CBSE board examiner brings in limelight about Class 11-12 Physics syllabus changes

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has slightly changed the 2020-2021 syllabus for classes 9 to 12 because of the long period that schools need to remain shut due to the Coronavirus lockdown till May 3, causing problems with the time required by teachers to complete their syllabus in class.

NCERT has come up with a new academic calendar as well as per the HRD Ministry's orders. The changed CBSE syllabus has fewer activities and practical work since this is something that cannot be carried out via



the online classes that CBSE schools are holding to make sure studies don't come to a standstill with the Coronavirus pandemic.

We have for you here the changes in the Physics syllabus of classes 11 and 12 as explained by CBSE board examiner Shampa Chakraborty, a senior Physics teacher with 23 years of teaching experience.

"Earlier, there were only 2 experiments asked for the exams. Now students of classes 11 and 12 will be asked to perform 2 experiments plus 1 activity," she explained.