AHSEC reduces class 12 syllabus by 30 percent

The Assam government has reduced class 12 syllabus by 30 percent. Lessons on Jawaharlal Nehru, the Mandal Commission report, Gujarat riots 2002 and writings on caste and marginalisation from the Class 12 state board syllabus have been dropped.

The 30 per cent reduction in the syllabus comes in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The list of topics dropped from the syllabus has been uploaded on official website of Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC). The decision to drop these topics were made by teachers as well as experts. 

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Few of the removed sections from political science segment include- ‘First three general elections; Nehru’s approach to nation-building; Famine and suspension of five-year plans; Nehru’s foreign policy; Political succession after Nehru; Politics of Garibi Hatao; Navnirman movement in Gujarat; Punjab crisis and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984; Implementation of Mandal Commission report; UF and NDA governments; Elections 2004 and UPA government; Ayodhya dispute; and Gujarat riots’.

History syllabus has also been reduced. Now, students don’t have to read ‘Kinship, Caste and Class’ section.

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