bhopal principals of cbse schools in the city have willingly agreed to appear for the principal eligibility test pet as mandated by the central board of school education cbselauding the decision of the board which necessitates all existing principals and teachers aspiring to be principals for schools affiliated to cbse to appear for a pet the principals said that it was a welcoming step to strengthen the roots of educationprincipal of gyan ganga international academy d ashok kumar told toi that principals are the leaders of educational institutes and they should be qualified enough to be at the top positionit is indeed a very good decision taken by the board it will also be a boon to the schools since they will be under the best possible leadership after taking this exam i wholeheartedly appreciate it he saidstressing upon the importance of having an eligible candidate for principals post pankaj sharma the principal of sagar public school in gandhi nagar said head of schools should be thorough educationalists and should be capable of holding responsibilities welli personally think this decision should have been taken long back because principals can maintain schools only if they are eligible of doing so school in an important institution which must be guided by the most efficient and qualified persons sharma saidthe principal of billabong school ashish agarwal said when students undergo a test to get admission in schools teachers undergo teachers eligibility test tet for becoming a teacher then why not an exam for principals postthe straight and simple thing is when at a time we get students admitted through tests and interviews we ask teachers to appear in tet then why cant principals be recruited through the same process why the top brass who actually runs institutions be given a free hand agarwal saidkumar said the idea is to bring best person on board to make education better in the countryinitiating a new discourse on minority schools autonomy johnny pulloppillil the former principal of st josephs coed school said minority institutions should be given the right to choose principals on their ownwhat i understand from the amendments is that minority institutions should have been given the right to appoint eligible principals but on their own choice even the higher education minority institutions have the right to choose eligible persons as principals he saidhe added although there is nothing bad in conducting pet it should not be a blanket rulesince this kind of interference has come in we will have to fight it out as a minority group of institutions pulloppillil saidthe former principal of campion school nirdosh ekka said first of all if it has anything to do with improving the quality of education then i must say this is not good enough it is not even needed because one cannot be judged on tests they should be judged on their experience and performance ekka saidekka said the board should explain what changes it is going to bring in the systemi strongly oppose