Telangana government shoots down BIE’s proposal to tweak inter syllabus

According to sources, as the fresh academic session is set to begin on June 2, the government is of the view that syllabus changes at the stage could lead to confusion and disruption, especially given the limited time available to develop content and print textbooks.

Hyderabad: The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) plan of revising the intermediate syllabus besides introducing internal assessments has been shot down by the State government. With this decision, the existing syllabus will be continued for the forthcoming academic year.

The TG BIE has planned to revise the intermediate syllabus after a gap of nearly 13 years. Accordingly, it constituted a subject wise experts committee, which created the new syllabus based on the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) standards.

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One of the major recommendations of the chemistry subject committee has been 30 per cent reduction in the syllabus and aligning it with the NCERT standards besides easing burden on students. Syllabus cut to the tune of 15-20 per cent has also been proposed for the mathematics and physics subjects.

The committees have also proposed modernizing the curriculum by introducing the internal assessment for the commerce and arts stream students. As per the proposal four internal assessments are to be conducted with each assessment comprising five marks for a total of 20 marks, while the main theory examination is for 80 marks. Based on the recommendations of the subject committee, the TG BIE proposed syllabus changes to the government

According to sources, as the fresh academic session is set to begin on June 2, the government is of the view that syllabus changes at the stage could lead to confusion and disruption, especially given the limited time available to develop content and print textbooks.

The government is learnt to have asked the Board to take up a comprehensive study before pitching in for syllabus changes for the next academic year.