India's school education now has three class layers

Unprofessional working style of the CBSE under constant political pressure have also been pushing India's schools to opt for international boards.

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Recent attempts by CBSE to drop some chapters from Class X, XI and XII syllabus have brought the spotlight back on 'saffronisation of education' in India. Although the CBSE has made similar amendments in the past, this time, the cause of aspersion has been the board's intention, particularly the removal of certain chapters from social science textbooks. Political actors have been proactively making arguments and counter-arguments on such inclusions/deletions, but their cacophony hides the larger transformation in India's school education.

Such frequent changes are an outcome of political battle over social science syllabus, and have been resulting in the gradual emergence of three layers of school education system in India — each accessed by different classes.

The emergence of three layers of school education

There has been very little analysis of the implications of politically motivated changes.