<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Centre is planning to reduce the syllabus of NCERT by half.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Briefing media persons in New Delhi today, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said, NCERT and HRD Ministry have asked the teachers, parents and educationists for their suggestions within two months for reducing the syllabus.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">He said, the process will take 7-8 months and it will be implemented in 2019-20 or 2020-21 academic session. The Minister said, the syllabus will be reduced by half so that students get time for other activities for their all-round development.</div>