1. Deciding on the Type of School
School promoters can start a school of various types like play school, kindergarten, pre-primary, primary, secondary, or higher secondary. If the school promoter wants to start a school till class 8th or higher, the person needs to get affiliation from the state board. Therefore, a secondary/senior secondary school affiliated with a state board can apply for boards like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), International Board (IB) or State Boards of 29 States in India.
2. Land required to start a school
Minimum requirement of 1 acre land or 4000 sq. meter land is required to open a school from pre-primary to senior secondary in major metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, or Bengaluru. Schools up to the secondary standard which is class 10 need to have half an acre of land or 2000 sq. meters of land. Entities that want to open schools from pre-primary to class 12 in major cities with a population of more than 15 lakh will require land of at least 1 acre. For schools required to be open in smaller cities based on CBSE require 1.5 acres of land.
The minimum and necessary requirement of land is at least 2000 sq. meters with each classroom to be not less than 400 sq. feet in size, for a school affiliated to the CISCE board. The minimum class size should be 400 sq. feet with a playground, computer and science labs, library, art room, amphitheater, stage, etc.
To open any type of school, the respective entity is required to purchase land from DDA or MCD in the case of Delhi and from the respective development authority of the states of India.
Min. 1 year of operations required to apply for CISCE and CBSE board
Appointment of Head Master, Teacher, Principal, Vice Principal, Associate Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Accounts Department, Lab Assistants, Computer Professionals, Peons, Supportive staff, Drivers, etc.
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