Edu Minister likely to announce changes in school curriculum, to meet CBSE heads tomorrow

Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is expected to make major announcements regarding the change in the school curriculum as he will interact with presidents and secretaries of CBSE Sahodaya Schools on January 28 at 2 pm. More than 1000 people heading CBSE-affiliated schools are expected to participate in the programme

Based on the announcements, CBSE will be starting orientation programmes through its 250 active Sahodaya School Complexes in the country to create awareness about NEP 2020, the board informed. The changes are expected to be in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Here is a look at



major changes the ministry had announced to incorporate this year, it is likely at some of these might make it through the announcement.

Among a major change, the ministry has given the approval to make board exams low stake. “CBSE will introduce improvement examination from the year 2021 and will introduce English and Sanskrit in two levels from the session 2021-22 (already offers mathematics at two levels). Competency-based questions have been introduced in the Board exams for class 10 and 12 in a phased manner, increasing by 10 per cent every year,” as reported earlier. An announcement in this regard might be expected.