6 min Read | 11 Nov, 2024
The Yoga Certification Board (YCB) was established in March 2018 under the Ministry of AYUSH, Central Govt, with the aim of promoting Yoga as a career and raising the standard of education among Yoga Professionals.
It was mainly set up to:
Accredit Yoga Centres / Institutes / Schools / Ashrams. As mentioned below, there are four types of accreditation, each with separate criteria.
Certify Yoga Professionals. There are 10 types of certifications, as mentioned below. Each differs in syllabus, exam format, exam fees, eligibility scope of work, etc.
There are 10 types of Yoga Certifications, but only 9 are useful for career growth. A Yoga Volunteer Certificate is not meant for a career.
In this blog, we will look in detail more about the 4 Certifications offered to Yoga Teachers.
Yoga Certification Board Ministry of Ayush Certifications for Yoga Teachers are valid for 5 years. The validity period is mentioned on the certificate as seen above.
For renewals, you just need to appear for a small workshop, conducted online or offline. You get a notification for this in your email once you become YCB Certified.
At the end of the workshop, there will be a small assessment.
After that, you need to pay the renewal fees and your certificate will be renewed for 5 more years. Renewal fees are different for different certificates. It ranges from ₹500 – ₹2000.
As per YCB’s policy, there is no age or education criteria for YCB exams. A child as young as 14 years of age studying in school can attempt the exam. On the other hand another person as old as 90+ years can also attempt.
Also, you can appear for any level of exam anytime.
Medically, there is nothing mentioned about the eligibility. But sensibly saying, you should not be suffering from any major health issue.
There are two parts to the exam – Theory Exam and Practical Exam. The total exam carries 200 marks. These 200 marks are divided into theory and practical exams as mentioned below.
Theory exam contains MCQ type questions. Each question carries 1 mark and there is no negative marking.
Practical exam consists of demonstration and viva. It lasts for 20 – 30 minutes.
You need to score at least 70% marks in both theory and practical separately to pass the exam.
YCB Exam fees have two components:
It is charged by the YCB, Govt of India. It is fixed for each level.
It is charged by the agency or PRCB for conducting the exam. These are private bodies authorized to conduct YCB exams. Each agency has a different price structure. Approximately, this will be the exam conducting cost.
You can check the exact prices on the respective websites of the agency.
Firstly, find an institute that can help you to prepare for the desired level of exam. YCB has made a very extensive syllabus which is very difficult to prepare without any help. You must have someone to help to prepare for the exam.
Secondly, find mock exams, and mock questions to attempt before going for the final exam.
Thirdly, register for the YCB exam. Your institute can help you to do that. Or you can do it yourself on the YCB website.
Our institute offers various courses for all levels of professionals. We have 200 hours RYS, 300 hours RYS, 500 Hours RYS, YCB level 1, level 2 and level 3 guidance courses. Please visit our website: https://hathayogainstitute.com/courses/ for more information.
In the YCB courses we give theory and practical books for YCB preparation for each level. There are 2 separate books : one for theory and one for practical. These books are exclusively written by us for YCB aspirants and it contains a large number of sample MCQs and sample viva questions for better preparation.
We also take mock exams in the course for a better understanding of the exam pattern and areas where improvement is required.
You can contact our counsellor for discounts, free trial and more information about the course.
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