Council of Boards of School Education (COBSE) in India has given its approval for preparation of Core Curriculum. A Committee of Experts has been set up to prepare the outlines of the core curriculum for science and maths for XI and XII class. The committee has been given two months to prepare outlines of the proposed core curriculum.

Apart from the curriculum some more states have shown interests in the grading system for the school examination. In the meeting it was pointed out that some states such as Kerala, Haryana and Nagaland already have grading systems in place, the other boards are also in agreement with grading in principle and will start the system in time.

Though the COBSE expressed appreciation for this proposed initiative of CBSE for making Xth exam optional most of the member boards were in wait and watch mood. The Boards said they will try this after observing CBSE experience in this regard. (Once CBSE implements optional board exams for class X).