Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi appointed as Chairman of CBSE

Senior IAS officer Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

His appointment was made by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He has been appointed for a period of five years. Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

As a bureaucrat he has wide-ranging rich experience in the commerce and revenue departments.

About Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

The CBSE is a Board of Education for public and private schools, under the Union Government.

It affiliates all Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), all Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), private schools and most of the schools approved by Union Government.

It conducts the final examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 every year in the month of March and also declares the results.

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