With a view to revamping the existing education system in the Capital, the Delhi government is now planning to come up with its own board which, it claims, will be on par with the CBSE.
The Delhi government now plans to bring back Delhi board with a “better and improved syllabus”. Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia made this announcement on Saturday during an interaction with principals of government schools.
Delhi had its own board — Delhi board — around 20 years ago. However, it was discontinued as many schools did not find the syllabus on par with that of CBSE and the ICSE.
In a first of its kind interactive session, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia met the principals at Thyagaraj stadium. During the interactive session, he also spoke about making amendments in education laws in Delhi.
Amendments in the Act
“Education system in Delhi is working on an Act made in 1973, which has become old. World has moved on but we are still following the old law. We have to rewrite it according to modern vision and modern education system,” the Education Minister said.
“We don't even have our own education board and we need it now along with our own new syllabus. I am not saying that CBSE or ICSE is bad but we will make our own board as per the demand of Delhi,” he added.
For the syllabus, he has asked for suggestions from the principals. Experts in the education sector however believe that the new board will do more harm than good to the education system in Delhi and will create confusion among students.
“The government cannot force private schools to adopt for the State Board. Most of them will still continue with the CBSE and ICSE Boards and in such a situation if a student changes from private school to government school in the middle of the session, he will have trouble with studies,” said an activist working in the field of education.
LIFTOUT: I am not saying that CBSE or ICSE is bad but we will make our own board as per the demand of Delhi - Education Minister
