The purpose of integrated curriculum is —

An integrated curriculum organises learning around themes or skills that cut across traditional subject boundaries, rather than teaching each subject as a separate, self-contained block with its own dedicated textbook.

Because subject content is merged into combined thematic units under this approach, schools require fewer separate subject-wise textbooks to cover the same material — a decrease in the number of books is the direct structural outcome of adopting an integrated curriculum.

• An increase in the number of books runs opposite to what integration achieves — merging subjects consolidates content into fewer combined resources, not more.

• A rise in student enrolment is driven by access and outreach measures such as scholarships or admission drives, not by how subject content is organised into an integrated program.

• A fall in dropout is the outcome of retention-focused interventions such as remedial support or engagement schemes, rather than a defining structural purpose of merging subjects into an integrated curriculum.