New Delhi, June 19: Come 2011, all states will have a common curriculum at senior secondary level in science and mathematics, a step that would pave the way for a possible common entrance test for admission into universities.
 State education ministers today endorsed the Centre’s move to have a core curriculum in science and mathematics at class-XI and XII.
 The Council of School Board of Education, a body under HRD Ministry, has already prepared the core curriculum in these subjects.
 The state boards can frame their syllabus on the basis of the curriculum.
 “The ministers endorsed the core curriculum prepared by the Council.
 They also endorsed the idea of having a core curriculum in Commerce,” HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said.
 To bring uniformity in the education system across the country, the Council has prepared the core curriculum in science and mathematics. It is working on a core curriculum in commerce.
 The core curriculum will bring uniformity in the course content in the school boards. This will give a level playing field to students from urban and rural areas, Sibal said.
 It will be helpful in holding a common entrance test for admission into the universities.

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