The CBSE should explain the reason for deleting some chapters, said Manish Sisodia.
New Delhi:
The CBSE should explain the reason for dropping certain chapters of the school curriculum, Delhi vice chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday, saying the board must have “very strong” reasons behind the move. .
The Central Council for Secondary Education (CBSE) announced Tuesday that it has streamlined the curriculum for classes 9 to 12 for the 2020-21 school year by up to 30% in order to reduce the course load of students in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.
The Department of Human Resources Development maintains that the program has been streamlined while retaining the basic elements.
As part of its program rationalization exercise, the board of directors removed chapters on democracy and diversity, demonetization, nationalism, secularism, India’s relations with its neighbors and the growth of governments premises in India, among others, according to the updated program.
“The Delhi government has always voted to cut programs and I have said this repeatedly because a large program does not mean more learning. I support the decision of the CBSE to reduce the program for the 2020-21 academic session in secondary and upper secondary education, but I have reservations and concerns about the manner and content of the program reduction exercise ” said Mr. Sisodia.
The social sciences are a discipline where there is “a maximum slope of controversy and agree that no matter which topics are chosen or left out, issues are sure to come up. Therefore, the board should have been be careful and explain the reasons why he dropped certain subjects, “he said.
“I hope the CBSE must have very good reasons for dropping these subjects other than saying that” the reduction of classroom instruction due to the closure of schools “requires a reduction and, therefore, certain subjects were dropped at random, “said Mr. Sisodia, who holds the education portfolio, said.
Social science topics that are abandoned are so relevant in the contemporary context that it is important for children to learn from “an authentic source rather than” Whatsapp University “,” said the Deputy Chief Minister.
