ELIGIBILITY AND SCHEME OF STUDIES class 9/10
3 Feb 2017
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Term I and Term
II
XXVII
Notes: The following points have to be noted
by teachers and students (for class IX and X)
• There are two Formative Assessments each in the first and second term.
• Each Formative
Assessment
is
again
divided
into
smaller
assessments
(class
assignment, quiz, project, written test) which can carry different marks.
• Each Formative Assessment has a weightage of 10%. The total weightage of all the four
Formative Assessments is 40%.
• Assessment of Speaking and Listening skills (ASL) will be done in English,
formally at the term end examination in Summative-II. Schools
can conduct ASL
for Summative-I themselves as
per the guidelines provided by the CBSE. However assessment of these skills
may also be done under
the Formative activities spread over two terms.
• OTBA
will be conducted only towards SA-II in class IX.
16. QUALIFYING CRITERIA
(a) A candidate
not covered under
the scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation will be eligible to get the Statement of Subject wise Performance/ Qualifying Certificate if she gets minimum
Grade 'D' in all the five subjects(excluding
the 6th additional subject) under
Scholastic Area A in the
main or at the only
attempt of Improvement of Performance.
However, a candidate who has
appeared at the Secondary School Examination under the Scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation will be eligible to get the Grade Sheet cum Certificate of Performance indicating the grades obtained in the subjects under Scholastic Area A, Scholastic Area B and Co- Scholastic Areas.
(b) No overall
grade shall be awarded. However, Cumulative Grade Point Average
(CGPA) shall be indicated in the statements of Subject wise Performance/Grade Sheet
cum Certificate of Performance. Subject wise and overall indicative percentage of marks
could be derived based on Cumulative Grade Point Average.
(c) In respect of a candidate
offering an additional subject, the following
norms shall
be applied:
(i) A language
offered as an additional subject
may replace a language in the
event of a candidate failing in the same, provided after replacement, the
candidate has English/Hindi as one of the languages; and
(ii) The replacement shall satisfy the conditions as laid down in the Scheme of
Studies.
(d) Candidates exempted
from one or more subjects
under Scholastic Area B and Co-Scholastic Areas shall be eligible
to appear in the Formative
and Summative Assessments and the result
shall be declared, subject to fulfillment of other conditions laid down in the Qualifying Criteria.
(e) A candidate obtaining minimum Grade D in all the five subjects(excluding the 6th additional subject) under Scholastic
Area A as well as Grades in subjects under
Scholastic Area B, as stipulated in the Scheme of Studies,
at the main or the subsequent Improvement of Performance attempt,
shall be eligible
to qualify, class
IX Examination.
17. ELIGIBILITY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF
PERFORMANCE
A candidate
obtaining Grades E1 or E2 in any or all the five subjects (excluding
6th additional subject
as per the scheme of studies) under
Scholastic Area A at
the examination jointly conducted by the Board
and School shall
be eligible for
Improvement of Performance
in any or all the five subjects.
18. IMPROVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE
(i)
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(a)
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A candidate who has appeared
for the Secondary School Examination and obtained Grades E1 or E2 in any or all the five
subjects(excluding the 6th additional subject) under Scholastic Area A, as per the Scheme of Studies,
shall be eligible for improving her performance in any or all the five subjects and may reappear at the only
chance of Improvement of Performance
to be conducted by the Board/School by July,
as per the option exercised for the main examination held in March
the same year. The candidate will be issued a Statement of Subject
wise Performance/Grade Sheet cum Certificate of Performance provided she obtains minimum
Grade D in at least
five subjects (excluding the 6th additional subject) under Scholastic Area A as per the
Scheme of Studies and grades
in the subjects under Scholastic Area
B and Co- Scholastic Areas.
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(b)
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A candidate who has
appeared for the
Secondary School Examination conducted by a school
affiliated to the Board
and obtained Grades
E1 or E2 in any or all the
five subjects(excluding the 6th
additional subject) under Scholastic Area A, as per the Scheme of Studies, shall be
eligible for improving her performance in any or all the
five
subjects and may
reappear at the
only chance of
Improvement of Performance examination to be conducted by the School
by July the same
year.
