Tamil Nadu forms two panels to revamp school curriculum

The Tamil Nadu government has constituted two committees to revamp the state’s school curriculum: a high-level expert committee headed by School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and a curriculum design committee.

According to a government order (GO) issued by the Department of School Education, the curriculum design committee will be headed by State Planning Commission member Sultan Ahmed Ismail, former Head of Zoology Department of New College. “The committee shall develop a new curriculum design based on the Tamil Nadu State Education Policy 2025 to ensure the overall development of children in line with sociocultural and linguistic diversity to provide learning opportunities to children,” the resolution said.

It will seek the educational views of all stakeholders and formulate recommendations for the design of a new curriculum. It will draft the school education curriculum in the State based on the State Education Policy 2025 and this will be submitted to the high-level committee for consideration.

“This curriculum design committee will conduct a detailed study on the changes required in the existing curriculum, syllabus, teaching approach and assessment methods, taking into account the gap between learning-teaching objectives and outcomes,” said B. Chandra Mohan, Secretary, School Education.

He added that a high-level expert committee was formed to discuss and finalize recommendations on reform measures to be taken in school education based on the State Education Policy. This committee includes ISRO chairman V. Narayanan, cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, educationist S. Madasamy, Carnatic vocalist C. Soumya, child rights activist A. Devaneyan, besides officials of the School Education Department. The term of office of both committees is three years.