‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज एवे य,ू नई द ली – 110002

“Shiksha Sadan”, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002 Telephone: +91-11-23211575 Website: www.cbseacademic.in

CBSE/SPORTS/2018 Date: 01.06.2018 Circular No.Acad-16/2018

All Heads of Schools affiliated to CBSE Under Independent Category of Schools

Sub: CBSE Inter-School Sports & Games Competitions (2018-19)

Sports activities help students to stay healthy and fit contributing to overall wellbeing. The Board has been conducting sports events for the schools affiliated under independent category at Cluster/ Zonal and National level every year. Presently, sports and games competitions are being held in various age-groups for boys and girls. An online system has been introduced for inviting proposals for hosting sports events and for applying to participate in sports events. Accordingly, the following may be noted:

1. Online Proposal by Schools for Organizing Sports Events: Schools wishing to host any of the competitions at Cluster/ Zonal or National Level in any of the disciplines, may apply online by clicking link ‘Sports’ available on CBSE websites (www.cbseacademic.in and www.cbse.nic.in). Offline entry shall NOT be accepted. The link “Apply to Organize” may be clicked for filling online form. The Username and Password will be same as used by the schools for LOC Submission for class X/XII Examination. The schools must ensure that they have all the facilities befitting to organize the sports events, preferably as per specifications of infrastructure available on website of SAI (Sports Authority of India) at the following link: http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/index1.asp?ls_id=1171

2. Online Registration of Players for Participation in CBSE Sports Events: Schools intending to sponsor their students/ teams for participation in CBSE sports events may register their students/ teams online by filling the online form available at above mentioned link and click “Register Student” and then click “Apply to Participate”. The schools may use the same Username and Password as mentioned in point no.1 above. Offline entry shall NOT be accepted. It may be noted that for new students; both the steps (‘Register a Student’ and ‘Apply to Participate’) are mandatory. However, for those students who were registered last year, only the 2nd step (Apply to Participate) is required. Their previous year’s Registration Number will be used for this year also. But, these students must upload their recent photographs online before applying to participate.

3. Schedule of Activities:

Online Proposal by Schools for Organizing Sports Events at Cluster/ Zone/ National level

01.06.2018 to 15.06.2018

Display of Sports Calendar (2018-19) on CBSE website Mid-July

Online ‘Registration of Students’ and ‘Apply to Participate’ for various sports events at Cluster/ Zone/ National level

25.07.2018 to 10.08.2018

Conduct of Sports Events (tentative)

Note : The schools applying to host CBSE sports events should plan to organize the sports events accordingly

Cluster / Zone Level: Between 01.09.2018 – 10.10.2018

National Level: Between 01.11.2018 – 30.11.2018

Online Result Uploading by the Host Schools on CBSE web-portal under link ‘Upload Results’

Within 24 Hours of the conduct of event / preferably immediately

‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज एवे य,ू नई द ली – 110002

“Shiksha Sadan”, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002 Telephone: +91-11-23211575 Website: www.cbseacademic.in

4. List of Games, Age Groups and Clusters/ Regions: The listed 24 games, Age-groups at

Cluster/ Zonal and National level are given in Annexure - A & B.

5. Grants: Board provides grant to schools for organizing sports events. (Rs.2,00,000/- for Cluster/ Zone level and Rs.3,00,000/- for National level). Sports equipments such as shuttle-cock, tennis ball, football, volleyball and basketball etc. will be arranged by the host schools. They may purchase/ hire equipments at their own and meet expenditure out of CBSE grant. No extra payment will be given by CBSE.

6. Annual Sports Fee: Independent private schools are required to remit Rs.10,000/- as Annual Sports Fee at the time of depositing registration fee online with LOC (List of Candidates). No other mode like Cheque/ DD shall be accepted in this regard. The Sports Fee should not be sent to Sports-Cell, CBSE, Preet Vihar, Delhi or to CBSE Regional Office in any case. The Sports Fee would be automatically added in online fee at the time of registration of class IX/X/XI/XII students in the month of September/ October. So, the schools are not required to send Sports Fee separately.

