CBSE reduces Class 9-12 syllabus by 30%: HRD minister

Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Tuesday announced that the CBSE has revised the syllabi for classes IX-XII for the academic session 2020-21. He said that the changes made in the syllabi have been finalised by the respective Course Committees with the approval of the Curriculum Committee and Governing Body of the CBSE.

Nishank said that, looking at the extraordinary situation prevailing in the country and the world, CBSE was advised to revise the curriculum and reduce course load for the students of Class 9th to 12th.Accordingly, the CBSE reduced the syllabi. He said that, a few weeks ago, he invited suggestions from all educationists on the reduction of syllabus on social media by using #SyllabusForStudents2020, against which more than 1,500 suggestions were received.

The revision of syllabi is a measure taken due to the extraordinary situation prevailing in the country. Considering the importance of achieving the level of learning, the syllabus has been rationalised to the extent possible up to 30% by retaining the core concepts.

The heads of schools and teachers have been advised by the Board to ensure that the topics that have been reduced are also explained to the students to the extent required to connect different topics. However, the reduced syllabus will not be part of the topics for Internal Assessment and year-end Board Examination. Alternative Academic Calendar and inputs from the NCERT on transacting the curriculum using different strategies shall also be part of the teaching pedagogy in the affiliated schools.