UP Board Syllabus Revised: Veer Savarkar's Biography Added as Mandatory Subject by the UP Government

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The Uttar Pradesh Government has made Veer Savarkar's biography a mandatory subject in the revised UP Board syllabus, highlighting his significant contributions as a freedom fighter and social reformer. Check details below.

UP Board Syllabus Revised

New Delhi: The syllabus for Classes 9th to 12th in Uttar Pradesh has undergone significant changes. According to the revised UP Board syllabus, students must now study the biographies of 50 eminent individuals, including Veer Savarkar. These revisions will be implemented in July.

The UP Government has declared these subjects compulsory for all students. However, it has been stated that the marks obtained in these subjects will not be included in the mark sheets of UP Board High School and Intermediate results.

The list of these 50 individuals comprises revolutionaries, freedom fighters, social reformers, historians, and other notable personalities who made significant sacrifices for the country's independence.

UP Board Syllabus 2023: Biographies Incorporated in Class 9th and 10th Curriculum

In the revised syllabus, Class 9th students will delve into the life stories of prominent individuals such as Chandra Shekhar Azad, Birsa Munda, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Veer Kunwar Singh, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Gautam Buddha, Jyotiba Phule, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Vinoba Bhave, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Jagadish Chandra Bose.

Meanwhile, Class 10th students will explore the life stories of Mangal Pandey, Roshan Singh, Sukhdev, Lokmanya Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, Khudiram Bose, and Swami Vivekananda as part of their revised syllabus.

UP Board Syllabus 2023: Biographies Integrated into Classes 11th and 12th Curriculum

In Class 11th, students will explore the lives of notable figures including Ram Prasad Bismil, Bhagat Singh, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, Mahavir Jain, Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Arvind Ghosh, Raja Rammohan Roy, Sarojini Naidu, Nana Saheb, Maharishi Patanjali, Shalya Physician Sushrut, and Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha.

Moving to Class 12th, students will learn about the lives of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Rajguru Rabindranath Tagore, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Rani Laxmibai, Maharana Pratap, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Adi Shankaracharya, Guru Nanak Dev, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Ramanujacharya, Panini, Aryabhatta, and C.V Raman.

The revised syllabus, instructed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has been designed to familiarize students in the state with the rich civilization and culture of the country.

The UP Board is one of the largest educational boards in the country, having over 1 crore students in Classes 9th to 12th studying the biographies of these influential personalities.

The updated curriculum will be implemented in more than 27,000 government, government-aided, and unaided schools under the UP Board.

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