Four academicians have raised a question over the preparation of curriculum by the COBSE, which is a coordinating body among the school boards in the country.
The effort of the Council of School Board of Education (COBSE) to push for a common curriculum in Science and Mathematics across the country has drawn flak from academics who believe this is an "overstep" on part of the council, an allegation denied by it.
In a joint statement, four academicians have raised a question over the preparation of curriculum by the COBSE, which is a coordinating body among the school boards in the country.
The statement has been issued by professors AK Sharma, JS Rajput, both former directors of NCERT, professor NK Ambasht,
former professor in NCERT and professor AN Maheshwari, former chairman of National Council for Teacher Education.
The COBSE last month held a meeting of school boards from the states which approved a core curriculum prepared in Science and Mathematics. HRD minister Kapil Sibal has announced that similar curriculum will be prepared by COBSE on the Commerce stream also.
"Such an attempt tends to give an impression that a parallel curriculum is being developed as an alternative to NCERT curriculum. We fail to understand the need for this new effort," said the joint statement.
The NCERT has been preparing the curriculum for last 50 years in the country, it said.
"It may appear that COBSE, a coordinating body of the Boards of Secondary Education, has overstepped its role in developing a core curriculum largely for meeting concerns of entrance examinations to professional courses," said the statement.
COBSE general secretary professor DV Sharma described the views of the academics as "biased".
"It is a biased view taken by the academics who no longer belong to NCERT. The school boards have every right to update and prepare curriculum. The curriculum for Science and Mathematics has been prepared as per the suggestions of the school boards," he said.
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