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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 It’s not just a place where you get to learn Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. It’s also a place where you can think beyond 02 the classroom. Hence we say, SCHOOL IS COOL! SCHOOL IS COOL VIRTUAL EXHIBITION School children help raise lakhs for Kailash Satyarthi Foundation

Kailash Sathyarthi Dewang Sethi, class XI Shivank Menon, class X Siddhant Agarwal, class X

uring the COVID-19 preventive The leaders working were Dewang Sethi, of the remarkable teamwork that was lockdown, children have become Shivank Menon and Siddhant Agarwal. shown by the students of SIS, which has D even more vulnerable to ex- A decision was made that resulted in currently helped more than 70,000 fam- ploitation. Children belonging to the formation of three teams respec- ilies during this period of crisis. the economically weaker sections of the tively, each corresponding to the grades Along with that, certain members who B PYP (IB Primary years Program) interviewed the owner of Woloo, (a wash- brand new initiative taken up for the society have become highly susceptible in their school. This enabled each of have made invaluable contributions exhibition represents a momentous room created for women at Thane sta- wellbeing of students and their parents to trafficking, labor and exploitation there- them to work closely and effectively with throughout the course of this campaign event in the life of PYP school and tion). Similarly, students from Peace,Jus- was the Summer Wellness Camp and fore, The Kailash Satyarthi Children Foun- the team members, and maximised their are Dhruv Agrawal from Grade 7, Khushi I its students, synthesizing the cru- tice and strong institutions created a Wall Summer Crash Courses in which, the dation, founded by Nobel Peace laureate effort by not approaching the same peo- Sheth from Grade 8 and Siddharth cial elements of the PYP program of Fame which comprised the work done students and parents attended quite a Kailash Satyarthi, has been taking sev- ple multiple times. Moreover, the strat- Valecha from Grade 11. The students also and sharing them with the school com- by eminent personalities like Malala few sessions and workshops conducted eral measures to promote the safety and egy ensured that they involve many expressed their profound gratitude to- munity as a culminating experience of Yousafzai. They also participated in a by experts who shared with them tips on empowerment of children. more students allowing each student to wards Sharonee Mullick, the director of PYP years. Amidst the current pandem- skype session with a Granny Cloud School how to take care of themselves and en- The members of Singapore Interna- work effortlessly in sharing the mes- the school and Meera Bhalla, the school's ic situation, the student leaders of NES (an institution that reaches out to chil- hancing their skills in an efficient man- tional school community have always be- sages and uniting others with a com- CAS [ Creativity, Activity and Service] ad- International School have adjusted to the dren with limited educational resources ner at the same time. Several workshops lieved that every child should have access mon goal of helping those in need. The visor for giving them the opportunity to new normal by conducting the virtual around the globe, in a variety of settings, were conducted such as, No Fire Cook- to equal opportunities. students helped raise over Rs 6.5 lakhs lead such an honorable initiative along PYP Exhibition on the May 15. and providing them with the opportuni- ing, Doodling, Bakers Delight, Coping When the campaign began, their goal being raised! All the students along with with Romy Gupta, their supervisor for The focus of this exhibition primari- ty to experience worlds that are dissimi- and Communication skills, Finger Gym, was to maximise donations efficiently. the group leaders were extremely proud guiding them along the way ly revolved around the Trans disciplinary lar in their own way.) Vocal Workout, Unleashing Creativity, theme -"How we express ourselves". Pri- On the 15th of May, the students set Modelling, Storytelling and Stress man- or to the lockdown, students had already out to celebrate the power of learning agement. tal transformation in school done some research and inquiry based on the Zoom Virtual Medium. All stake- The founder Principal Dr R Varadara- education is necessary too. on several sustainable development goals holders such as the students, parents, jan addressed the gathering on the vir- ‘Online learning is the way ahead’ that they were passionate about. There teachers, Head of the School- Primrose tual medium. He appreciated the stu- What kind of methods do were six inquiry groups altogether, it con- M, Director of the school, Dr V Bala- dents for their year round research and Do you think online teaching you use during online sisted of, Good Health and Well-being; subramanian and Founder Principal, Dr emphasized the importance of working is projected effectively to the tively addressed through classes for children with Peace,Justice and Strong Institutions; Cli- R Varadarajan were all present on this on sustainable development goals to at- students? If yes then how? online learning. Children special needs? mate change; No Poverty; Gender Equali- occasion. tain a bright future. are able to see, and learn ty and Life on land. Students explored pri- The school also participated in the The director of the school, Dr V Bal- It brought forth a new world from experts and some- Technology has plenty to mary and secondary sources of infor- celebration of power of learning by join- asubramanian appreciated the students of creative, enterprising and times, even celebrities from offer for children with spe- mation to gather the required data and ing the Global PYP exhibition online for their endeavor to put up the exhibi- exciting learning experience different fields. cial needs such as showing materials to be used for their respective hosted by the International Baccalau- tion during these unprecedented times, for children with interest- illustrative charts, simpli- goals. reate (#PYPX2020) from 1st of June to he also quoted that ‘the show must go ing features and visuals. People say that in school fied notes, recordings and Students who had chosen to be a part the 14th of June, 2020. on’ and likewise even the learning must learning is better than virtu- visuals. of the Good Health and Well-being group During the Covid- 19 pandemic, a go on. How do these online classes al learning? Kindly reflect on Jose Kurian, Principal & fulfill the criteria of holistic this point. Regional Director, DAV Public Jose Kurian development in students? Yes, it is. No system can re- School, Nerul A child's devel- place school learning. One Interview by Priyangshi PRINCIPAL SPEAK opment is effec- must understand that digi- Chakrabarty, SIS,

