The Central Board of Secondary Education-International Curriculum will not be functional from 2017-18, the next academic session. According to the notification, schools that offered CBSE-i curriculum in India were asked to discontinue the program from the following academic year. Read the official notification here.
What does this mean?
- Schools which were not affiliated to CBSE but offered CBSE-i have also been asked to follow the new rule.
- The students who take the course thereafter will be shifted to the main curriculum after being promoted to the next class.
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Why this decision?
CBSE-i was a less expensive and quality oriented alternative to the International Baccalaureate (IB) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education. The step was taken mainly because of the unavailability of reading material of global standards.
Whom does this impact?
This initiative will have an impact on around 50 schools in India and 26 schools in the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and other Gulf countries that are offering the curriculum.
Well, is this step going to bring in a change for the better? Only time can tell!
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