KOHIMA, AUGUST 28 (MExN): The Directorate of School Education has notified that SCERT, Nagaland has reduced the contents in the subjects English Reader, English Grammar, Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences, Hindi, Life Skill Education and Nagaland Heritage Studies for classes 1 to 7. This comes following the decision taken by the Government to reduce 20% of the syllabus for classes 1 to 8 in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A notification issued through the DIPR directed all concerned to take note that the reduced syllabus prepared by SCERT contains subjects of class 8 as well. But, in regards to content reduction for class 8, schools shall follow content reductions notified by Nagaland Board of School Education vide the notice dated May 22, 2020 and May 23, 2020. Copies of the revised syllabus can be downloaded from department’s website ‘https://education.nagaland.gov.in/. The revised syllabus comes into force with immediate effect, the notice informed.