After deciding to make Class X board exam optional, India’s premier school board Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is set to go global by introducing a new syllabus for international students and would affiliate any school from any country from the next academic session.
CBSE would introduce a new syllabus to make it on par with international boards like International Baccalaureate (IB).
The new syllabus will be only meant for international students and will be taught in the interested affiliated schools from abroad.
“From next session, CBSE will introduce a separate curriculum for international students. This will help the board to become an international board like IB,” a HRD ministry official said. However, CBSE will continue its existing curriculum for domestic students.
The new curriculum will be of international standards and give a global perspective to the subjects of study.
Citing an example, the official said while the subject of history in the existing syllabus mainly deals with Indian history, the new syllabus will focus on world history. Similarly, the syllabus of all subjects would be made keeping in view the curriculum of international boards. CBSE would introduce the new syllabus in Class I and Class IX in the next session. Then every year, the new syllabus would be introduced in a new class. “Over a few years, CBSE will have international standard syllabus for all classes,” he said.
