The Central Board of Secondary Education (abbreviated as CBSE) is a Board of Education for public and private schools. under the Union Government of India. It was established in the year 1929 and now enjoys the distinction of being one of the oldest and largest Board of Secondary Education in India. It has about 15,000 affiliated schools in India and across 24 other countries of the world. CBSE affiliates all Kendriya Vidyalayas, all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, private schools, and most of the schools approved by central government of India Examination Pattern : All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) for Class 10 and 12 Facts Total Number of Schools Affiliated with CBSE: 1480 Areas of Operation: 25 Countries including India, Malaysia, Dubai etc Major entrance exams syllabus based on CBSE viz. IIT, AIPMT etc According to available data available from a leading daily, out of 9,700 students who qualified for the IIT 2012-13 years, 5,50