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(c)
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At the Secondary School
Examination, a candidate who does not
obtain minimum Grade D in the five
subjects(excluding the 6th additional subject) under Scholastic
Area A at the only chance of Improvement of Performance shall be treated to have not qualified the examination and shall be required
to reappear in all the subjects at the examination to be held in March of the
subsequent year, in order to qualify
the examination. The syllabi
and courses shall be as laid
down for Summative Assessment II for
the year of examination
concerned. The candidates' grades obtained in all the Formative Assessments and Summative Assessments at the main examination shall
be carried over for
the only chance of Improvement of Performance.
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(d)
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A candidate who fails to obtain minimum Grade D in the five subjects(excluding
6th additional subject) under Scholastic Area A at the Secondary School
Examination conducted by the School/Board shall be provisionally admitted
to class XI till she takes in the only chance Improvement of Performance to be
held that year. Her admission shall
be treated as cancelled if she fails
to obtain
minimum Grade D in the
five subjects(excluding the 6th
additional subject)
under Scholastic Area A at
the Improvement of Performance
examination.
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19. ADDITIONAL SUBJECT(S)
A candidate who has obtained minimum
Grade D in at least
five
subjects (excluding
the 6th additional subject) under Scholastic
Area A as per the Scheme of Studies
and a
Qualifying Certificate/Grade sheet
Cum Certificate of
Performance at the Secondary School Examination may offer
an additional subject as a private candidate
provided the additional subject is provided
in the Scheme of Studies
and is offered within six years of passing the examination of the Board.
No exemption from time limit
will be given
after six years.
Facility to appear
in additional subject
will be available at the main examination only.
20. UPGRADING OF PERFORMANCE-SECONDARY EXAMINATION
(i) A candidate who has obtained
minimum Grade D in the five subjects under
Scholastic Area A and a Qualifying Certificate/Grade Sheet Cum Certificate of Performance at the Secondary School Examination may reappear at the
examination for upgrading of performance in one or more subjects
in the main examination in succeeding year only, provided
she has not pursued higher
studies in the mean time.
She shall appear as a private candidate. Those reappearing in the whole
examination may appear
as regular candidates also.
The candidates appearing for upgrading of performance in the
examination can appear in the subject(s) in which they have appeared
for the examination.
(ii) A candidate appearing for upgrading of performance shall appear in the syllabus
prescribed for Summative Assessment II only for the year of
examination.
(iii) Candidates who appear for upgrading of performance shall
be issued only
Statement of Subject wise Performance reflecting the grades obtained in the said examination.
(iv) A candidate appearing for upgrading of performance in one or more subjects
cannot
appear for additional
subject simultaneously.
21. PATRACHAR VIDYALAYA CANDIDATES
(i) Patrachar
Vidyalaya Candidates for Secondary School
Examination will be required
to offer two languages as laid down in the Scheme of Examination but will be
allowed to offer Home Science, Commerce in place of Mathematics and Science.
(ii) Patrachar Vidyalaya Candidates for Secondary School
Examination from outside
Delhi shall not be allowed
to offer subjects involving practical work.
22. EXEMPTION TO SPASTIC, BLIND, DYSLEXIC
AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CANDIDATES
Candidates with visual and hearing impairment, Spastic, Dyslexic,
Autistic and those with disabilities as defined in the Persons
with Disabilities Act, 1995 have the
option of studying one compulsory
language as against two.
This language should be in consonance with the overall
spirit of the three Languages formula prescribed
by the Board. Besides one language any four of the following subjects be
offered:
Mathematics, Science, Social
Science, another Language, Music, Painting,
Home Science, Foundation of Information
Technology/Information and Communication
Technology, Commerce (Elements of Business) and Commerce(Elements of
Book Keeping and Accountancy), e-publishing & e-office (English), e-publishing & e-office
(Hindi), Introduction to Computer
Technology, Retail(NSQF) and Information Technology (NSQF)
23. GUIDELINES REGARDING DIFFERENTLY ABLED CANDIDATES FOR THE CONDUCT
OF ASSESSMENTS (EXAMINATION)
In accordance with the
Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Department of Disability guidelines vide OM F. No. 16-110/2003-DD.
III dated 26.02.2013 the schools
are instructed to abide by the following
guidelines regarding differently abled candidates during the conduct of
CBSE Examination.
1. The differently abled candidates may be given compensatory time of 50 minutes in each
paper of CBSE and CBSE-i Examination for differently abled candidates who
are making use of scribe/amanuensis. All the candidates with disability not availing
the facility of scribe may also be allowed compensatory time of 50 minutes.
