MHRD constitutes Committee to reduce 'maths fear' amongst students

NEW DELHI, APRIL 12: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama to suggest the ways to make the maths subject easy.

The HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that this decision was taken on the basis of National Assessment Survey to eliminate the fear of maths among the students. He further said that eminent educationists and senior officials will be the part of this committee.

Javdekar also announced the formation of another committee to suggest and strengthen the teacher’s in-service training under the Chairmanship of Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari. Eminent educationist and senior official will also be part of this committee. Both committees will submit their reports within three months.

HRD Minister said that Government has received an overwhelming response to reduce the burden of NCERT syllabus. 15000 suggestions have been received till date while Government is expecting more than 1 Lakh responses by the end of this month.