UP 12th Syllabus reduced by 30%, won't affect JEE Main 2021, NEET 2021: confirms officials

The UP Board syllabus reduction won't affect the students who will be appearing national level competitive exams next year like JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021.

The Uttar Pradesh Board which has reduced the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 by 30 per cent as a one-time measure for this pandemic hit academic year, has said assured that the revised syllabus will not affect students who are preparing for the competitive exams like JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021. Uttar Pradesh Board officials claimed that the topics have been omitted carefully, with an aim to cut down on the annual curriculum load while ensuring that students who will be appearing for UP 12th Board Exams 2021 and other national level entrance exams later do not end up paying the price.

UP Board secretary Divyakant Shukla said extra care has been taken by subject experts of the board not to omit topics and chapters from UP Board 12th Syllabus 2021 that is important for students appearing in national-level competitive exams where they would be competing with their counterparts of other boards. “An effort has been made to keep the curtailment balanced. We are also open to constructive suggestions with regard to chapters omitted for the year. Such suggestions would be put before our panel of experts. Necessary changes will be made if found to have weight,” he further added.

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Competitive exams like NEET 2021, JEE Main 2021 and others have a majority of questions based on the NCERT syllabus. UP Board has worked on the syllabus trying it to match the load shed with that of CBSE. 

Most of the competitive exams like NEET and JEE have the bulk of the questions based on the NCERT syllabus. So, the UP Board has tried to match the load shed with that of CBSE. For example, CBSE has removed topics like ‘Reproduction in Organism’ and ‘Genetics and Evolution’ for the year from CBSE 12th Biology course. UP Board has also done the same. Similarly, it has tried to match CBSE syllabus curtailments in mathematics, physics and chemistry, said officials.

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