PSEB New Syllabus 2020-21: Punjab School Education Board reduced the syllabus by 30% for the academic year 2020-21. Read the details below.
Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has announced that it has decided to reduce the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 by up to 30% for the current academic session.
The decision was taken following the announcement by the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) to reduce the syllabus for the same classes during this academic session to overcome the academic loss that occurred as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the school closure since mid-March.
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PSEB Reduces Syllabus for Shorter Academic Session
A committee of experts from the PSEB and the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) set up by the School Education Department has finalized proposals to reduce the course burden to be otherwise covered in a short time.
School Education Secretary Krishan Kumar said, "The committee was set up last week under SCERT director Jagtar Singh to take into account the views of various stakeholders, including academics, teachers and parents, and to suggest a reduction in the program for the academic year 2020-21."
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The exercise will take another two or three days, he said. Earlier, CBSE had previously announced that it had reduced the syllabus of Classes 9 to 12 by almost a third to compensate for the academic loss.
PSEB follows CBSE for Syllabus Reduction
After CBSE, the ICSE Board also revised its syllabus for the same reason. The reduced syllabus will also have an impact on the PSEB Board of Exams 2021.
According to two officials who are familiar with the committee's proceedings, the panel comprising the subject experts of PSEB and SCERT follows the pattern of CBSE syllabus reduction by 30%. One of them said, "The topics to be removed from the syllabus have been selected for a number of subjects, but some work remains to be done,"
PSEB has uploaded to its official website: pseb.ac.in, lists of reduced syllabus topics of several subjects for secondary and senior secondary classes.
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