Patna University will to revise its syllabus for undergraduate and postgraduate science subjects.

Moving a step in this direction, a meeting of science faculty was held under the chairmanship of varsity science dean Amarendra Mishra on the varsity premises on Wednesday.

Patna University vice-chancellor Y.C. Simhadri has constituted different faculties for science, social science, commerce, law and education for revising the syllabus.

The dean, while speaking to The Telegraph said: "After the constitution of the science faculty, the next step will be to constitute board of studies, which will prepare the draft of a syllabus for every subject."

Under the science faculty, there will be different boards of studies for physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, zoology, botany, geology and other science subjects. The board of studies for each subject comprises of the head of the subject concerned, seven subject experts from the University and two other subject experts from other varsities.

The revision of syllabus also gains importance as the university is planning to introduce choice based credit system (CBCS) as per the directive of the University Grants Commission from next year. Sources said, as per the directive, all universities will have a uniform syllabus.

Amarendra Mishra, a statistics teacher, said the basic motive behind the revision was to include new teachings and findings in the concerned subjects, as many departments were still following the old syllabus.

For inclusion of new topics and subjects in the syllabus, the board of studies will also study the syllabus of different universities such as Delhi University, BHU and others. The UGC has also put up a revised syllabus on their website.

Abhinav Mishra, a student at Patna Science College, said: "Once the syllabus is revised, students will get new topics to study and will be on a par with the syllabus of universities across the nation."