Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has formed a new expert panel led by former ISRO scientist Mayilsamy Annadurai to overhaul the state board school education syllabus.
The initiative aims to improve the quality of education for school students in the state to international standards and modernise the syllabus to align with contemporary global advancements, a recent government order said.
Accordingly, the committee has been tasked with redesigning the existing curriculum to ensure students are well-equipped to meet evolving modern challenges and technological changes.
Annadurai, who served as project director of Chandrayaan-1 and later held key leadership roles in the Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan mission, studied in government schools before pursuing engineering at the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Two committees were constituted in November 2025 to revamp the school curriculum and syllabus — the Curriculum Design Committee and the High-Level Expert Committee. While the High-Level Expert Committee is headed by the School Education Minister, the Curriculum Design Committee was initially chaired by Sultan Ahmed Ismail.
Officials said Ismail chose to step down following the change in government. Annadurai has now been appointed to head the committee, while the remaining members of the 16-member panel have been retained.
