Not less than a decade years back in India, there were only two types of curriculam from state board and CBSE board. The CBSE board curriculum was specially designed to cater the needs of various Indian government officers because of their transferable jobs. In order to provide them with a common education standard the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was introduced. Not only the needs of India government servants but several Indian schools in abroad also were catered. Several Indian Diaspora settled in abroad have also benefited from CBSE education. CBSE is spread all over the world in different countries in several Indian and international schools.
With globalization, a third category of schools and curriculum have been introduced in the market, which is termed as “International”. Each international school is affiliated with different International Baccalaureate (IB) which is designed to provide the international standard of education to the children. In order to create the concept of global village, different versions and affiliations of international schools are opening day by day. Undoubtedly the international schools have gained popularity, but parents are confused which international schools to choose. Moreover, the costs of international schools are much higher than the other schools. Unclear about which international school to choose most parents are just confused with the increasing price and different affiliations.
In order to respond various challenges faced by millions of parents in the market, CBSE with its strong experience in handling the educational needs introduced
CBSE International curriculum. The CBSE International is also known as CBSE-i, which is specially designed and formulated to match the benchmark of global curriculum. Seventy percent of the CBSE-i curriculum will consist of global, and rest will be localized. The aim of CBSE-i is to enhance and improve creative thinking, communication and analytic skills, and develop interpersonal skills. Apart from the main stream subjects like commerce and science, it also focuses on different intelligence including verbal intelligence, spatial intelligence, musical intelligence, intra-personal intelligence, sports intelligence, logical and mathematical intelligence and inter-personal intelligence. The most important part of the curriculum is the flexibility to experiment, research and discover offered to the students.
The examinations of CBSE-i schools are also aligned with the international standards, where the students are not loaded with semester based testing. Schools which follow the
CBSE-i curriculum test the students regularly from different aspects including observations, analysis and interactions. The CBSE-i was first introduced in the CBSE schools in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, United Arab Emirates, and several other Gulf countries for classes I and IX. By the end of 2012-2013, almost all classes including II, VI, X, VII, and XI have been introduced. The course has been full-fledged introduced in several Indian schools including Amrut Indian School in Ahmedabad. It is the first school in Gujarat which has implemented the CBSE-i standard and it is part of the famous Firdaus Amrut School (FAS). Students who are aspiring to study in abroad can start looking for
admissions in the CBSE-i schools from the middle of academic life. Parents can also be relieved because there are more than 300 schools in India which has implemented the CBSE-i curriculum.
