India: CBSE curriculum to be introduced in Bihar

[Harold F. Schiffman]

CBSE curriculum to be introduced in Bihar

>>From Press Trust of India

Patna, June 30, 2006


Bihar government has decided to introduce CBSE curriculum in state-run
schools from 2007. A notification to this effect was issued by the state
human resources department on Thursday evening, official sources said.
State human resources secretary MM Jha said the measure had been long
overdue and the government would implement it from 2007. The Bihar School
Examination Board (BSEB) would conduct examinations this year as per the
existing format, he said.

Under the CBSE format, students would have to study two language papers
(mother tongue and second language), Science, Social Science, Mathematics
and English. The marks of English would not be calculated in the
aggregate. There will be additional subjects which students could take as
extras -- economics, commerce, home science, music and computers. The new
format would also include yoga, art education, work experience and health
education for school-based evaluation.

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