Topics on 'democracy and diversity', Mughal courts, poems by Faiz dropped from CBSE syllabus

Chapters on the Non-Alignment Movement, the Cold War era, the rise of Islamic empires in Afro-Asian territories, the chronicles of Mughal courts, and the industrial revolution have been dropped from the CBSE Class 11 and 12 political science syllabus.

From the Class 10 social science syllabus, CBSE has dropped the topic "impact of globalisation on agriculture" from a chapter on 'Food Security'.

Excerpts from the translations of



two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz have also been dropped from the section 'Religion, Communalism and Politics - Communalism, Secular State'.

Chapters on 'democracy and diversity' have been dropped from the syllabus as well.

When queries about the reason behind these topics being dropped from the syllabus, officials said that the exclusions were part of the syllabus rationalisation process and were in line with NCERT recommendations.