At a two-day event titled ‘Rooted in Wisdom, Rising with Vision – Reimagining Education through NEP 2020’, organised in Dubai recently, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the imminent launch of its new curriculum that would be called CBSE Global Curriculum.

The CBSE Global Curriculum will be implemented across all CBSE-affiliated schools in the UAE and other foreign countries from April 2026. With 106 CBSE schools, the UAE is the largest CBSE school network outside India. The new curriculum is currently at the draft stage.

The announcement was made at the first international and 31st annual conference of Sahodaya School Complexes, which saw the participation of over 800 CBSE school leaders and educationists from India and the Gulf region.

The GCC education regulators, who welcomed the initiative, agreed to explore collaboration on curriculum contextualisation, teacher training, and vocational and technical education. They appreciated the CBSE’s commitment to maintaining a balance between academic rigour and affordability, while discussing teacher qualification standards, equivalence benchmarks, and global recognition of the board’s certificates.

Senior regulators and officials from the GCC Ministries of Education, including Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, expressed full support for the new curriculum. They also held constructive discussions with senior functionaries from CBSE, the Government of India, and the Consul General of India in Dubai on the forthcoming CBSE Global Curriculum. – editor@nrifocus.com