00

    Maharashtra

    4.98

    Karnataka

    4.82

    Bihar

    4.35

    Uttarakhand

    3.29

    Chhattisgarh

    2.91

    Odisha

    2.52

    Gujarat

    2.32

    Jharkhand

    2.07

    Telangana

    1.77

    Andhra Pradesh

    1.59

    West Bengal

    1.54

    Arunachal Pradesh

    1.27

    Himachal Pradesh

    1.24

    Assam

    1.23

    Sikkim

    0.92

    Chandigarh

    0.64

    Tripura

    0.63

    Jammu

    0.62

    Ladakh

    0.53

    Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

    0.47

    Manipur

    0.31

    Nagaland

    0.17

    Puducherry

    0.16

    Meghalaya

    0.10

    Mizoram

    0.08

    Goa

    0.06

    Dadra and Nagar Haveli

    0.05

    Lakshadweep

    0.03

    Daman & Diu

    0.03

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    All the Union Territories have the least number of schools except Delhi which has the second highest number of CBSE schools.

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