Now, applied maths for senior secondary classes

Jalandhar, April 5

After introducing basic mathematics and standard mathematics for students with ‘maths phobia’, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has now introduced the concept of applied mathematics.

While applied mathematics has been introduced as an academic elective subject at the senior secondary level, earlier, the board had divided mathematics into ‘basic maths’ and ‘standard maths’ to reduce the difficulty level of the subject for students who don’t want to study mathematics further.

The option of the basic mathematics would help such students fetch a good score. Likewise, ‘standard mathematics’ was for the students who wanted to study the subject further and it assesses higher mathematical abilities as compared to the basic level.

However, CBSE, in its circular, that was released on Monday mentioned, as secondary school education prepared students to explore future career options after passing out from the schools, mathematics was an important subject that helped them to choose various fields of their choice.

Besides, maths is widely used in higher classes in the field of economics, commerce, social sciences and other subjects, but the existing syllabus of maths aligns well with science subjects only and does not align with commerce and social science-based subject in university education. Therefore, the availability of applied mathematics would help the students in developing an understanding of basic mathematical and statistical tools and their applications in the field of commerce and social sciences.

In addition, the new elective subject would also develop logical reasoning skills and apply the same in problem solving.

The circular further cleared out that only those students who had given basic mathematics exam in the Class X board would be able to opt for applied mathematics. — TNS