The Central Board of Secondary Education is an eminent board of school education in India. In addition to prescribing and updating the syllabi and norms of examinations, the CBSE, under its 10+2 system of education, conducts two major examinations  every year at the end class 10 (All India Secondary School Examination - AISSE) and 12 (All India Senior School Certificate Examination - AISSCE) which is a school-leaving examination recognized internationally for direct admission to university undergraduate programs.

CBSE board conducts over 25 national level entrance exams. Most prestigious of them include All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) which is a common entrance examination on all-India basis for admission to engineering and architecture/planning programs in the country. Similarly Pre-medical and Pre-dental Tests AIPMT (PMT/PDT) are conducted for medical and dental colleges after the 10+2 exams.

CBSE is considered as a premier board in India as it incorporates modern learning techniques in its syllabi. The Board has grown from a group of 300 schools in 1962 to over 10,000 schools in 2009.  The figure includes around 150 schools spread across 23 countries.  The CBSE curriculum relates to "learning by doing" and its in-house facilitator NCERT provide text books and contents. All other boards in India benchmark their curriculum against CBSE curriculum.

Subjects in the CBSE curriculum:

• Languages (First language – English, Second languages – Hindi or French)
• Humanities and Social sciences (History, Political Science, Economics, Geography)
• Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
• Mathematics
• Environmental Management

Reasons to select CBSE:

1. CBSE syllabus gives importance to Math and Science.
2. Most successful students of competitive examinations, IITJEE, KVPY, science olympiads, mathematics olympiads are nurtured at CBSE.
3. Syllabus and methodology of CBSE makes it much convenient for students to opt for pure sciences, medicine, engineering and IIT,
4. Because of its national curriculum, CBSE offers uninterrupted education to the children of parents in transferable jobs.
5. CBSE system goes through continuous curriculum changes integrating subjects such as adoloscence education, peace  etc., exposing the students to current issues facing the world.