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Among the chapters dropped are lessons on democracy and diversity,
demonetisation, nationalism, secularism etc
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New Delhi(Agencies): The
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday claimed that the
reduction in syllabus announced by the board is being interpreted “differently”
and the move is only a one-time measure for the 2020-21 academic session in
view of the COVID-19 situation.
The clarification by the board
came amid a row over certain chapters being dropped from the curriculum.
“The reduction of syllabus from classes 9 to
12 has been interpreted differently. Contrary to some of the impressions being
created, it is clarified that the rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent
has been undertaken for nearly 190 subjects for the academic session 2020-21 as
a one-time measure only,” CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said.
The board claimed the
objective of rationalisation is to reduce the exam stress of students due to
the prevailing health emergency and prevent learning gaps. It asserted that no
question shall be asked from the reduced syllabus in the board exams 2020-21
only.
“The schools have also been directed to follow
the alternative academic calendar prepared by NCERT for transacting the
curriculum. Therefore, each of the topics that have been wrongly portrayed as
deleted have been covered under alternative academic calendar which is already
in force for all the affiliated schools of the board,” Tripathi said.
On Tuesday, the board had
notified that it rationalised by up to 30 per cent the syllabus for classes 9
to 12 for the academic year 2020-21 to reduce course load on students amid the
COVID-19 crisis.
Among the chapters dropped
after the rationalisation exercise are lessons on democracy and diversity,
demonetisation, nationalism, secularism, India’s relations with its neighbours
and growth of local governments in India. PTI
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