Hi,
I'm a school student myself studying in CBSE, 11th Std., As far as I can
remember, I was taught VB and Flash in my 6th and 7th std. too, but then I
never payed much attention to it, because I was playing with Eclipse and
Blender at my home. Also, the marks are not included for promotion (if that's
the main criteria). I don't think CBSE mandates the curriculum for CS below
class 9 (have to check it up).
I would like to say that CBSE has changed its senior secondary curriculum
to comply with Open standards. They have 2 streams - namely CS (Computer
Science) and IP (Informatics Practices). CS deals with C++ and IP deals with
the front-end and back-end connectivity. Previously, CBSE had used VB and
Oracle for the IP stream. But now, I'm learning Netbeans w/ JAVA and MySQL. But
then again, the SWING API which we're learning now in Netbeans has become
obsolete. Both the products are owned by a single company, namely Oracle, which
has earned the wrath of many Open source enthusiasts. The C++ that is being
taught in schools, is by using the old Turbo C++ ide. It's high time they
change it to gcc. As far as my text book is concerned it goes like this: "Now
click the start button, go to programs menu and choose MySQL command prompt."
Some of my friends whom I've asked to switch, have asked me, "Will C++ work in
Linux?" :-( Although CBSE has mandated that the curriculum has to
be based on open standards, what is the use of having an entire open stack of
applications to learn, when your base Operating System is closed and
proprietary?
With Regards,
--Kumaran R
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