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| Saturday, Jul 08, 2006
Schools in State to follow uniform syllabus from next year
The aim is to standardise examination pattern from standards I to X
- Meant to benefit the rural and poor students
- Committee to be formed soon
- Plus-One and Plus-Two follow single syllabus
Chennai: Starting next year, schools functioning under the Directorate of School Education will follow a uniform syllabus. With a view to standardising the examination pattern from standards I to X, the Government will put in place an integrated syllabus for all State Board, Anglo-Indian and Matriculation schools.
"Equity in education"
"This is meant to ensure equity in education, especially for rural students.
A committee will soon be formed for going into the modalities for the process and the syllabus will come into effect from the next academic year,'' Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudi, has told The Hindu .
Nearly one crore students are enrolled in schools across Tamil Nadu.
At present, the State has 29,586 primary schools, 8,017 middle schools and 2,918 high schools following the State Board syllabus.
A total of 41 Anglo-Indian schools (12 high schools and 29 higher secondary schools), 2,053 matriculation high schools and 1,421 matriculation higher secondary schools will also follow the structure, along with 2,990 government higher secondary schools having standards VI to X. Schools offering the OSLC pattern will also be covered.
The need for an integrated syllabus was enhanced by the fact that all schools follow a single syllabus for Plus-One and Plus-Two.
Ensures continuity
Doing away with different curricula will ensure continuity for poor and rural State Board students, who can access better facilities in other schools.
Excess fee
The Government will initiate continuous dialogue with self-financing engineering colleges on the issue of excess fee collected by some of them, against the Rs. 32,500 a year fixed by the Government. The recent move to make such institutions surrender up to 65 percent of their seats to the single window system of counselling was an effort in this direction.
All delays in the examination mechanism will be removed and from next year, rank lists will be released within the shortest possible time, Mr. Ponmudi said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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