Draft syllabus for schools will be out in Dec: TN education minister after expert panel meet

CHENNAI: The high-level expert committee, headed by School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, formed to revamp the school education curriculum held its first meeting on Monday.

Speaking after the meeting, the minister said the curriculum overhaul would be carried out in phases, with a few new schemes to be introduced for Classes 1 to 3 from the next academic year.

A draft curriculum will be released in December after consultations with various stakeholders, though it is to be decided for which classes, he added.

While the department had earlier said the revamped curriculum would be implemented in the 2027-28 academic year, the minister has now indicated that certain new initiatives will be rolled out for elementary classes starting next year. He said the redesigned curriculum would focus on the holistic development of children over the next decade.

“We have created a roadmap till March 2026. We will go step by step, first covering classes 1 to 3, then classes 4 to 10, and finally classes 11 and 12, rather than revamping everything at once,” he said.

The minister said the department had provided details of current schemes to stakeholders so they could offer suggestions for improving them.

The committee also discussed several key areas, including making assessments and evaluation more holistic, strengthening foundational literacy and numeracy, addressing learning losses caused by Covid-19, integration of subjects, training of teachers and incorporating moral instruction and physical activity into the curriculum, he added.