Uniformity?

Posted by Ninad on March 10, 2010 under All Posts | Be the First to Comment

Kapil Sibal has pulled out another “rabbit” from his hat!

State Boards across the country have agreed to a core curriculum in science and mathematics at the higher secondary. Core curriculum has been prepared for physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology. This will be implemented from 2011-12.

This idea of a core curriculum had been mooted by Kapil Sibal at the last meeting of COBSE (Council of School Board of Education) in August. At the recent meeting of COBSE held on 16th February, 2010, a decision was taken by the 41 Boards from across the country to have a common core curriculum.

Once this is implemented, it will lead to a common entrance examination for professional courses in 2013.

Today, a student who completes class XII needs to appear for multiple exams if he wants to get into any professional course. The scenario is quite different in many countries around the world. In the US, there is a common exam – SAT – which is taken as the benchmark for entrance into any professional course or college, irrespective of the stream.

Can we also have an Indian version of “SAT”?

Common core curriculum is really the first step.  owever, the moot question is – will the IITs embrace the common test and not conduct their own prestigious IIT-JEE? That looks difficult. However, the silver lining could be that students can expect to avoid other entrance tests.