2. The
facility of scribe/amanuensis may be allowed to any person who has disability
of 40% of more if so desired by the person.
3. The candidate shall have the
discretion of opting
for his/her own
scribe and shall
have the flexibility in
accommodating change in scribe in case of emergency. Candidate shall also have the option
of meeting the scribe a day before
the examination. The Centre Superintendent of the
examination centre concerned shall forward to the Regional Officer concerned of the Board, a report of the giving full particulars of the candidate and that of the Scribe.
4. A person
to be appointed as scribe
should not have obtained his/her
qualifications in the same subject(s) in which the candidate shall be appearing
for the examination.*
5. Proper seating
arrangement preferably at ground floor
should be made prior to the
commencement of Examination to avoid confusion.
6. The time of giving the question
paper, should be marked accurately and timely
supply of question paper meant
for visually impaired
candidates, should be ensured.
7. There should
also be flexibility in accommodating any change in scribe/reader/lab
assistant in case of emergency. The candidates should
also be allowed
to take more than one scribe/reader for writing different papers especially
for language.
8. In addition
to this, the near relatives
of the candidate may be permitted to be
present in the examination hall only for
the purpose of motivation and support to the
candidate.
*Amended as per the Notification No COORD/EC-21.2 and 30.7/2014 dated
March 03,2015
24. EXAMINATION
BYE-LAWS
Rest of the conditions for appearing in the examination shall be as laid down in the
Examination Bye- Laws of the
Board from time to time.
2.1 SUBJECT OF STUDIES
2. SCHEME OF STUDIES
The learning areas will
include:
(1) and (2) Two Languages out of
:
Hindi, English, Assamese, Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Marathi,
Malayalam, Manipuri, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi,
Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Lepcha, Limboo, Bhutiya, Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian,
French, German, Russian, Spanish,
Nepali, Tibetan,
Mizo, Tangkhul Bodo, Bahasa Malaysia,
Gurung, Japanese, Rai, Sherpa, Tamang and Thai.
(3) Mathematics
(4) Science
(5) Social Sciences
(6) Work
Education or Pre-Vocational Education
(7) Art Education
(8) Health and Physical Education
2.2 ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS
Students may offer any one of the following as an additional
subject:
Language other than the two compulsory languages
(offered as subjects
of study)
OR
Commerce, Painting, Music, Home Science,
Foundation of Information Technology/
Information and Communication Technology
NOTES
(i) It is expected
that all the students would have studied three
languages up to class
VIII. Those students who could not clear the third language in class VIII, and have
been promoted to class IX shall be examined by the schools
concerned at the end of class IX in the same syllabus
and textbooks as are prescribed for class VIII. Those who are still unable to clear the third language at the end of class IX may
be given another opportunity in class X. No student shall be eligible to appear
at the Secondary School
Examination of the Board at the end of class
X unless she has
cleared the third language.
(ii) Hindi and English must be two of the three languages to be offered
as stated in the
note (i) above. Hindi and English must have been studied at least up to class
VIII.
(iii) Hindi and English must be one of the two languages
to be studied in class IX and X. Hindi and English can also be
offered simultaneously. In Hindi
and English, two courses have been
provided for class
IX and X keeping in view the
varying background of the student. A student may either opt Communicative-English (Subject
Code
101) or English Language
and Literature (Subject
Code 184). Similarly, in Hindi, a
student may either opt for
Hindi A or Hindi B.
(iv) As a general practice
the Board prescribes the textbooks of regional language
being followed in classes
IX and X in the State Board where the language is taught as the mother-tongue.
The schools are advised to bring to the notice of CBSE the
changes if any, brought out at the
commencement of the academic session by the respectively State Boards, in the textbooks
of the language of their State. The
affiliated institutions are advised to follow strictly
the textbooks prescribed by CBSE in its curriculum unless the change has been duly notified
to all schools for general
information. No mid-term changes shall be entertained. School are not permitted
to teach languages other than the ones prescribed by the Board.
2.3 INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
TIME TABLE
AND WORK DISTRIBUTION NORMS AS
PER RTE ACT - CLASSES VI-VIII
1. The teacher-student ratio as per the Affiliation Bye-Laws
of the Board should be
maintained-1:30
2. In order to complete
the 45 working-hour per week as per the recommendation of RTE-Act 2009, a
school needs to function for six days a week for 6 hrs. 10 minutes on each day. Teachers may be retained after school hours for an additional
1 hour
20 minutes which can be used
for planning/ preparation/ feedback/ follow up work.
