The Kerala state government’s decision making teaching of Malayalam mandatory in all schools in the state was not as confusing for the CBSE schools as it is made out to be, said CBSE Assistant Secretary Vikas Kumar Agarwal.
Speaking at the Principals' Conference organised by Ideal Association for Minority Education, a part of the Sahodaya School complex, he insisted that all schools follow the government order and introduce Malayalam as the sixth optional subject in the curriculum.
“All students shall be taught Malayalam. However, the marks obtained in the sixth optional subject does not affect the overall results of the Board examinations”, Mr.Agarwal said, as an answer to the queries put forth by the Principals. He also pointed out that students who are transferred from other states or Boards shall not be compelled to write the examination for the subject.
Mr.Agarwal also said that there was not means to pre-pone the announcement of the CBSE standard 10 results. The Principals had raised the concern that the CBSE students will not be able to apply for Higher Secondary admissions to the state stream in Kerala as the Standard 10 results were being delayed. Mr.Agarwal said that the problem had no solution as various factors like climate in Kashmir and North Easter states as well as elections were deciding factors in conducting the CBSE examinations as well as announcing the results.
The IAME runs more than 400 schools across the country, 334 in Kerala alone. More than 120 UP schools and High Schools across the state were represented at the Principals’ Conference, which was held mainly to redress the doubts of the principals on various changes in the CBSE syllabus as well as administration.
Earlier, President of IAME A.K.Abdul Hameed complained that the State government was not promoting unaided schools, which was doing a valuable service in the field of education.
Academic director of IAME K.Koyatty suggested dialogues between CBSE and the State to ensure better understanding.
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