COIMBATORE: Most parents and students seem to be happy with the Government’s decision to put on hold the ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ syllabus for the present academic year. “I’m glad to hear that introduction of the ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ syllabus has been postponed as I’m not satisfied with the common syllabus for all. Though it becomes very easy to score well in the exams, the syllabus is not up to the expected standards, so I welcome the reintroduction of the matriculation syllabus,” said S Prarthana, a school topper in the 6th Standard at Sri Sowdeswari Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School.S Nirupama, who has entered the eighth standard, also from the same school, was worried about the quality of the new syllabus ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ in her new academic year. She said, “Many of my classmates were very anxious about how the new common syllabus would be. When we came to know of the announcement that ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ has been postponed, I heaved a sigh of relief as we will have a chance to learn many new concepts this year, which was lacking in the common syllabus as it only gave us minimal knowledge compared to the matriculation syllabus”, she said.H Sridhar, a business man and father of a sixth standard student said, “Any syllabus should have high standards and help students acquire a higher level of knowledge. If the ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ system is able to give us that kind of education and standard then it will be welcomed by all parents, but has only brought down the standards,” he rued.Dr Manveen Kaur, whose son will be entering class seven in G D Matriculation Higher Secondary School, felt under ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ subjects like History and Geography focused far too much only on Tamil Nadu, and there was no option of a second language other than Tamil in the syllabus. “The main reason why many of my son’s friends began shifting to CBSE schools was cause they felt the Samacheer Kalvi syllabus was hampering them without giving an option to learn any language other than Tamil,” she opined.
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