Syllabus
The school has Matriculation syllabus till X standard and State Board from XI standard with English Medium. The science subject is split into Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology in VI standard. Maths is split into Maths I and II in VIII standard. English and Hindi are split into I and II parts. There are practicals in Biology, Physics and Chemistry which involves doing experiments in the Laboratory.
Groups during XI and XII standard are:
- I Group – Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English and Second Language (Hindi or Tamil or French)
- II Group – Physics, Chemistry, computer science, English and Second Language (Hindi or Tamil or French)(primarily Maths is absent and Botany and Zoology are present instead)
- III Group – Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, English and Second Language (Hindi or Tamil or French)(Science, Maths and Computer Science are primary subjects)
- IV Group-Commerce, Accountancy, Economics, English and Second Language (Hindi or Tamil or French)(not a Science group).
French is considered to be a scoring subject in comparison to Hindi and Tamil. Moral Science is a standard subject till IXth standard.
The exams are I Mid Term, Quarterly, II Mid Term, Half yearly, III Mid term and Annual exam in order. For Xth and XIIth the additional exams there are three revision tests before the board exams. 10 day study leave is provided before the board exams.
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