It's only affecting 10th grade CBSE (NCERT), not ICSE or state board* exams, let alone competitive board exams like the JEE (Engineering) or NEET (Medicine).
It's still being taught in the NCERT books as well, but now in 12th grade instead of 10th grade.
The scarier thing should be the rewriting of the history section of CBSE.
* board is Indian English for curriculum
Also, on the hierarchy of Indian board exams:
Top - ICSE
Medium - some State Boards
Low - CBSE, some state boards
Board exams are orthogonal to college entrance exams in India.
For example, IIT and Engineering admissions are gated by the JEE, so students oftentimes bunk 10th-12th grade to study the JEE and try to get a D average in the Board exam (because there's only so much you can study).
Board exams do have value though for most average colleges though and some top tier non-Eng ones (eg. If I wanted to study Law at St Stephen's College, University of Delhi or Business at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi - both programs that feed into the political and business elite of India).
The Indian system is confusing and weird and there is some reform within it to become much more similar to the American system, but that's a work in progress.
It's still being taught in the NCERT books as well, but now in 12th grade instead of 10th grade.
The scarier thing should be the rewriting of the history section of CBSE.
* board is Indian English for curriculum
Also, on the hierarchy of Indian board exams:
Top - ICSE
Medium - some State Boards
Low - CBSE, some state boards
Board exams are orthogonal to college entrance exams in India.
For example, IIT and Engineering admissions are gated by the JEE, so students oftentimes bunk 10th-12th grade to study the JEE and try to get a D average in the Board exam (because there's only so much you can study).
Board exams do have value though for most average colleges though and some top tier non-Eng ones (eg. If I wanted to study Law at St Stephen's College, University of Delhi or Business at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi - both programs that feed into the political and business elite of India).
The Indian system is confusing and weird and there is some reform within it to become much more similar to the American system, but that's a work in progress.