Examination for Private Candidates

1. Procedures for Submission of Applications of Private Candidates at All India Senior School Certificate Examination

• A private candidate must submit to the Regional Officer of the Board within the prescribed limit an application in the form prescribed together with the prescribed fee for the examination (vide Annexure II) and three copies of passport size photographs duly signed by the candidate and countersigned in case of teacher by the authorities mentioned in byelaw 17 (ii) (a) or byelaw 18 (ii) and in case of others a member of the Governing Body of the Board or Head of a School affiliated to the Board.
• If the application of a private candidate is received after the prescribed date, he shall pay late fee as prescribed.
• When a private candidate’s application for admission to the examination is rejected, the examination fee, including late fee, if any paid by him less, Rs.10/- or the amount as decided by the Chairman from time to time will be refunded to him provided that in the case of candidates whose applications have been rejected on account of the candidate’s producing a false certificate or making a false statement in the application, the full amount of fee shall be forfeited.
• Private candidates shall not be allowed to offer for their examination, a subject (even if the subject is recognized for the examination) which is not being taught in an affiliated School.
• Private candidates shall not be allowed to offer such subjects for the examination which involve practical work except in the case of candidates who had failed earlier and who had put in a regular course of study at an institution affiliated to the Board in the previous academic year. However notwithstanding this condition, female candidates may offer Home Science with practical.
• Those regular candidates who have failed to obtain promotion to class XII of the school affiliated to the Board or any other recognized Board shall not be admitted to the Senior School Certificate Examination of the Board as private candidates.
• Every year, in the beginning of the session, the Heads of Schools shall send to the Regional Officer concerned, a list of female and handicapped students who have been detained in class XI containing student’s name, date of birth, the name of his father or guardian and the place of residence.

2. Persons eligible to appear as a Private Candidate for All India Secondary School Examination

• Candidates who had failed to qualify at the All India Secondary School Examination of the Board;
• Teachers serving in institutions affiliated to the Board.

• Regular candidate(s) of the previous year who have completed regular course of studies and have been allotted Roll No. for appearing at the examination but could not appear at the Annual Examination due to medical reasons except shortage of attendance as laid down in the Examination Bye laws will also be eligible to reappear at a subsequent examination as a private candidate in the syllabus and text books as prescribed for the examination of the year in which he will reappear.

3. Procedure for Submission of Applications of Private Candidates at All India Secondary School Examination

• The application forms for teachers shall be countersigned by the Director of Education of the State/U.T. concerned and those of others by a member of the Governing Body of the Board or by the Head of an institution affiliated to the Board.
• A private candidate must submit within the prescribed date to the Regional Officer concerned, an application in the form prescribed together with the prescribed fee (vide Annexure II) for the examination and three copies of the passport size photograph duly signed by the candidate and countersigned by one of the authorities mentioned at (i) above.
• If the application of a private candidate is received after the prescribed date, he shall pay late fee as prescribed.
• When a private candidate’s application for admission to the examination is rejected, the examination fee, including late fee, if any paid by him, less Rs. 10/- or the amount as decided by the Chairman from time to time will be refunded to him provided that in the case of candidates whose applications have been rejected on account of the candidates’ producing a false certificate or making false statement in the application, the full amount of fees shall be forfeited.
• Those regular candidates who have failed to obtain promotion to class X of the school affiliated to the Board or any other recognized Board shall not be admitted to the Secondary School Examination of the Board as private candidates.
• Every year, in the beginning of the session, the heads of Schools shall send to  Regional Officer of  that area,  a list of female and handicapped students who have been detained in class IX containing student’s name, date of birth, name of his/her father or guardian and the place of residence.
• Women Private candidate under Rule 20 shall not be allowed to offer Science with practical work, unless she has put in a regular course of study in an institution affiliated to the Board and produces a certificate to that effect to the satisfaction of the Board. However, notwithstanding this condition they can offer Home Science with Practical without such a certificate.
• Women Private candidate under Rule 20 can offer Mathematics and Social Science without producing a certificate of putting in a regular course of study for internal assessment from an institution affiliated to the Board.
• private candidates shall not be allowed to offer for their examination a subject (even if the subject is recognised for the examination) which is not being taught in an affiliated institution.