SUBMIT REPORT ON SCHOOL SYLLABUS UPGRADE: HC

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the secretary to State School Education department to submit the steps taken by the expert committee constituted by the government to upgrade the school syllabus. The court issued this direction based on a petition filed
by Dr Babu Abdullah, correspondent of Syed Animal Higher Secondary School. The petition seeks to introduce uniform Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus in all the schools run by the both the government and private sector in the State. When the case came up for hearing today before the divi-sion bench comprising Justices K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan, the public prosecutor informed the court that the government has constituted an expert committee headed by educationist Prof. M. Anandakrishnan to upgrade the school syllabus.After recording the statement, the court directed the secretary to School Educati-on department to submit a re-port and posted the next hear-ing of the case to August 3.