7. Participation at CBSE National Level Sports Even ts: Participation of winners and/ or

Runner-ups of Cluster/ Zone level in CBSE National Sports Events will be as per following:

a. Winner & First Runner-up : Winner & First Runner-up individuals/ teams of following sports events will participate in CBSE Nationals in each category and age-group separately:

Athletics (Individual events), Table-Tennis, Badminton, Judo, Skating, Swimming, Taekwondo, Tennis, Football-Girls, Chess (02 top teams), Rifle-Shooting (Top 02 teams & 05 top individuals), Boxing and Archery

b. Winners only: In case of team-events of Athletics, Basketball, Football-Boys, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Volleyball, Handball and Hockey, only the Winner teams will participate in CBSE Nationals.

The above rule regarding participation at National Level shall also be applicable to all Foreign Zones/ Clusters/ Schools w.e.f. session 201 8-19 onwards. All Independent category private schools affiliated to the Board are requested to take note of the above and participate accordingly in sports competitions. The schools may contact Dr. Manjit Singh, Sports Cell, CBSE at manjit.cbse@gmail.com or cbsegames@gmail.com for any further query.

(Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj)

Director (Academics)

‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज एवे य,ू नई द ली – 110002

“Shiksha Sadan”, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002 Telephone: +91-11-23211575 Website: www.cbseacademic.in

Copy to: 1. PS to Chairperson, CBSE 2. SPS to Secretary, CBSE 3. SPS to Controller of Examinations, CBSE 4. SPS to Director (Information Technology), CBSE 5. SPS to Director (Special Exams and CTET), CBSE 6. SPS to Director (Vocational and Trainings), CBSE 7. SPS to Joint Secretary (Coordination), CBSE 8. The Sr. Public Relations Officer, CBSE 9. All Regional Directors/ Regional Officers of CBSE with the request to send this circular to all

the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions 10. All Joint Secretaries/ Deputy Secretaries/ Assistant Secretaries, CBSE 11. The Hindi Officer, CBSE 12. The Assistant Librarian, CBSE 13. The Officer in charge of I.T. with the request to put this circular on the CBSE websites

Sd/- Director (Academics)

‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज एवे य,ू नई द ली – 110002

“Shiksha Sadan”, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002 Telephone: +91-11-23211575 Website: www.cbseacademic.in

Annexure-A CBSE INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS COMPETITIONS

Age-Groups

Level SN Discipline/ Game

Cluster Zone National Age Group(s) Under

01 Athletics Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years

02 Basketball Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years

03 Football (Boys) Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years

04 Kabaddi Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years

05 Kho Kho Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years

06 Table Tennis Yes No Yes 14, 17 & 19 years

07 Volleyball Yes No Yes 17 & 19 years

08 Archery No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years

09 Badminton No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years

10 Boxing No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years

11 Chess No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years

12 Football (Girls) No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years

13 Handball No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years

14 Hockey No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years

15 Judo No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years

16 Rifle Shooting No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years

17 Skating No Yes Yes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 & 19 years

18 Swimming No Yes Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years

19 Taekwondo No Yes Yes 14, 17 & 19 years

20 Tennis No Yes Yes 17 & 19 years

21 Aerobics No No Yes 11, 14 & 19 years

22 Gymnastics No No Yes 11, 14, 17 & 19 years

23 Rope Skipping No No Yes 14 & 19 years

24 Yoga No No Yes 19 years

‘िश ा सदन’, 17, राऊज एवे य,ू नई द ली – 110002

“Shiksha Sadan”, 17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi – 110002 Telephone: +91-11-23211575 Website: www.cbseacademic.in

ANNEXURE-B

CLUSTERS & ZONES/REGIONS

CLUSTER AREA COVERED REGION ZONE

Cluster I Assam; Manipur; Arunachal Pradesh; Meghalaya; Sikkim; Nagaland; Mizoram and Tripura