3. Every teacher
shall devote in a year not less than 1200 hours to the actual
teaching in classroom in classes I-VIII,
out of which not more than 200 hours may be required to be devoted for remedial
teaching and attention to weak and gifted students before or after the school hours. Provided
that if any teacher is required to devote
more than 1200 hours to the teaching and planning, extra remuneration shall be
paid to her at such rate as may be determined, by the managing committee, for
every hour in excess of 1200 hours devoted by her to the teaching and planning.
4. All teachers
are required to teach for a minimum
of 30 periods per week with
remaining periods to be used for planning and preparation of the lessons and
activities.
5. A time-table
of 8 periods
per day may be followed in schools with 45 minutes duration
in the 1st and 5th periods
and 40 minutes duration for the remaining periods.
S. No.
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Subject
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Number of periods
for theory classes
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Number of periods for activity classes
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Total Number of Periods
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1
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Hindi
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5
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01
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6
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2
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English
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5
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01
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6
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3
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Language-III
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5
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01
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6
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4
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Mathematics
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5
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01 (Maths
Lab)
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7
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5
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Science
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5
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01 (Lab)
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6
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6
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Social Sciences
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5
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01
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6
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7
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Work Education
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—
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2
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2
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8
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Art Education
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—
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2
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2
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9
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Physical Education
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—
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1
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2
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10
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Co-Curricular Activities
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—
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1
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1
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11
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Life Skills*
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—
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1
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1
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12
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Values Education and Gender
Sensitivity*
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—
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1
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1
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13
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Library
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—
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1
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1
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Total
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48
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Schools are expected to give adequate
time for Community Service outside the
school hours,
the minimum being equivalent of two periods a week. A minimum of
800 hours of teaching time will be available in each academic
session for actual
instructional transaction in classes’ I-V and 1000 hours in classes VI-VIII.
The above
distribution of periods over subjects is prescriptive in character. A school, keeping
the overall number of periods in each subject / area, the same, may assign more
or less number
of periods to individual sub-subjects according to their
relative
importance, if thought necessary.
These guidelines may be read along with the guidelines issued from time to time by
the Directorate of Education of the State Government where a
school is situated.
*Life Skills, Values
Education and Gender
Sensitivity may be done as a part of
learning across subjects.
Age- appropriate activities are given in the Teachers' Manuals
and Activity Cards brought out by the Board.
TIME TABLE
AND WORK DISTRIBUTION NORMS CLASSES IX
AND X
1. The teacher-student ratio as per the affiliation Bye-Laws
of the Board should be
maintained- 1:30.
2. Every teacher
shall devote in a year not less than 1200 hours to the teaching
and planning, out of which not more than 200 hours may be required to be devoted
for remedial teaching and attention to weak and gifted students
before or after the school hours. Provided that if any teacher is required
to devote more than 1200 hours to the teaching and planning, extra remuneration shall be paid to her at such rate as may be determined ,by the
managing committee, for every hour in excess of 1200 hours devoted by her to
the teaching and planning.
3. All teachers
are required to teach for a minimum
of 30 periods per week with
remaining periods to be used for planning and preparation of the lessons and
activities.
4. A time table of 8 periods
per day may be followed
in schools with 45 minutes duration in the 1st and 5th
periods and 40 minutes duration for the remaining periods.
5. Number
of periods may be 07 allotted for the first language for classes IX to X.
Second Language may be allotted 06 periods. Periods for developing proficiency in
spoken language may be carved out from the periods
allotted for the respective
languages.
Instructional time for classes IX and X
S. No.
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Subject
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Number of periods for theory classes
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Number of periods for activity classes
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Total Number
of
Periods
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1
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Language-I
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6
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01
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7
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2
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Language-II
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5
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01
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6
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3
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Mathematics
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6
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01 (Maths Lab)
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7
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4
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Science
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6
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02 (Lab)
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8
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5
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Social
Sciences
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7
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01
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8
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6
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Work Education
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—
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2
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2
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7
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Art
Education
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—
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2
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2
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8
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Physical Education
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—
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3
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3
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9
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Co-Curricular Activities
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—
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2
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2
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10
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Life
Skills*
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—
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1
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1
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11
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Values Education and Gender Sensitivity*
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—
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1
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1
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12
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Library
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—
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1
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1
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Total
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48
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Schools are expected to give
adequate time for Community Service
outside the school hours, the minimum
being equivalent of two periods
a week. A minimum of 30 weeks of teaching time will be available
in each academic session for actual instructional transaction. The above distribution of periods over subjects is prescriptive in character. A
school, keeping the overall number
of periods in each subject/area the same, may assign
more or less number of periods to individual sub-subjects according to their
relative importance, if thought necessary.
