The Learning areas will include:

• Hindi, English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Work Education or Pre-Vocational Education
• Art Education
• Physical Education

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)
• Commerce, Painting, Music, Home Science or Foundation of Information Technology/Information and Communication Technology

NOTES

• It is expected that all the students would have studied three languages upto 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.
• 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 upto class VIII.
• 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.
• As a general practice the Board prescribes the textbooks 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.