The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has objected to a plea in the Supreme Court for a uniform board and school curriculum, saying such a move does not take into account local context, culture and language, besides the power of individual States to frame their own syllabus, curriculum and conduct examinations for their schools.
The Board said the emphasis should be on “flexibility for the emphasis of local resources, culture and ethos”.
“A child can better relate to a curriculum that is more closely related to his/ her life outside the school. Therefore, multiplicity of curricula and other educational resources is desirable in addition to a core common element,” the CBSE underscored in its reply.
