Syllabus reduction and possible board exam delay
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)reduced the syllabus by 30% for class 10 and class 12 students back in July.
CBSE said that no board exam questions would be set from the deleted topics but schools were free to teach those to students as per the academic calendar provided by NCERT. It has also released the CBSE sample papers based on the reduced CBSE syllabus.
Following CBSE and CISCE, several state boards also followed suit and reduced their syllabus by 25% to 30%.
According to resources: a senior CBSE official said that since normal classes still haven’t resumed, CBSE might reduce the syllabus further for the 2021 board exams. He said that the board would take a call soon whether the board exams would be conducted with 70% syllabus or with 50% syllabus.
Gerry Arathoon, chief executive, CISCE, said in a media report that there was a possibility of CISCE reducing syllabus further for the 2020-21 academic year looking at the present Covid-19 situation. But he added there it couldn’t be said yet how much syllabus reduction could take place.
A delay in board exams could push back the entire academic year and affect a lot of other factors and a syllabus reduction may be an easier solution. The education ministry still has to take a final call regarding this problem.
Er RISHI ANAND
Ex Lecturer Govt Polytechnic Purnea
Director
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