*Life skills, Values Education and Gender Sensitivity
may be done as a part of learning across subjects.
Age- appropriate activities
given in the Teachers'
Manuals and Activity Cards
brought out by the Board may be referred to.
2.4 SPECIAL ADULT LITERACY
DRIVE (SALD)
In pursuance of the objectives of National Literacy
Mission, Government of India, Special
Adult Literacy programme has been taken
up by the Board from the academic
session
1991-92 beginning with classes IX and XI as a special measure
to remove illiteracy through
mass involvement of students.
This has been termed as SALD. The SALD has been made
an integral part of the prescribed curriculum and incorporated in work-education as an
essential component.
2.5 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Provision for Candidates with
Visual and Hearing Impairment
The candidates with visual and hearing impairment have the option of studying
one compulsory language as against two. This language
should be in correspondence with the
overall spirit of the Language Teaching Scheme of the Board on the previous pages.
Besides one language, any four of the following subjects may be offered:
Mathematics, Science, Social
Science, Other language, Music, FIT/ICT, Painting and Home
Science.
2.6 MEDIUM OF
INSTRUCTION
The medium of instruction in general in all the schools affiliated with the Board
shall
either be Hindi or English.
RULES FOR CHANGE IN SUBJECT
(i) No
candidate shall be permitted to change her subject of study after
passing class
IX as the case may be.
(ii) No candidate
shall offer a subject in class X which she has not studied and passed
in class IX.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything
contained in the rules above,
the Chairperson shall
have the powers to allow a change in subject(s) to avoid undue hardship to the candidate provided such a request for
change is made before 31st August.
3. HOW TO APPLY FOR
INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS
A school affiliated to CBSE may introduce any subject/elective/course (vocational) offered by the CBSE if it fulfills the requirements to offer it as per the detailed
criterion given in the curriculum of the elective/course
to be introduced.
Availability of well qualified staff as per qualifications detailed
in the Senior Secondary
Curriculum Volume- I or Chapter IX of the Affiliation
Byelaws should be ensured by the
school before introducing the concerned
subject. The number of qualified
teachers for the course/ subject should be sufficient
to teach all the students expected to take the course/ subject to be started.
The last date for submission of application is 30th June of the year preceding the year in which
subject/course in classes
IX or XI is proposed
to be started. A subject/course should not be started without prior affiliation with the Board.
The CBSE will not be responsible for any consequences if any subject/course is started
without proper affiliation,
etc., by the CBSE.
How to apply:
1. An electronic application form available on www.cbse.nic.in e–affiliation a window will open, scroll to the end, click on the tab (click here to proceed) again scroll and click on the tab (click here to
proceed) Form will open up.
2. Read the instructions carefully given in the curriculum document and Affiliation
Byelaws before you start
filling the electronic form.
3. Take a printout of the electronic online form after submitting it and attach bank
draft* of the requisite amount in favor of Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi, payable at Delhi and other relevant
documents and send it to the
Affiliation Branch.
4. Schools are required to attach a copy of the affiliation letter as scanned
copy (jpg, gif and pdf
files only and not
more than 1MB in size)
for applying to introduce new subjects.
5. Schools are required to pursue with the Affiliation Branch of the Board after sending their application for their affiliation status regarding the particular subject to be introduced.
6. After getting provisional affiliation, the school must inform the Director (Arti) so as to ensure the dispatch of relevant
academic material/information regarding training, etc., to school, if any.
*The details
of the fee are as follows:
1
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Independent schools
within the country (Science Subject)
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` 5,000/- per subject
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2
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Independent schools
within the country (Other Subject)
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` 3,000/- per subject
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3
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Overseas Independent Schools (Science Subject)
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` 15,000/- per subject
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4
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Overseas Independent Schools (Other Subject)
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` 10,000/- per subject
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5
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Govt./Aided/KVS/JNV Schools
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` 1,000/-per subject
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6
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Overseas KVS Schools
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` 2,000/-per subject
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