Students of presidency colleges in Uttar Pradesh will now examine cryptocurrencies, drone expertise and new-age developments within the discipline of data expertise (IT).

Prayagraj-headquartered Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, because the UP Board is formally recognized, has revised the syllabus for lessons 9 to 12 as per the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 and uploaded it on its official web site, mentioned board secretary Dibyakant Shukla.

The curriculum for laptop studying taught in additional than 28,000 colleges of the UP Board is set by topic specialists of the board, and never what’s prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), board officers mentioned whereas confirming the event.

The board specialists have changed the standard C++ and HTML programming studying with different coding languages comparable to Python and Java for college students of lessons 11 and 12, they added. While the ideas of robotics and drone expertise have been added to the Class 12 syllabus, the Internet of Things (IoT), synthetic intelligence, blockchain expertise, augmented and digital actuality, 3D printing and cloud computing have been launched for sophistication 11 college students.

What else has discovered its means out of the syllabus is the chapters on the historical past, generations and varieties of computer systems.

Class 10 college students can be taught the fundamentals of how you can keep away from hacking, phishing and cyber fraud. E-governance may also be studied by college students.

Programming methods, laptop communication and networking, which had been earlier taught in school 10, will now be taught in school 9.

“The board has made significant changes in the computer syllabus. Students will now be taught about modern topics. This will better prepare them for modern times,” mentioned Biswanath Mishra, a pc instructor at Shiv Charan Das Kanhaiya Lal Inter College, Attarsuiya, Prayagraj.