Delhi state's own school board likely to be operational by next year. However, it will not be imposed on government schools. Giving details of plans for setting up the state education board, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said the board will be in sync with the reforms proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP) and the focus will be on continuous evaluation and not year-end exams. 'We have recently set up two committees for working on the proposed board as well as curriculum reforms. An ideal situation would be that we make it operational by next year. Initially, around 40 schools will be affiliated to the board, which could be either government or private.'