chennai after neet the state government resolved to revamp its school education curriculum such that state board students were on par with those from cbse when it came to clearing nationallevel exams as a step in that direction the government came out with a draft released by chief minister edappadi k palaniswami and education minister k a sengottaiyan of the revised syllabus on mondaysengottaiyan said the syllabus had been drafted considering standards of different boards the change in syllabus will help students in future as there wont be scope for rote learning and passing instead students will be taught to focus on concepts he saidthe syllabus has been published on wwwtnscertorg and will be accessible to the public until november 28 during which students teachers and the general public can give feedback all suggestions would be considered for inclusion the minister saidchairman of the curriculum framework committee anandakrishnan said the panel had incorporated the best of the syllabi from across the globe including singapore new zealand kentucky in the us and the ncert we have observed the features of different syllabus and combined them into one curriculum he saidanandakrishnan said the curriculum had been framed keeping in view the next 10 to 12 years including the social economic political and technological changes syllabus and books would be designed to make students confident of dealing with such changes he saidscience technology engineering and management stem subjects will be a highlight of the new syllabus along with newer topics like nanoscience and gender diversity we are introducing different kind of technologies that are required with the changing times so that children get the flavour of the connect between science and technology said anandakrishnanthis will be reflected in terms of subject combinations for example computer science will be part of maths curriculum computer application as part of economics and commerce and computer technology as part of skill development courses the department said the curriculum would emphasise learning outcomes every subject and class will have a learning outcome what the child is expected to have learnt by the end of a year will be defined in these outcomes so that teachers consciously work towards that goalsengottaiyan said the revamped syllabus was designed to trigger thinking capacity of students and cultivate a scientific temper the department aims to update the knowledge level of students so that they are suited to the current industry requirement tamil culture traditionrelated lessons have been included and teachers will be given handbook to implement the intent of the syllabus he saiddirector of scert g arivoli said there would be a change in the evaluation pattern where questions would be framed to test students on conceptual thinking and practical knowledge