Academic Stream

The learning areas will include :

I & II Two Languages (Core/Elective) out of : 

Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Kannada,  Marathi, Malayalam, Manipuri, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian,Limboo, Lepcha, Bhutia, Nepali, Tibetan, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish

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1. Out of the languages, one shall be English or Hindi. Both  bEnglish and Hindi can also be offered simultaneously.
   
2. The languages may be offered either at Core or Elective level. The same language, however cannot be offered both at the Core level and the Elective level.
   
3. A candidate has the freedom to offer, in lieu of one of the two languages above, any other elective subject provided under III below.

III to V   Three Electives out of the following : 

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering Drawing, Economics, Political Science, History, Business Studies, Accountancy, Home Science,Fine Arts, Agriculture, Computer Science, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Physical Education, Music and Dance.              

VI  General Studies

VII  Work Experience

VIII Physical and Health Education

Additional  Subjects:

A Candidate can also offer an additional elective which may either be a language at elective level (out of those mentioned above) or , any other elective subject.

While translating the curriculum due emphasis should be laid on National Identity and
Value Education. Schools are expected to draw their own programmes in this area in accordance with the guidelines contained in the brochure "National Integration through Schools" published by the Board. Likewise, programmes in General Studies, Work Experience and Physical and Health Education be planned in accordance with the
guidelines brought out by the Board.

Vocational Stream

Bridges between Vocational and Academic Streams :

Bridges between Commerce-based vocational courses / packages and the subjects pertaining to different disciplines under the Academic Stream have also been provided. Accordingly, Business Studies, Accountancy and other subjects can be combined,
subject to meeting the obligations required under the prescribed scheme of studies,
with the following areas from the Commerce based vocational courses:

1. Typewriting in English (code no. 607)
2. Stenography in English (code no. 608)
3. Typewriting in English (code no. 609)
4. Stenography in Hindi (code no.10)
5. Marketing (code no. 613)
6. Consumer Behavior and protection (code no. 615)
7. Storekeeping (code no. 617)
8. Store Accounting (code no.618)

These electives can be offered along with Business Studies, Accountancy and other subject to the following stipulations:

1. Not more than two electives from the above list be offered.
2. These papers be not combined with the electives related to similar disciplines under the academic stream in order to avoid duplication e.g. Store Accounting (code no. 618) cannot be combined with Accountancy (code no. 155)
3. If Stenography in Hindi or English is offered, it is obligatory to offer Hindi Typewriting or English Typewriting respectively as the case may be to make
   the combinations more meaningful. English Stenography, however, cannot
   be combined with Hindi Typewriting or  by corollary Hindi Stenography with English Stenography.

Instructional Time :

Per Week of Teaching Time

*Time expected to be spent outside school hours. While designing the courses it has been presumed that, given margin to vacations public holidays and other contingencies of 30 weeks of teaching time will be available in each session for actual instructional transaction. Accordingly, the distribution of periods over units and sub-units has been made which is only suggestive in character. The schools, keeping the overall number of periods in each subject area the same may assign more or less number of periods to individual units according to their relative importance if thought necessary. The distribution of marks over each unit (unitwise weightage) is prescriptive, hence shall remain unchanged.

Notes :

1. Schools are expected to give adequate time for Community Service outside the school hours, the minimum being equivalent of two periods a week.
   
2. The Vocational Group candidates should make use of the time allotted for Work Experience for on-the-job training, if so required.

Medium of Instruction

The medium of instruction in general in all the schools affiliated with the Board shall either be English or Hindi.

 Special Adult Literacy Drive (SALD)

In pursuance of the objects of the National Literacy Mission, Government of India, a special adult literacy programme has been taken by the Board from the academic session 1991-92 beginning with classes IX & XI as a special measure to help remove illiteracy, through massive involvement of students. This has been termed as SALD. The Adult Literacy Drive has been made an essential component of Work Experience. Framework of SALD is given at Appendix "A". Since this activity has to be taken up by all the schools on a compulsory basis their attention is invited, among other things, to clauses 2 and 3 of the framework.