To promote better understanding of the people hailing from the North East, the CBSE has included a chapter on North East for Class IX students as a part of its English curriculum for the Open Text Book Assessment. Every year before the second summative assessment schedule, CBSE sends out the curriculum for OBTA which are basically open text book exams. A core committee picks out these subjects every year and prepares the curriculum to be circulated. English paper for OBTA has two themes. The first is “Let’s Welcome, Accept and Respect”, is based on the eight states of the North East. The second emphasises India is a secular country and even has a poem.
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