‘One Nation One Board’: Plea in SC seeks
common syllabus for students between 6-14 years
The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sough directions to look into the feasibility of
establishing “One Nation One Education Board” by merging the Indian Certificate
of Secondary Education Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education.
By :Press Trust of India Posted by|
Nandini | New Delhi | Jun 19, 2020
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court
seeking uniform education, having common syllabus and curriculum for all the
children aged between 6-14 years, across the country.
The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has sough directions to look into the feasibility of
establishing “One Nation One Education Board” by merging the Indian Certificate
of Secondary Education Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education.
The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani
Kumar Dubey, said the Centre and states have not taken appropriate steps to
introduce uniform education system having common syllabus and common curriculum
in spirit of Article 21A (free and compulsory education).
Children may not be able to exercise their
fundamental right under Article 21A unless the Centre and the states provide
value based uniform education, the plea said.
“To achieve substantive socio-economic
equality and justice, it is necessary that syllabus and curriculum in all
primary schools are similar whether it is run by management, local body, Union
or State Government,” the plea said.
The PIL said although the medium of
instructions may differ according to the official language of the concerned
state, the syllabus and curriculum must be common for all children aged 6-14
years.
The petition has sought directions to
ascertain the feasibility of constituting a National Education Council (on the lines
of GST Council) or National Education Commission to implement the system.
At present each education board has its
own syllabus and curriculum and entrance examinations are based on CBSE, so
prevailing system doesn’t provide equal opportunity to all students, it said.
The plea has also sought directions to
ascertain the feasibility of introducing a standard textbook having chapters on
fundamental rights, duties, directive principles and the golden goals set out
in the Preamble, and make its study compulsory for all the children aged 6-14
years throughout the country.
It contended that from last ten years
data, it can be seen that even though children are pursuing free and compulsory
education under RTE Act, the students do not perform well as compared to CBSE
affiliated convent and private schools.
Therefore, value-based uniform education having common syllabus and
common curriculum is need of the day, it said.
“State board students are not equipped to
compete with students of CBSE affiliated schools. Even this disparity cannot be
fully removed but Union can establish a standardized entrance system for
college and university aspirants,” the plea said.
Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/one-nation-one-board-plea-in-sc-seeks-common-syllabus-for-cbse-icse-students/story-LxNGYc4KLjgRMa9ka1ARlO.html
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