Q. What is the issue?
A. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced a reduction in the curriculum for the year 2020-2021 for Classes IX to XII.
The reductions and deletions suggested by the CBSE violates the cohesiveness and holistic nature of the planned curriculum.
Q. What is the decision taken?
Q. What are the key deleted portions?
Q. What are the contentious aspects?
A direct consequence of neglect of ecology and evolution is the relative scarcity of epidemiologists in India.
Q. What is to be done?
It is fair to take into account the views of all stakeholders in the area of education and do a careful job of trimming the syllabus.