gesture. A student from grade VI show- ered his father with abundance of love Father’s Day celebrations by offering a helping hand in some farming work such as plowing the field. hoenix International School delicacies and served those themselves. The students even prepared lovely along with Lilliputs, Airoli, cel- A few kids fed their father with their greeting cards for their parents which P ebrated Father's day on the June own hands which was a really pleasing made them glow with joy. 21. Children were All the students showed made to enjoy themselves their love and respect to at home by preparing any their father in their own food item or a drink of unique manners. The pan- their choice that they demic did not act as an ob- would make for their father. struction in their paths as Students from pre-pri- they continued their activi- mary sections with the help ties with love and respect. of their mothers made All the teachers and Ragini lemonade and orange juice Bhole, the principal appre- for their fathers and the ciated the work of all the ones from higher grades children by sending them en- went on to cook: pasta, couraging messages and paranthas and many more boosting their confidence. MY MOTHER ‘The more disciplined you PRANALI KADAM, CLASS VI, THANE POLICE SCHOOL, THANE become, the easier life is’ oday, I want to share something about my mother on the occasion of her birthday. She is loving and car- T ing. She is my best friend. She helps me out with my iscipline is a way of do- it is home, office, playground or other place. school studies and also prepares me and my friends Ding any work appro- If we do not follow discipline then our life will for other competitive exams. My mother is also a Certified priately. This re- be unorganised. Everything in this world is Abacus Teacher. She also teaches Vedic Mathematics, vari- quires control over our organised by discipline.Wind, ous art forms like Madhubani Painting, Decoupage, Dot Man- body and mind. Some peo- water and land give us the way dala, Mandala Art, Warli Painting etc. She also makes Resin ple have self-discipline as to live life. This world, coun- and Wire Pendants,Wire earrings, Rings, Anklets and cus- natural possession, while try, society, community etc. tomised wire wrapping articles. She has made a beautiful some people have to de- will all be unorganised Lord Shiva's Trishul with wire wrapping. velop it within them- without discipline be- My mother is also a Home Baker. She makes Customised selves. It is a skill that cause everything de- Cakes,Return Gifts and Cake Toppers. She makes Quiet can control emotions pends on discipline. Books or Busy Books which includes activities like number and helps overcome Discipline is a nature counting, colour matching, shape matching in various themes difficulties and helps that exists in all like Doll House, Paw Patrol, Jungle Book etc. She also con- in doing the right thing things provided by ducts vacation workshops for kids. I am indeed proud of my at the right time. Life nature. Be disci- mom, who is very creative and inspires me to be myself and without descipline plined and live life explore my own inner creativity. makes achieving goals happily. My mother has defeated many challenges in her life and alot more strenuous. Vibha Mishra, Teacher, I know that one day there will be no obstacles in her life and It is an important tool Podar International School, Ambernath she will get all the success she deserves. I too want to become for all activities of life, whether a multi-talented artist like her when I grow up. International Armed Forces Day day to honour all those brave men and A women, serving one's own country with Bravery, Dedication and Self-Sac- rifice" Let's pay tribute to these brave war- riors. International Armed forces day, a day that always was celebrated by students of N L Dalmia High School. This day carries extra significance and meaning as the armed forces continue to serve on the front-line of the Covid 19 pan- demic. Primary section student's of Grade IV, payed tribute to the Army, Navy and Air force by extending their heartfelt gratitude for their selfless sacrifices and efficient role of our Brave warriors in this phase of life.

A glimmer of hope And that... HOPELESS rose. Was my life's biggest I ran towards the glim- take The closed door ahead, Slowly and bravely, mer, Which caused, Followed by the haze, Punching through the Shining bright and loud, My idleness to break. The the smoke and the the haze, It had already started fog The smoke and the fog. to disappear, - Aditi Bhosle, class X, Unable to trace my POEMS So I gave up, scream- Girton High School, shadow's head ing aloud Mumbai