Eligibility of Private Candidates

1) A Person who has pursued the prescribed course of study privately and has completed the practical course prescribed for Std. IX and X in a recognised Secondary School Certificate Examination as a private candidate subject to the following conditions:

1. (a) He has been resident of the Territory for a period of not less than two years, prior to the date of the commencement of the Secondary School Certificate Examination at which he desires to appear. The Chairman may, in exceptional cases condone a deficiency in the period of two years residence in the territory;
2. (b) He was not on the roll of a Secondary School in the Territory during the academic year preceding the date of Secondary School Certificate Examination at which he desires to appear;
3. (c) He must have completed the age of 18 years not later than 1st March of that year in the case of the examination to be held in March and not later than 1st October of that year in the case of the examination to be held in October. Each applicant shall furnish satisfactory evidence in support of the correctness of his date of birth; Note :- The age of 18 years may be relaxed upto 17 years in case of a physically disabled candidate which is unable to attend the school . Note :- Not withstanding anything contained in conditions (a), (b) and (c) above;
   • (i) A candidate being a citizen of India who has been a regular student of a secondary school overseas and who has completed the course of studies for an examination equivalent to the Secondary School Certificate Examination (e.g. Senior Cambridge) may be permitted to appear at the Examination as a Private candidate;
   • (ii) A candidate sent up as a regular student (i.e. after having undergone the prescribed /minimum attendance at a recognized institution) but failing at the corresponding examination of any other statutory Board or University or University in India or at the Entrance Examination of a statutory University in India or at the Senior Cambridge or Indian School Certificate Examination or at the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination or the Higher Secondary (Multipurpose) School Certificate Examination Board, Poona, may be permitted to appear at the Examination as a private candidate provided that such a candidate has not joined a Secondary school since his failure at the other examination concerned. Provided that :-
4. (a) It shall be competent for the Board to prevent permanently or for such specific period as the Board may determine in each case any secondary school which forwards under this sub-clause, applications of private candidates without proper scrutiny, from forwarding such applications, except the applications of their own bonafide past students;
5. (b) Unless specially permitted by the Board to do so, no Secondary School shall forward more than 25 applications from persons other than its own bonafide past students, for permission to appear as private candidate at any one Examination, provided that it shall be competent for the Chairman to relax, on the merits of each case, the said limit and allow a secondary school to forward more than 25 applications, at any one Examination from bonafide private candidates other than its own past students;
6. (c) It shall be competent for the Board to debar an applicant employing malpractices to secure permission to appear at the examination as a private candidate under clause (1) above from applying for permission to appear for the Examination for a period of two years from the month and year of the Examination for which permission is sought, even if such a candidate is otherwise eligible and further forfeit the enrolment fee if already paid and cancel the enrolment certificate, if already issued. 2) Each applicant will have to pay Rs. 10/- as enrolment fee alongwith the application to, be submitted through the head of the Secondary School last attended, for permission to appear for the Secondary School Certificate Examination. If the said school does not exist, or is de-recognized or refuses to forward the application the applicant shall submit the application through the head of any other recognized Secondary School within the jurisdiction of the Board. The enrolment fee will be refunded if he is found ineligible under the rule. 3) If a private candidate is unable to submit his application before the date fixed by the Board, the Secretary may admit his application if it is received with a late fee of Rs. 5/- not later than the 10th day after the date fixed by the Board. 4) An applicant held eligible for enrolment as a private candidate will be issued an enrolment certificate which should be attached to the application for admission to the Secondary School Certificate Examination to be forwarded through the Head of the Secondary School concerned. 5) A private candidate may be charged by the Head of the Secondary School concerned a fee of Rs. 2/- for forwarding the application for special permission to the