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The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is the apex body for school education in India. The NCERT provides support and technical assistance to a number of schools in India and oversees many aspects of enforcement of education policies. In India, the various bodies governing school education system are:
- The state government boards, in which the majority of Indian children are enrolled.
- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board.
- The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) board.
- The National Institute of Open Schooling.
- International schools affiliated to the International Baccalaureate Programme and/or the Cambridge International Examinations.
- Islamic Madrasah schools, whose boards are controlled by local state governments, or autonomous, or affiliated with Darul Uloom Deoband.
- Autonomous schools like Woodstock School, Auroville, Patha Bhavan and Ananda Marga Gurukula.
Primary school teaching in India consists of 12 grade (classes) levels. These are:
- Kindergarten: nursery - 3 years, Lower Kindergarten (LKG) -4 years, Upper Kindergarten (UKG) - 5 years.
- 1st class: 6 years
- 2nd class: 7 years
- 3rd class: 8 years
- 4th class: 9 years
- 5th class: 10 years
- 6th class: 11 years
- 7th class: 12 years
- 8th class: 13 years
- 9th class: 14 years
- 10th class: 15 years
- 11th class: 16 years
- 12th class: 17 years
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