Muscat: India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a circular that action would be taken against institutes not following the board’s ‘no homework’ rule for class 1 and 2 students, reported the India media.
It may be noted that all Indian community schools in Oman follow the CBSE syllabus.
The Madras High Court has passed the order on a plea seeking direction to the CBSE to follow only syllabus and books prescribed by the National Council Of Educational Research and Training.
When the plea came up for hearing, the CBSE produced a copy of the circular which said it had issued similar circulars on September 15, 2004, and on September 12, 2016, saying there should not be any homework assigned to students of classes 1 and 2, the reports said.
According to CBSE affiliation bylaws, schools affiliated to the board must satisfy its advisory saying no school bag and no homework for students up to class 2.
“It is also reiterated that since NCERT is an academic authority for classes 1 to 8, all schools may ensure that CBSE circular dated April 17, 2007, on reducing the satchel load and homework for children, is scrupulously followed,” the reports quoting the CBSE said.
Recording the submission, the court asked the counsel for CBSE on the mechanism it has to ensure that all the institutes implement the rule.
To this, the counsel said that CBSE would act whenever they are “put to notice of such violation.”
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