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MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 Newspaper in Education CBSE REDUCES CLASS IX-XII SYLLABUS FOR 2020-21 ACADEMIC SESSION WEB EDITION

HOW DOES A 30% CUT IN CBSE'S SYLLABUS LOOK LIKE? I RECOMMEND ➤ In physics, both Newton's 'laws of motion' and Kepler's 'laws of planetary motion' will be chucked out of the NEW LAUNCH course; in biology, topics, such as ‘living world’ and ‘plant IS IT A kingdom’ have been deleted for class XI, while for class Ruskin Bond’s 'A XII,‘reproduction in organism have been excluded ➤ Some of the cuts have generated a political controversy, such as Song of India’ demonetisation, nationalism, citizenship and democratic A new book by rights ➤ Even the number of classes have been reduced writer Ruskin Bond will shed light on GOOD EDUCATORS ON HOW SCHOOLS PLAN TO COVER his lesser known DELETED CHAPTERS THE DELETED PORTIONS life before he became a success- ➤ The reduced syllabus ➤ Topics like secularism can ful author, publish- will give more time to be taught while teaching ers Puffin Books ensure that children Right to Freedom of Religion MOVE? has announced. understand the concept, KANAK SHANKAR as now we use videos MUKHERJEE, teacher, Psc , he Central Board of Secondary Ed- The illustrated book, 'A Song of ucation (CBSE) has rationalised STUDENTS REACT This is a good move by the and PowerPoint presen- LS A, India', scheduled to hit the stands the syllabus for classes IX to XII CBSE. Instead of rushing to tations to facilitate If the lesson that has already on July 20, will mark the 70th year for the academic year 2020-21 by up As online classes are complete an extended syl- learning. BIJOYA MITRA, been taught is deleted, then of Bond's literary career to 30 per cent to make up for new to all of us, it educator, DPS, Ahmd Tthe academic loss caused due to Covid- labus and feeling unneces- it is not an issue, as every would have 19, Union HRD minister Ramesh been tough to sary pressure, students will ➤The deleted chapters, context has its own specific Pokhriyal said recently. In the now have more bandwidth to process, the Board has dropped cover the which contain concepts and general objectives N M focus and learn on what they are being taught. SHALIKA BANU, teacher, WORD chapters on democracy, demon- The BIG entire that teachers feel are etisation, nationalism, secularism, syllabus. It is MRIDULA GOEL, class XII, DPS R K Puram, essential for the stu- Fathima CSSC, among others, as per the updated DEBATE New Delhi WA TCH syllabus. What does it mean for the a good decision; now, all the dents to learn, can be ➤ The portions have been students and how will it impact them? students will be able to prepare taught, but they will not removed in such a way that it this limited syllabus thoroughly. It's a welcome move, but will be included for internal does not affect the flow of BROMIDE: Moreover, it will reduce the pressure of this reduced syllabus extend evaluation or Boards learning, when children are means a binary compound of The Council for the Indian School the students. Besides, it will also help the Certificate Examinations (CISCE) to the entrance examinations MANJU SHARMA, prin- promoted to the next class. bromine with another element or government school students in catching has also announced a reduction of for admission into the col- cipal, DPS, South, VALSALA S, PGT, Toc H Public a radical including some (such as up with the private schools, as they leges next academic year? Bengaluru up to 25 per cent in syllabus for School, Vyttila, Ernakulam potassium bromide) used as joined virtual classes concept late. The Board should clarify. classes X and XII Board exams in sedatives; a commonplace or BHAVYA GULATI, class XII, Bhavan ARMAAN ABRAHAM JETTI, class XII, 2021 Be a part of this debate; share your views at tiresome person;bore Vidyalaya, Panchkula Meridian School, [email protected]/[email protected] A SHORT BLACK LIVES MATTER NEWS CLICK HERE FOR U-17 WOMEN'S WC PROBABLE HISTORY of IN BRIEF MORE Until we educate INSTAGRAM SAI SANKHE SCORES 96.2% INTRODUCES IN CLASS X ICSE EXAMS NEARLY 'REELS' IN INDIA the entire human SATYARTH NAYAK'S NEXT BOOK ndia's SAFF Un- little over a IS ON INDIAN MYTHOLOGY der-15 Women's EVERYTHING week after I Championship- race, racism will A ByteDance- fter penning a thriller winning player Sai by Bill Bryson owned short video and then a biography Sankhe has set an ex- not stop: Holding app TikTok was banned in India, Face- A about late Bol- ample for others as book's photo sharing app Instagram has lywood actress Sride- she scored 96.2 per ormer cricketer, Michael Holding, announced the extension of testing of its vi, author-screenwriter BOOK cent in her ICSE class didn't hold back as he delivered a pow- short video format Reels in India. Reels Satyarth Nayak will X examinations. F erful message against racism recently, has already been tested in Brazil, Germany now write a book on Indian asserting that the black race has been dehu- and France, before India. mythology. Titled, ‘100 Tales manised and its accomplishments wiped off from the Puranas’ the book ON THE PRESSURE TO PERFORM: "The from a history, "written by people, who do the The company said Reels will enable has been inspired from the Pu- pressure was there, as I really wanted to do harm."Holding, who will retire from com- people to record and edit 15 seconds ranas. It is expected to be re- very well in my boards and ace them. With mentary at the end of next year, talked about leased in 2021. racism at