Thursday, April 9, 2020


CBSE offers nine subjects for Class 9th and 10th students

TOI-Online | Apr 7, 2020, 01.19 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has given students of Class 9th and 10th to study nine subjects. Apart from the compulsory five subjects (English, Hindi, Maths, Social Science and Science) candidates can now opt for addition four more subjects for study in Class 9th and 10th. The sixth subject will be skill subject, seventh will be third language, 8th and 9th can be chosen from - Art Education, Health and Physical Education and Work Experience. These two subjects 8th and 9th will be evaluated internally at school level.

All subjects have been clubbed in groups and a candidate needs to choose either of the group as per his/her choice. Mainly these groups are - main subjects, optional subjects and language subjects. Now, candidates can choose their subjects as per the group only.

"It was observed that students face difficulties in choosing subjects and they were forced to take the help of seniors/parents or teachers. As the subjects have been divided in groups, it would help students to choose subjects as per their choice," an official had said. 


Class IX and X is an integrated course

Students need to take only those subjects in class IX which they intend to continue in Class-X .The subjects can be selected as per scheme studies in class IX. They need to continue the same subjects in class X also. Subjects can be offered as under: 


Type
Subjects
Group
Compulsory
Subject 1
Language I (Hindi Course A or Hindi Course
B or English Language & Literature)
Group-L
Subject 2
Language II (Any one from the Group of

Languages (Group-L) other than Language
chosen at Subject 1
Group L
Subject 3
Mathematics (Standard or Basic
Mathematics)
Group A1
Subject 4
Science
Group A1
Subject 5
Social Science
Group A1
Optional
Subject 6
Skill subject* from the group of
Skill subjects
Group-S
Subject 7
Language III /Any Academic subject
other than opted above
GroupL/
Group-A2
Co-Scholastic
Areas
Subject 8
and Subject 9
Art Education Health & Physical Education
Work Experience*

If a student fails in any one of the three compulsory academic subjects (i.e. Science, Mathematics and Social Science) and passes in the Skill subject (offered as sixth optional subject), then that academic subject will be replaced by the Skill subject and the result of Class X Board examination will be computed accordingly.


If a student fails in any language subject, out of first five subjects, the same will be replaced by the language taken as sixth subject ( in case of no skills subjects offered ) or as seventh subject (optional), provided he or she has passed this language subject and after replacement either Hindi or English remains as a passed language in the first five subjects.


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