Class 11 students can opt for five or six subjects
Children allowed to leave out math or biology
20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
Higher secondary course programmes will offer students a choice of taking either five subjects or six subjects.
Students who join Class 11 will be allowed to choose a cluster of core subjects from the 2020-2021 academic year.
In an order, the School Education Department said that students could either choose to study only five subjects from the next academic year in class 11 and 12 or opt for six subjects, if they wish to study an extra subject.
The subjects are divided into three parts — Part I - language; Part II - English; are mandatory. In Part III - students must select three core subjects, in tune with the combinations that the department has listed.
The students who wish to study medicine or allied health courses if they wish, can leave out mathematics and study only five subjects. Students aspiring for engineering can omit biology. Those who opt for five subjects will take exams for 500 marks and those taking four core subjects will appear for six exams each for 100 marks. Similar combinations have been specified for arts and vocational streams.
If students want to keep their engineering and medicine options open, they can chose six subjects. The department has given a list of groups — comprising three core subjects and four core subjects in different combinations — the students can choose from.
A senior official from the department said that the decision to offer students the option of taking up five subjects was taken to reduce their stress and enable them to concentrate better on subjects of their choices. There has been speculation since early this year that the department was planning to introduce this option.
Teachers welcome move
The Tamil Nadu Teachers Association welcomed this move. “While the move is a well thought out, there also needs to be focus on teacher training and the content that students will be studying. The syllabus was revamped for a majority of the classes this year and more attention needs to be given to implementing teacher training programmes before changes are brought in for assessment and examination methods,” said K.R. Nandhakumar, State general secretary, T.N. Nursery Primary Higher Secondary Matriculation and CBSE Schools Association.
Children allowed to leave out math or biology
20/09/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
Higher secondary course programmes will offer students a choice of taking either five subjects or six subjects.
Students who join Class 11 will be allowed to choose a cluster of core subjects from the 2020-2021 academic year.
In an order, the School Education Department said that students could either choose to study only five subjects from the next academic year in class 11 and 12 or opt for six subjects, if they wish to study an extra subject.
The subjects are divided into three parts — Part I - language; Part II - English; are mandatory. In Part III - students must select three core subjects, in tune with the combinations that the department has listed.
The students who wish to study medicine or allied health courses if they wish, can leave out mathematics and study only five subjects. Students aspiring for engineering can omit biology. Those who opt for five subjects will take exams for 500 marks and those taking four core subjects will appear for six exams each for 100 marks. Similar combinations have been specified for arts and vocational streams.
If students want to keep their engineering and medicine options open, they can chose six subjects. The department has given a list of groups — comprising three core subjects and four core subjects in different combinations — the students can choose from.
A senior official from the department said that the decision to offer students the option of taking up five subjects was taken to reduce their stress and enable them to concentrate better on subjects of their choices. There has been speculation since early this year that the department was planning to introduce this option.
Teachers welcome move
The Tamil Nadu Teachers Association welcomed this move. “While the move is a well thought out, there also needs to be focus on teacher training and the content that students will be studying. The syllabus was revamped for a majority of the classes this year and more attention needs to be given to implementing teacher training programmes before changes are brought in for assessment and examination methods,” said K.R. Nandhakumar, State general secretary, T.N. Nursery Primary Higher Secondary Matriculation and CBSE Schools Association.
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