Guwahati Region

Cluster II Odisha; West Bengal & Chattisgarh Bhubaneswar Region

Far East Zone

(FEZ)

Cluster III Bihar & Jharkhand Patna Region

Cluster IV

Part of Uttar Pradesh Districts of Uttar Pradesh that shall be part of Cluster IV – Gonda; Hardoi; Kanpur; Unnao; Jhansi; Lucknow; Agra; Barabanki; Mainpuri; Etawah; Ferozabad; Farrukhabad; Jalaun; Hamirpur; Lalitpur; Sitapur; Lakhimpur Kheri; Behraich; Mahoba; Balrampur; Shravasti; Kannauj; Rai Bareilly; Banda;

Fatehpur; Auraiya; Mathura; Bareilly; Shahjahanpur; Kasganj &

Etah; Hathras; Aligarh & Pilibhit

Cluster V

Part of Uttar Pradesh Districts of Uttar Pradesh that shall be part of Cluster V – Allahabad; Varanasi; Faizabad; Gorakhpur; Gazipur; Kaushambi; Pratapgarh; Mirzapur; Basti; Deoria; Sultanpur; Mau; Azamgarh; Jaunpur; Balia; Bhadoi; Padrauna; Maharajganj; Siddharth Nagar; Sonebhadra; Ambedkar Nagar; Jyoti-Ba-Phule Nagar; Sahooji Maharaj Nagar; Chandoli & Sant Kabir Nagar

Allahabad Region

East Zone (EZ)

Cluster VI Tamil Nadu; Puduchery and Andaman & Nicobar

Cluster VII Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Cluster VIII Karnataka

Cluster IX Maharashtra & Goa

Chennai Region

Cluster X Part of Kerala Districts of Kerala that shall be part of Cluster X

Kasargode; Wynad; Kannur; Kozikode; Palghat; Thrissur & Malappuram

Cluster XI

Part of Kerala & Lakshdweep Districts of Kerala that shall be part of Cluster XI

Aleppey; Kollam; Idukki; Trivendrum; Kottayam; Pathanamthitta &

Ernakulam

Thiruvananthapuram Region

South Zone (SZ)

Cluster XII Madhya Pradesh

Cluster XIII Gujarat; Daman; Diu & Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Cluster XIV Rajasthan

Ajmer Region

West Zone (WZ)

Cluster XV Districts of Haryana that shall be part of Cluster XV Karnal; Panipat; Jind; Hisar; Sonipat; Rohtak; Bhiwani; Jhajjar; Gurgaon; Faridabad; Rewari and Narnaul

Cluster XVI

Districts of Punjab that shall be part of Cluster XVI and Jammu & Kashmir Hoshiarpur; Amritsar; Faridkot; Fatehgarh Sahib; Firozpur; Gurdaspur; Jallandhar; Kapurthala; Ludhiana; Pathankot; Moga and Nawan Shehar

Cluster XVII

Districts of Punjab that shall be part of Cluster XVII Muktasar; Bhatinda; Mansa; Patiala, Sangrur and Barnala Districts of Haryana that shall be part of Cluster XVII Yamuna Nagar; Kurukshetra; Kaithal; Fatehabad and Sirsa

Cluster XVIII Chandigarh & Himachal Pradesh Part of Haryana: Ambala & Panchkula Part of Punjab: Roopnagar & Mohali

Panchkula Region

North Zone-II (NZ-II)

Cluster XIX

Uttarakhand and following part of Western UP Badaun; Baghpat; Bijnour; Bulandshahar; Gautam Budh Nagar; Ghaziabad; Hapur; J P Nagar/Amroha; Meerut; Muradabad; Muzaffarnagar; Rampur; Saharanpur; Sambhal and Shamli

Dehradun Region

North Zone-I

(NZ-I)

Cluster XX Delhi Delhi Region Central Zone (CZ)

Cluster G-I Bahrain

Cluster G-II Kuwait

Cluster G-III Sultanate of Oman

Cluster G-IV Qatar

Cluster G-V Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Cluster G-VI United Arab Emirates

Gulf