Tamil Nadu reduces school syllabus by 40% for academic year 2020-21

Tamil Nadu has decided to reduce the syllabus for students by 40 per cent for this academic year, the state School Education Minister announced.

Tamil Nadu has reduced the syllabus for school students by 40 per cent for this academic year based on a recommendation made by an expert committee. The syllabus has been reduced considering the coronavirus outbreak in the country, School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said on Friday. The government had set up 18-member panel, to look into reducing the syllabus for the 2020-21 academic year in view of the closure of schools due to COVID-19, submitted its report last month and based on this, 40 per cent of the syllabus had been cut, he said.

On May 12, the Tamil Nadu Government had formed a committee under the leadership of Commission of School Education Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan to evaluate and recommend the way forward for school education amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee was asked to evaluate the problems in teaching due tp the early closure of schools this year, delay in beginning the academic year and how to make up for the loss of time due to this delay.

Schools and other educational institutions have been closed across the country since mid-March. The minister further added that students of government and government-aided schools can get their doubts cleared through Kalvi Television for six hours on Saturdays.

Speaking to reporters at Nambiyur in Gobichettipalayam after launching developmental projects for Rs 2.40 crore, Mr Sengottaiyan said the revised state board syllabus would help students to face any type of competitive examination conducted by the Central Government. He said that in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2020, 90 per cent of the 180 questions asked in the NEET this year were from Tamil Nadu State Board books.

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