The Central Board of Secondary Education has dropped certain chapters from the syllabus which have been part of the curriculum for decades.
The CBSE has dropped chapters almost the Non-Aligned Development, the Cold War period, the rise of Islamic realms in Afro-Asian regions, the chronicles of Mughal courts, and the mechanical transformation from the history and political science syllabi of classes 11 and 12.
Similarly, within the class 10 syllabus, the subject “effect of globalization on agriculture” from a chapter on ‘Food Security’ has been dropped. The interpreted passages from two poems in Urdu by Faiz Ahmed Faiz within the ‘Religion, Communalism and Legislative issues — Communalism, Common State’ area have moreover been avoided this year.
• CBSE with changes:
The Central Board of Auxiliary Instruction (CBSE) has moreover dropped from the course substance chapters on ‘democracy and diversity. Asked about the basis behind the choice of subjects or chapters being dropped, authorities kept up that the changes are the portion of legitimization of syllabus and are in arrangement with proposals by the National Committee of Instructive Investigate and Preparing (NCERT).
The dropped chapter “Central Islamic Lands” within the course 11 history syllabus talks almost about the rise of Islamic domains within the Afro-Asian domains and its suggestions for economy and society, agreeing to the portrayal in the final year’s syllabus.
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The chapter centered on the fields of Islam about its development, the rise of the caliphate, and realm building. Similarly, within the lesson 12 history syllabus, the dropped chapter titled ‘The Mughal Court: Reproducing Histories through Chronicles’ inspected the chronicles of Mughal courts to recreate the social, devout, and social history of the Mughals.
• Dropped chapters
The dropped chapter “Central Islamic Lands” within the course 11 history syllabus talks almost about the rise of Islamic domains within the Afro-Asian domains and its suggestions for economy and society, agreeing to the portrayal in the final year’s syllabus.
The chapter centered on the fields of Islam about its development, the rise of the caliphate, and realm building. Similarly, within the lesson 12 history syllabus, the dropped chapter titled ‘The Mughal Court: Reproducing Histories through Chronicles’ inspected the chronicles of Mughal courts to recreate the social, devout, and social history of the Mughals.
• Conclusion:
However, this is not the first time the board has dropped from the syllabus certain chapters which have been part of the curriculum for decades.
As part of its decision to rationalist the syllabus, the CBSE in 2020 had announced that chapters on federalism, citizenship, nationalism, and secularism in class 11 political science textbooks will not be considered while assessing students, triggering a major controversy.
The topics were restored in the 2021-22 academic session and remain a part of the curriculum.
