Board Reduces Syllabus For Class 10, 12 By 25%

Source: Indian Express

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has decided to reduce the syllabus for class 10 and 12 by 25% in the forthcoming session. The decision has been taken to compensate for the ‘loss of time’ during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The council stated that the reduction has been done considering the “linear progression across classes while ensuring that the core concepts related to the subjects are retained”.

While schools have put in their best efforts to continue the teaching-learning process via online classes during the pandemic, there has been a major loss of time and shortening of the academic year.

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The circular also added that “heads of CISCE-affiliated schools have been asked to ensure that the concerned subject teachers at the ICSE and ISC levels transact the syllabus strictly according to the sequence of topics given in the syllabus, to facilitate the further reduction in the syllabus, if required, depending on the situation of the pandemic.”

Since JEE Main and NEET are based on NCERT syllabus, the reduction in the syllabus for class 11 and 12 might have an impact on entrance exams. The minister had hinted at the reduction of 30 percent syllabus but no final decision was announced yet.