the global level. multi-clip videos with audio effects, the result I secured, I am very happy. If you and users could share Reels content The Puranas of Hinduism are an ancient source of love football and consider education to be as on their feed, or through a new space wisdom, which are relevant even today. Out of the important, you can do both together — hands on the explore section 18 Puranas, Nayak will select 100 greatest stories down. After the evening training, I would for his upcoming book, which will not only enter- study again. Basically, whatever time I could tain but also enlighten the new age readers get, I used it to study and prepare, Sai said. TECH BUZZ This book covers some of the most GOOGLE TO PROVIDE QUICK complex and mind- boggling theories FACTS ABOUT IMAGES YOU CURB CLIMATE CHANGE, PROTECT ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT in science, written in Bryson’s trade- SEARCH FUTURE PANDEMICS, COUNTRIES TOLD mark humour and wit. From the tiny, yet powerful protons, which con- Land degradation, ➤ The UN Environment tributed to the creation of our wildlife exploitation, Programme (UNEP) and mighty universe, to the current intensive farming, and International Livestock Research world scenario, where human civili- climate change are Institute (ILRI) have jointly identi- sation has made huge strides in all History is written by the conqueror driving the rise in fied seven trends responsible for spheres of life, the book packs a oogle has announced a new feature that diseases, which like tremendous amount of information. not by those who are conquered, will make it easy to find quick facts about such diseases, calling on govern- transportation, food supply changes, history is written by people who do the G what people see on Google images in the ENVIRONMENT ments to take steps to stop future and climate change ➤“The science is Science had never been one of my harm, not by those who get harmed... We form of a Knowledge Graph. The feature would pandemics ➤ Known as zoonotic, clear; if we keep on exploiting wildlife interests, until I encountered this are being brainwashed; not just black peo- include people, places or things related to the im- the coronavirus are these trends, include demand for ani- and our ecosystems, then we can author. This book will spark your age from the Knowledge Graph's database of bil- ple, white people are being brainwashed in lions of facts, helping users explore the topic more. passed on from mal protein, extraction of natural expect to see a steady stream of dis- curiosity, and inspire you to delve different ways. Everything should be taught. "To generate these links to relevant Knowledge animals to humans, the resources and urbanisation, intensive eases, jumping from animals to into the theoretical and practical I was never taught anything good about the Graph entities, we take what we understand about UN experts have and unsustainable farming, exploita- humans in the future,” said UNEP aspects of science. the image through learning, which evaluates an tion of wildlife, increased travel and URMILA JITHESH, class XI, Bhavan's black people; you cannot have a society that image's visual and text signals, and combine it warned... executive director Inger Andersen is brought up teaching what is convenient with Google's understanding of the text on the Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, Ernakulam for them image's web page," the company said. MICHAEL HOLDING, commentator and former cricketer VIEWPOINT THE PROPOSAL ` 67.4 CRORE FACTOID ($8MN) "We have written to the states to choose "A country the size of India won't be play- We have asked (a sport). For example, if Manipur choos- ing just one or two disciplines. We have ■ Price of the Chinese encyclopedia vol- 1 es boxing and sepak takraw, it also can 3 identified 14 disciplines as priority sports, umes that was sold at an auction recent- do football or archery, but it has to focus on like archery, wrestling, boxing, hockey, shooting ly. Dating back to the 15th century, the every state to the discipline it has selected, Rijijiu said etc. I have kept the option open for more as well," encyclopedia, known as the Yongle he announced Dadian, was commissioned by a ruler of "We have made certain policy the Ming Dynasty, who reigned from 1402 adopt one changes, like each corporate will be Rijiju said 14 sports have been iden- to 1424. The Yongle Dadian consisted of 2 advised to adopt a certain disci- tified as priority disciplines, which 22,877 chapters originally. It was the sport: Rijiju pline and focus on it. It won't stop you 4 will be developed as medal largest encyclopedia in the world from supporting other sports," he added prospects for the Olympics ■ The original was used to make two copies. nion sports minister Kiren Ri- jiju has said that the govern- Unfortunately, the first draft was lost due to ment has asked every state to adopt one wars, theft and fires, which occurred under U sport each and focus on its development, Is it a good move? Will it usher in a bright future for the Ming Dynasty. It measures 20 inches by in a bid to achieve more medals at the 12 inches, and was written in red and black Olympics.Rijiju, who was speaking at a webinar on the 'Role of Coporate India for Fit India' or- Q sports in our country? ink on paper, at a time when printing tech- ganised by Assocham, said the corporate sector nology was already developed in China will also be told to do the same. Share your views at [email protected] You can also post your comments at toistudent.com