The Central board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a standardized curriculum offered in more than 24 countries across the world. As of 2016, the board had a total of 17300 affiliated schools, out of these 17093 are located in India and 207 are located in different countries of the world. In 2016, a total 1040515 candidates were registered for class XII examination, which is a 1.1% increased rate of registrants compared to 2015.
Here are some salient features of this curriculum:
- The syllabus is very structured and controlled. It makes use of standardized textbooks
- No child can fail a class till 8th Grade
- Most entrance exams conducted in the country for the college admission follow this syllabus
- Board Exams are optional in 10th Grade and Mandatory in 12th Grade
- Favored by those who constantly relocate within India or even abroad to countries in the middle east etc and seek a standardized curriculum
- Favored by those who want to go into the traditional routes of Engineering/Medical
- Curriculum focus at secondary level: This focuses on 7mojaor learning areas (Actual Subjects offered will vary from Schoolto school0
- Humanities – Geography, History, Economics, Home science Sociology, fine arts, political science, fashion studies, creative writing and translation studies and related subjects
- Mathematics
- Science and technology-
Subjects related to Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ICT, Information Practices and Web and Multimedia Studies
- Health and Physical Education
- Visual and Performing arts- Dance, Drama, Music, Drawing, Painting, Crafts and sculpture
- Commerce- Business studies, Accountancy, Entrepreneurship, Economics and related subjects
Assessment:
In the CBSE system, instead of 3 exams like quarterly, half yearly and Annual, there is only Annual examination system followed with Continuous assessment throughout the Year.
CBSE provisions on Special Education
The CBSE system also mandates special education. Children who seem to be having learning difficulties in class are referred to the school counselor. The counselor then observes the child and then may refer the child to a special education teacher. Remedial classes may be conducted for those children separately by the special education teacher. Exam papers set for such children are done taking into consideration the adaptations and modifications required for such a child.