{"id":33,"date":"2022-05-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brightoninternational.in\/teachclub\/?p=33"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:41:20","slug":"open-start-a-school-in-india-and-cbse-affiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightoninternational.in\/teachclub\/open-start-a-school-in-india-and-cbse-affiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Open \/ Start a School in India and CBSE Affiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Schools in India has to function as a “NOT FOR PROFIT” in the form of Society \/ Trust or a Section 8 company. I have written a separate post on the formation of the Trust & Society.<\/a> Any school which is affiliated to the state board and has the ‘No Objection Certificate from the State can apply for CBSE Affiliation. Let us go through this post and understand how can you start a CBSE School in India. The minimum land requirement by CBSE is 1.5 Acres but there is a host of factors which can play a part in this requirement such as Type of City, Population, Location of the land, Type of Property etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S No<\/strong><\/mark><\/th>Location of School<\/mark><\/th>Land Requirement (Minimum) (Sq Meters)<\/mark><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Anywhere in India<\/td>6000<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>In municipal limits of cities with the population
(Exceeding 15 Lakhs)<\/td>		4000<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>In Hilly areas prescribed by the planning commissions (NITI Aayog).<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>In Municipal limits of the State Capital Cities<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>In the North Eastern States<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>In the State of Jammu and Kashmir<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>In Municipal Limits of Ghaziabad, NOIDA, Faridabad & Gurugram cities.<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>In the Municipal limits of  Panchkula and Mohali\/SAS nagar.<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>(For the Secondary Level)
In the Municipal Limits class-X cities (Ahemdabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune)or on the Hill stations.<\/td>		2000<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>(For the Senior Secondary Level)
In the Municipal Limits class-X cities (Ahemdabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune) or on the Hill stations.<\/td>		3000<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>(For the Secondary Level)
In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata,
Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh
or the State of Sikkim or the<\/td>		1600<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>(For the Senior Secondary Level)
In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh or the State of Sikkim or the Islands<\/td>		2400<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Union Territories<\/td>4000<\/td><\/tr>
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LAND REQUIREMENT FOR A CBSE SCHOOL IN INDIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Location is Urban or Rural, the area will be determined by the above. For more information, you can read this post here. Click Here <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of sections a school can run is also tied to the land parcel shool shows, though later on an application for section increase can also be made if school gets to occupy more land. The formula for section per acre is as follows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total Land to Sections Ratio: <\/strong> 12 sections for every 2000 square meter additional land.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost of building a School<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A school normally requires construction in phases (Here I am talking about a Budget CBSE School meant for a 1000 students)<\/p>\n\n\n\n