CBSE course committees to have student nominees

For the first time in its history, students from schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education [CBSE] will get a chance to participate, express their opinion and give inputs during their periodic meetings. The Course Committees constituted for major subjects will now have a student representative.

CBSE for the first time since its inception, has included a student nominee in its Course Committees. CBSE has Course Committees for all its courses including vocational subjects. Each committee is reconstituted every three years. The committee discusses, debates, collects various inputs and ideas related to subject disciplines and reviews them to suit the needs of its students, parents and society.

These students, who have passed out of Class XII in March 2012, based on their performance and in consultation with the schools, are being nominated by CBSE.

CBSE is confident that the student nominees will actively contribute towards the development of its courses. CBSE also considers the involvement of students in framing the syllabus essential, since the nominees will have a clear understanding of the future prospects of the subject alongwith the limitations.

The Course Committee consists of Professors from Universities, experts from National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), teachers and subject experts from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Private and Public Schools and practising teachers.

‘We wish to make the courses and syllabus more inclusive and application-based. Since, the course and syllabus prepared by Committees is to be followed by students, we will hear their voice. I am sure the inputs given by the students will help designing the courses better,’ said Vineet Joshi, Chairman, CBSE, New Delhi.

Inputs from students, one for each of the major subjects is expected to contribute to various aspects of the particular subject.

The CBSE plans to use these inputs for improving the subject content and syllabus of the concerned courses.

CBSE is keen to understand the trends amongst students regarding the scope of the major subjects it offers as well as their link with the University/vocational degrees in India and abroad. This will help improve the CCE [Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation] – based educational system initiated by the Board.