School syllabus likely to be cut by 15% next year, says HRD minister Javadekar
School syllabus likely to be cut by 15% next year, says HRD minister Javadekar The school syllabus from class 1 to class 12 is likely to be reduced by 10-15% in the next academic year, says human resource development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar said. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is working towards giving the final touches to a curriculum rationalisation programme which will apply to all schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and state boards that follow NCERT syllabus, he added. “We have received more than one lakh suggestions...I hope this year (the new academic session) 10-15% of the syllabus will be reduced, and then next year further reduction can happen,” he said. Amita Wattal, the principal of Springdales School in Delhi, said, “A lot of the content in the textbooks is really outdated and irrelevant now. A review of these books was really needed. But I hope the review was done in a scientific manner, and the NCERT has not removed any important portions of the syllabus.” -PTC News
