CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

2, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR, DELHI – 110092

 NO.D(A)/PA/ 2005                                                                                         20^th January, 2005

Circular No: 03/2005

All the Heads of institutions affiliated to CBSE

Dear Principal,

As you are aware the Board had introduced frontline curriculum on Disaster Management in Social Science at Secondary stage for the examination year 2006.  The details of various units under Disaster Management for Class X will be as follows:-

1.                  Survival Skills :  Search and rescue skills and first aid skills.

2.                  Tsunami:  The Killer Sea Waves

3.                  Alternate communicate systems during disasters: HAM, wireless sets, telephone, fax and satellite phone.

4.                  Safe Constructional Practices: Essential features of safe housing for flood, earthquake, cyclone and landslide.

5.                  Sharing Responsibility: Role of district and State Administrations, Civil Societies, Civil Defence, Home Guards, NSS, NYKs and students volunteers.

The textbooks on Disaster Management for Class X will be very shortly available to you.  Kindly notify the changed syllabus to your teachers and students.  The Sample Question Paper for Class X in Social Science will also be made available to schools shortly.  The component of Disaster Management will carry 08 marks in the theory Question Paper of Social Science.

Yours faithfully,

(G.BALASUBRAMANIAN)

DIRECTOR (ACADEMIC)