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The move is aimed at reducing stress levels among students.The move has raised the hopes of Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) students, for whom mathematics has long remained an Achilles heel. AHMEDABAD: The Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ) recently proposed a radical change in its mathematics examinations from 2020: The syllabus will be divided into a standard and a basic paper. “Many students don’t want to pursue further education or a career in science. In the last two examinations, about 30% of students failed in mathematics.Surender P Sachdeva, principal of DPS Bopal, said the decision was a good one. However, as mathematics is a compulsory subject, they have to take the exam.When they are coming from humble backgrounds, failure once or twice leads them to drop out..