from all over the country will have core syllabuses for science and
mathematics from the next academic session of 2011-12.
The combined syllabus for science and maths was developed by the
National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the
Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE). The syllabus will first
be offered to students of Class 11 from the year 2011 in physics,
chemistry, biology and mathematics.
The first board examinations for the courses with the new syllabus
will be conducted in the year 2013.
The CBSE has already informed all schools affiliated to it and has
also uploaded and published the new syllabus on its website. Other
boards are still in the process of intimating their schools and
students regarding the changes to the syllabus.
COBSE officials have said that there are currently 32 school education
boards in India, out of which 19 have confirmed to introduce the new
syllabus for science and maths. Other state boards such as of Andhra
Pradesh have decided to implement the syllabus from the 2012 academic
session.
The boards that have agreed to implement the new syllabus from this
academic session include two national boards, CBSE and Council for
Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE).
COBSE Joint Secretary Puran Chand informed that the CISCE has agreed
to come on board in principle but has not yet finalized details. Also,
about 6 schools boards are yet to decide if they would introduce the
new syllabus.
COBSE officials also said that the UP schools education board, which
is one of the largest in the country, has not yet taken a decision
regarding the introduction of the new syllabus.
State boards that will be introducing the new syllabus from the
current academic session include Assam, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Jammu and
Kashmir, Kerala, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
A committee had been formed in the year 2008 by the ministry of human
resource development that had consisted of members of NCERT and COBSE
to frame a common syllabus for mathematics and science subjects. This
syllabus could then be made common throughout the country.
The purpose behind the introduction of the common syllabus is to offer
a level-playing field to all science students who wish to appear for
various competitive examinations for pursuing higher education.
Members of the committee that framed the new common syllabus said that
around 10 topics were changed from the current syllabus for science
and mathematics syllabus.
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