The SC and ST students, who were paying Rs 350 earlier, will now be supposed to pay Rs 1,200 for five subjects. In this special arrangement, the SC/ST scholars were only paying Rs 50, while the balance was paid by the Delhi government. CBSE Exam Fee has been gradually hiked which is creating problems for Indians parents.

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has raised the fees of Class 10 and 12 board examinations by up to Rs 1,150, the first hike in the last five years, according to board officials. The fees for general category students have been doubled from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 for five subjects for both Class 10 and 12.

“The CBSE Exam Fee increases after a gap of five years. The fees have been increased for all categories of students in all affiliated schools of CBSE in India and abroad by a decision by the governing body of the board,” a senior board official said.

The hike is applicable for the 2019-2020 academic session. The students who are appearing in the Class 10 board exams are made to themselves registered for it when they are in Class 9, and those appearing for Class 12 are registered when in Class 11.

CBSE notified the changes in the fees last week and has asked the schools, to start the registration process and charged students as per the old fee structure, to now collect the difference in amount.

According to the revised norms, SC and ST registrants will have to make a payment of Rs 1,200 for five subjects, while earlier they were supposed to pay Rs 350 for the same. Whereas General category students will also have to pay Rs 300 for an additional subject, instead of Rs 150 earlier.

“Hundred percent of visually-impaired students are exempted from paying CBSE examination fees. The student who due to any circumstances fails to deposit the difference in CBSE examination fee before the last date will not be registered and will not be allowed to appear in the 2019-2020 examination,” the official added.

“This hike has brought CBSE fee at par with other central board National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), which charges Rs 1,800 for male candidates, Rs 1,450 for females and Rs 1,200 for SC/ST candidates,” the official said.

The migration fees, which was earlier is 150 is now has been increased to Rs 350. The aspirants who enrolled in the CBSE schools abroad will have to pay Rs 10,000 for five subjects for both Class 10 and 12. Earlier, it was Rs 5,000. For them, the fees for an additional subject in Class 12 has been fixed at Rs 2,000 as before it was Rs 1,000.