New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 syllabus 2022-23 has been revised. According to which, the board has removed some important chapters on Democracy, Islamic Empires, Cold War and Urdu Poems.
CBSE has updated the syllabus with rationalised coursework for Class 9 - 12th students. According to the policy, the board has decided to rationalise or reduce the CBSE 10th and 12th Syllabus 2023 by nearly 30% in different subjects.
However, following the release of revised CBSE 12 syllabus for the current academic session 2022-23, some people raised questions and objected about the rationalisation policy and exclusion of specific chapters from the CBSE curriculum.
CBSE Syllabus 2022-23: Exclusion of Chapters
One of the primary concerns raised by the people regarding the rationalisation policy is the removal or exclusion of some important chapters related to the Islamic and Mughal empires.
According to the latest reports, the board has removed a key chapter titled ‘Central Islamic Lands’ from CBSE Class 11 Syllabus of History, which primarily focused on the rise of the Islamic empires in the Afro-Asian territories.
Some of the teachers highlighted that the chapter titled, ‘Central Islamic Lands’ from the Class 11 History provides a ‘detailed study about Islam — from its origins till date’ and is, thus, very important for students to understand the religion.
Similarly, ‘The Mughal Court: Reconstructing Histories through Chronicles’ from the history syllabus of CBSE Class 12 has also been excluded which dealt with the role played by Mughal Courts in building and maintaining the social, religious and cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.
The teachers have stressed out that the chapter on Chronicles of Mughal Court from the History syllabus plays an integral part of Indian History and its exclusion is completely irrational.
Considering the class 10th syllabus, some teachers have highlighted the exclusion of two poems by renowned Urdu poet and writer Faiz Ahmed Faiz in the textbooks, which are a part of the 'Religion, Communalism and Politics — Communalism, Secular State' section of the NCERT's [National Council of Educational Research and Training] Class 10 textbook and have been excluded from the syllabus for the current academic year 2022-23.
The latest reports suggest that one of the two poems not included was written by Faiz from a jail in Lahore. While the second was about a visit to Dhaka.
CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2022-23: Topics that are Excluded
Topics related to Democracy and diversity, Challenges to Democracy have also been excluded by the board. Subjects like political science or civics have also come under criticism of the board's rationalisation policy.
Several subject experts pointed out that key chapters related to Democracy and Diversity, Popular Struggles and Movement and Challenges to Democracy have been removed from the syllabus.
The chapter related to Democracy and Diversity deals with social inequalities based on race, class and caste, while the other two chapters stressed the importance of the popular protests and movements that are a part of Democratic History.
Further, the board has also removed key topics and chapters related to the Cold war, NAM or Non-Aligned Movement and one dealing with New Social Movements in India for the Class 12 Political Science subject.
CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2022-23: Rationalisation as per NCERT Recommendations
Replying to the teachers' allegations of excluding important topics, the CBSE Board said that the rationalisation of the class 12th syllabus has been done in accordance with the suggestion of NCERT.
One of the CBSE officials said that the experts team have worked on the removal and exclusion of the syllabus and that a detailed statement on how the board has rationalised the syllabus will be released shortly.
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