Under the general knowledge subject, students will be taught history, geography, general ability of defense and other insightful topics.
Maharashtra Government has announced that it will continue teaching general knowledge as a subject in Military schools for Classes 11th and 12th. The decision has been taken with an aim to help military school students in qualifying for several competitive exams like NDA and to increase awareness amongst students.
Maharashtra Minister of School Education Varsha Gaikwad shared from her Twitter handle: "For many years, there has been a demand that the subject of 'General Knowledge' in the 11th and 12th Revised Subject Scheme and Assessment Scheme should be continued in the military schools as in the previous subject scheme. In today's meeting, it has been approved to continue the relevant subject as per the previous subject plan."
Under the general knowledge subject, students will be taught history, geography, general ability of defense and other insightful topics. This will help in increasing the knowledge of students which will, in turn, help them in future competitive exams and recruitment processes.
The decision has been taken by the department of school education, Maharashtra after receiving many requests for the same. Students were taught GK as per the previous subject scheme which was launched in 2019, it was removed.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government has announced that it has decided to reopen schools across the state for Classes 1 to 5 from October 25. However, parents’ consent will be mandatory and schools will conduct physical classes with only 50 per cent attendance.
Colleges in Maharashtra reopened from October 20, 2021 and only fully vaccinated students were allowed to attend offline classes in non-agricultural colleges, state-run universities, deemed universities, self-financed universities and colleges.
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