Bhubaneswar: Making major changes in the syllabus for Plus II in Odisha, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) introducing new units on Environment Education and Value Education.
As per sources, the new units are to be taught as part of the compulsory English and MIL (Mother Tongue) subjects, respectively. The revised syllabus will come into effect from the 2025–26 academic session. Questions from these new units will be included in the 2026 board examinations.
A notification from the CHSE said that students will now study environmental concerns in English and ethical, cultural, and social values through literature in their MIL subject.
Questions will be framed to test understanding and awareness of both these new thematic areas in a move to sensitise young learners towards sustainability, ethics, and responsible citizenship at a formative stage of higher secondary education.
The modifications are meant for aligning with the stress given by the National Education Policy (NEP) on holistic education.
The move is in line with the Odisha Government’s focus on bringing wider structural reforms in school education.
Notably, a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday decided to merge the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) and the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) into a single board.
