New Delhi: The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) & Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) has launched new syllabus of Science & Maths subjects. The new syllabus was launched for the students of Class 11 & 12 and examination with this new common syllabus will be held in 2013. Students of class 11 will study new syllabus in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics from this session only.
The CBSE has already informed about new common syllabus to all schools and students, under its affiliation and posted same on its official site. Also, CBSE declared that out of 32 school education boards 19 has already introduced new syllabus and remaining were considering it and introduced new syllabus till 2012.
Two National boards i.e. CBSE & Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) have already agreed to launch the new common syllabus into their schools. In addition, the state boards are ready to set their platform to launch the new syllabus from the current academic session include Assam, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Puran Chand, COBSE Joint Secretary has announced that CISCE has agreed with new common syllabus but still not yet finalized. He said that six school boards and UP board yet has decide about introducing the new syllabus in their boards. He also informed that the Members of committee like NCERT and COBSE that framed the new common syllabus, announced that around 10 topics were changed from the current syllabus for science and mathematics syllabus.
In 2008, Ministry of Human Resource Development has formed the committee to frame new committee 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.
