CBSE goes global

Updated on: Monday, December 07, 2009

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to go international. An international school board set up on the lines of the UK-based IGCSE, affiliated to the University of Cambridge and the Geneva-based International Baccalaureate (IB) will be put into place by the CBSE next year. “Akin to overseas schools, which get affiliated to the IB or Cambridge, CBSE too plans to go as an international board so that the same status is acquired,” said an official source.

The new CBSE International will have a flexible curriculum. “The syllabus for social studies would definitely require shifting its focus from Indian history, geography, art and culture,” said the source. In the meantime a committee comprising CBSE officials, principals and academicians are working on the social studies syllabus to make it more relevant to students. Subjects such as American and European history will be offered as well as international history.

“Our plan is to spread across the world. In order to bring CBSE to a recognised international institution status, it is necessary for us to be affiliated to a sizeable number of countries,” said the official source.

Out of the thousands of schools affiliated to the CBSE, almost 125 of them function in the Gulf. CBSE International will highlight its long-established strengths in science and mathematics touting these as worthy options to invest in. “We should be ready with our international curriculum by the beginning of December and thus ready to rollout,” concluded the source.

CBSE goes global

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