According to the report, CBSE has suggested from studying two languages to three languages in class 10th, in which it will be made mandatory that at least two of these languages should be the native language of India.
Moreover, in the passing criteria for Class 10 students, CBSE proposed to increase the passing requirement in five subjects to 10.
For Class 12 too, CBSE suggested including students studying two languages instead of one, with the condition that at least one should be a native Indian language. Students will have to pass the exam in six subjects instead of five.
The report said the CBSE’s proposed changes are an integral part of its larger effort to introduce a national credit framework in school education.
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Its framework aims to create educational parity between vocational and general education as outlined in the National Education Policy 2020.
However, there is no organized credit system in the traditional school curriculum. As per the CBSE proposal, a full academic year will consist of 1,200 estimated teaching hours or 40 credits.
National Education
In the proposal, CBSE coined the term ‘National Learning’, which refers to the estimated time required for a specific learner to complete particular learning objectives.
For a student to pass, he or she must complete a total of 1,200 study hours in a year, with a fixed number of hours allotted for each subject. Hours include both academic learning taken at home and extracurricular, experiential or non-academic learning.
The Academic Bank of Credit will digitally record the credits earned by students, and can be accessed through a connected DigiLocker account. According to an official CBSE document, the credits will be ‘independent’ of the grades students get.
To implement this initiative, CBSE suggested adding more subjects in the secondary and high school curriculum, which would also have vocational and transdisciplinary courses in addition to the current subject list.
Students will have to pass 10 subjects – seven core subjects and three languages - instead of the existing five subjects – two languages and three core subjects including mathematics, science and social studies.
Additionally, two of the three required languages must be native to India. According to the outlet, mathematics and computational thinking, social sciences, science, arts education, physical education and wellness, vocational education and environmental education are the seven core subjects recommended for Class 10.
Students of classes 10 and 12 will be required to study six subjects instead of the existing five subjects. One of the two languages must be an Indian native language.
Earlier late last year, CBSE had sent a proposal outlining changes in the academic structure of classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 to the heads of all its affiliated institutions. They were asked to review the proposal and respond by December 5, 2023.
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Published: 01 Feb 2024, 01:55 PM IST
