Good news for students and teachers! CBSE has revised the syllabi for classes IX-XII for the academic session 2020-21. 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. This was announced by HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ through his twitter handle today.
He 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, CBSE has revised the syllabi for classes IX-XII for the academic session 2020-21.
He also informed that a few weeks ago, he invited suggestions from all educationists on the reduction of syllabus on social media by using #SyllabusForStudents2020. In response, more than 1.5K suggestions were received.
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 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.
For Elementary Classes (I-VIII) schools shall follow the alternative academic calendar and learning outcomes specified by NCERT.
The revised syllabus is available on CBSE Academic Website
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