Teachers group express disappointed over removal of chapter in NCERT syllabus

Teachers group express disappointed over removal of chapter
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According to the department, NCERT has curtailed the syllabus for classes 6 to 12 to “reduce the material load” on the students in light of the CORONA-19 pandemic. He said that for this academic session around 30 per cent syllabus has been reduced.
NCERT has removed chapters on important issues like climate change and monsoon from the syllabus to reduce the burden on students in the wake of the Covid disruptions in the last two years, claimed a group of college and university teachers fighting climate change .

The various aspects of the climate crisis and the removed topics should be taught to all senior and junior school students

He demanded that the NCERT chapters be reinstated and various aspects of the climate crisis be taught to all senior school students in multiple languages and in different subjects.

The Teachers Against the Climate Crisis (TACC) claimed that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) removed an entire chapter on the greenhouse effect from the Class 11 geography syllabus, which covers weather, climate and water, from Class 7. There is a chapter on Syllabus, and information about monsoon from class 9 syllabus.

Students across India are summed up updated information such

Teachers said that it is extremely important that senior school students across India are made aware of the gist of such updated information in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner.

In fact, relevant climate change science has been covered through thousands of peer-reviewed papers published annually and important compilations such as the IPCC’s latest report earlier this year as well as the first climate change report for the Indian region from the Indian Tropical Institute. Being updated continuously. Meteorology, published in 2020, saw this.

NCERT seeks to reduce the workload of the students by removing overlapping material with similar material

Thus, none of these concerns apply to fundamental issues such as climate change science, the Indian monsoon and other chapters, which have been omitted, – the TACC said.
The Corona-19 pandemic has caused massive disruption to regular learning programs across the country. In the context of the upcoming ‘learning gap’, it is understandable that NCERT wants to reduce the workload of the students by removing overlapping or ‘irrelevant in the current context’ material with similar material.

Students need to understand the complexity of the climate crisis

In recent years, this engagement has usually started in the classroom. It is therefore essential that schools continue to provide students with information about climate change and related issues that is accurate, up-to-date, rational and relevant, he said.
The group said students need to understand the complexity of the climate crisis if they are to respond and engage intelligently with it.

These are the topics where young people are first exposed and develop understanding

It is important to be educated about how climate change is interacting with our environment and society in different ways, changing weather systems, monsoon patterns and water flows. Founding member of TACC. It is strange that the NCERT has decided to leave out subjects related to the school curriculum as this is where young people first develop an understanding of these issues, – said Adve.