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Tamil Nadu science forum backs Samacheer Kalvi textbooks
Posted on: 30/Jun/2011 1:31:08 AM
Here is one more supportive voice for Samacheer Kalvi. Members of the Tamil Nadu Science Forum have said that the textbooks prepared as part of the Samacheer Kalvi initiative are of good standard and the State government should take steps to have the syllabus implemented for all the classes this year.
The forum had recently undertaken an exercise to thoroughly review the textbooks, involving teachers from all streams, including Matriculation, and subject experts.
Sharing the report of the study at a press conference here on Wednesday, State general secretary of the forum S.T.Balakrishnan said the Samacheer Kalvi textbooks were of better quality, compared to those printed as part of the older syllabus or ones in use in Matriculation schools.
The Samacheer Kalvi textbooks have been designed as per the National Curriculum Framework 2005 and match the standards of NCERT books. They are visually appealing and child-centred. Opting for the older books now will amount to moving backward, he said.
Senior educationist S.S.Rajagopalan said transparency was vital in matters concerning education policy.
Professor of Tamil S. Madasamy said the textbooks encouraged progressive evaluation techniques. Professor of History A. Karunanandan said if the alternative was something more progressive and of higher quality, educationists would welcome it.
