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The CBSE board students have six times better chances of qualifying the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) than non-CBSE students. A recent Right to Information (RTI) response from the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) revealed shocking data on the success rate of CBSE board students. While the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has just 18% of Higher Secondary schools in India, over 58% of students qualifying the CLAT examination come from these schools, the RTI data revealed.
The CLAT 2024 exam held on December 03, 2023, had 53,180 applicants. Of these, 22,217 students qualified for CLAT counselling. As per the RTI response, 12,827 who qualified in the CLAT counselling were from CBSE board schools. The remaining 9,390 students were from other school boards. This shows the huge advantage CBSE board students have over the students studying in the remaining 60+ school education boards in India. This data is an eye-opener for students aspiring to crack competitive national entrance exams.
According to the UDSIE report, India currently has 14.71 lakh schools. Of these, 12.22 lakh schools are government-aided and the remaining 3.31 lakh are private.
Of all these government and private schools, approximately 1.50 lakh schools offer senior secondary education. A further breakdown of this data and the 2023 CBSE annual report shows, that only 28,135, or 18% of these schools are affiliated to the CBSE. The remaining 81% of schools are affiliated to non-CBSE boards, which include state boards, Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), International Baccalaureate (IB) boards and others.
In 2018, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur conducted the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). The institute later released a detailed report on how students from different school boards performed in the examination. Of the 10.43 Lakh students who appeared in JEE, 1.14 Lakh or 11% were from CBSE board schools, while 9.28 Lakh constituting 89% of the total candidates appeared from other boards.
Of these 1.14 Lakh CBSE students, over 62.24% qualified in the JEE examination. Whereas, only 10% of the candidates from non-CBSE board schools could clear the exam.
This huge disparity in the success rate of CBSE and non-CBSE school students doesn’t stop here. The report further revealed that 6,600 seats in IITs were eventually acquired by students who studied in CBSE board schools. Whereas, 9.82 Lakh students from all other non-CBSE school boards could claim just 5,371 seats. This effectively meant the chances of a CBSE student succeeding in JEE stood at 10 times higher than any other student in India.
The CBSE is one of the national boards of school education in India and has a nationwide presence. Most of the schools approved by the central government in India are affiliated to CBSE. These include Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), government/aided schools, private schools, Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) and Central Tibetan Schools. All schools affiliated to the CBSE follow the curriculum developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
Here are four major reasons why students studying in CBSE schools have a huge advantage over others in the competitive exams.
1. Curriculum Alignment with Entrance Exams
CBSE's curriculum is designed with a focus on conceptual clarity and, aligning closely with the syllabi of national-level entrance exams like JEE, CLAT and NEET.
2. Focus on NCERT Textbooks
CBSE extensively uses NCERT textbooks, which are also the primary source for questions in exams like JEE, NEET, and CUET.
3. Assessment Pattern
CBSE assessments emphasise multiple-choice questions, reasoning, and problem-solving skills, which mimic the pattern of competitive exams.
4. Access to Better Resources and Guidance
CBSE students typically have access to better study materials, coaching centres, and guidance specifically targeted at entrance exams. These resources are often tailored to CBSE's curriculum
The latest RTI responses on CLAT accessed by Careers360 along with the 2018 IIT Kanpur report on JEE establish that the CBSE offers a huge advantage to students wanting to crack the competitive exams. These exams are the gateways to top universities in India such as IITs, NITs, NLUs, NIDs and medical colleges.
But how accessible are the CBSE board schools? Of the 14.71 lakh schools in India, only 28,135 schools are CBSE schools. Among the schools offering Senior Secondary education, CBSE schools constitute just around 18%. Compare this with the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) which alone has around 25 lakh students appearing in Class 12th in a year. This is much higher than the 16.21 lakh students who appeared in the Class 12the exam from all CBSE board schools in the country.
As per the CBSE annual report, of 28,135 affiliated schools, over 75% of schools are private owned. The cost of education in these private schools in India is much higher than in government schools, making many of them unaffordable for lower and middle-class families.
Education is listed as the concurrent subject in the seventh schedule of the Indian Constitution. All states have separate school education boards and they will continue to exist in the spirit of federalism. However, Unlike CBSE board schools, state board syllabi are less uniform and often lack the focus required for national-level competitive exams. The syllabi in many of these boards are designed around theory and rote learning rather than aptitude and problem-solving skills.
The students in the state board schools also face limited access to high-quality study materials and specialised coaching. This resource disparity eventually puts them at a relative disadvantage especially when they have to compete at national-level competitions and leave behind the schooling boards.
A major reform and curriculum overhaul is the need of the hour to keep state board schools relevant and prevent students from migrating to CBSE board schools. At least the subjects that lead students to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) courses should be kept uniform across the schools, while the assessment methods need to be changed for improved focus on reasoning, aptitude and problem-solving skills.
For students, if their objective is to crack any of the national-level entrance exams and if the state board schools are not offering the quality required to compete at the national level, it is time to move to the CBSE board schools. The success rate of students from these schools in entrance examinations is six to ten times higher than all other school boards in India.
With an All India SC category rank of 1561 in CLAT, you have a strong chance of getting admission into several National Law Universities through the counselling rounds. Based on past year trends, this rank can fetch you a seat in NLUs like NLIU Bhopal, HNLU Raipur, RGNUL Patiala, and possibly even higher-ranked ones like WBNUJS Kolkata or NLU Jodhpur depending on how cutoffs move in the later rounds.
SC category cutoffs for top NLUs tend to vary each year, but many of them have admitted students with SC ranks between 1500 and 3000, especially in rounds 2 and 3. Your chances increase further if you list a wide range of NLUs in your preference order during counselling. Also, make sure to complete all required counselling steps, document verification, and preference locking on time to avoid missing out.
With your rank, you're well-positioned to get a seat—just stay active in the admission process and keep checking updates from the CLAT consortium.
Dear student,
For Delhi University’s BA LLB program through CLAT, EWS category admissions last year (2024) typically closed around a rank of 1100 to 1200. This means if you scored around 90–95 marks in CLAT, you had a good chance of getting in. The exact cut-off can change slightly each year depending on competition and seat availability, but staying within the top 1200 is generally safe for EWS candidates.
The cutoff for DU BA LLB for CLAT ews has not been released yet.You can check the cutoff in this website after notification of release of cutoff - https://clat2024.consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2024/
Yes, you can get direct admission into BBA LLB at VIPS (Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies) with 82 percent in your Class 12 exams, but not without appearing in CLAT or IPU CET.
VIPS is affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), and admissions to BBA LLB are done strictly through entrance exams. The primary mode of admission is through CLAT UG, as GGSIPU has adopted CLAT scores for law programs in recent years. Previously, the IPU CET was used for law admissions, but that has been phased out for integrated law courses like BBA LLB.
So, even with a good Class 12 score, you cannot get admission into VIPS for BBA LLB without a valid CLAT score. The university does not allow direct management quota admissions outside the entrance process for its law programs. You may need to wait for the next CLAT attempt or consider private universities that allow direct admission based on 12th marks.
All the best!
Hi Akash,
It is good to see institutions like NMIMS have selected you for master of law based on your CLAT PG scores. If we compare the three then to be very clear:
For the best academic value and recognition choose NMIMS, or the Nirma University is also good. The DNLU is newer and can be considered as well but if we choose any one, then it is NMIMS.
ALL THE BEST !
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