After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced to reduce its syllabus for classes IX to XII for academic session 2020-2021 by up to 30 percent, Haryana Government has decided to follow suit.
Haryana Education Minister, Kanwar Pal on Thursday said that in order to reduce mental pressure over students, the Board of School Education, Haryana will reduce the syllabus of the students studying in classes IX to XII in the present academic session of 2020-2021.
The Minister said that the schools have remained closed across the country and state during the lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic due to which holding of regular classes in the classrooms was not possible, although the State Government has made adequate arrangements to impart online education.
In order to reduce mental pressure on students, now the State Government has decided to reduce the syllabus for the academic session 2020-21 in schools affiliated to the Board of School Education Haryana following the pattern of CBSE, he said.
Kanwar Pal said that to reduce the syllabus, the State Government has instructed the Board of School Education to set up a Committee by coordinating with SCERT Gurugram and to put up the proposal within a week after exploring all possibilities in this regard.
Till now, the syllabus that has been taught online to the students of IX to XII classes should be included in the annual syllabus, so as to benefit the students, he added.
The Education Minister further said that the State Government does not wish to put academic pressure on the students, and wants to continue imparting necessary education, therefore there will be reduction in syllabus for the students studying in classes IX to XII.
Recently, the CBSE had announced that the rationalization of syllabus up to 30 percent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of classes IX to XII for the academic session 2020,21
as a one-time measure only with an objective to reduce the examination stress of the students due to the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic leading to health emergency circumstances.
