The students of classes X can now choose Applied Mathematics as a subject for grade XI.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce Applied Mathematics as an elective subject for students who had opted for Basic Mathematics in class X and don’t want to pursue Mathematics for higher studies.
The Applied mathematics subject will be a choice for the CBSE class XI students from the academic session starting in 2020 and will be applicable in CBSE board exams the next session onwards. An official notice was issued by the CBSE notifying about the Applied Mathematics as an elective subject.
The notice said, “Mathematics is widely used in higher studies in the field of Economics, Commerce, Social Sciences and many others.
It has been observed that the existing syllabus of mathematics aligns well with science subjects, but not so much with commerce or social science-based subjects in university education.”
Further, the notice also gave a reason of making Applied Mathematics as an elective subject.