Scheme of Studies

Academic Stream

The learning areas will include:

One Language, English as the core language.

One Language (Elective) out of Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malyalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu Physical Education and Environmental Studies are core subjects for Grade XI & XII besides the core language which is English.

Physical Education and Environmental Studies are core subjects for Grade XI & XII besides the core language which is English.

Programs in Environmental Studies and Physical Education are planned in accordance with the guidelines brought out by the NWAC.

Time Table and Work-distribution Norms Grades XI and XII

  1. The teacher student ratio 1:30 as per the affiliation Bye-Laws of the NWAC should be maintained.
  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. 08 periods Time Table may be followed in schools with 45 minutes duration in the 1st and 5th periods and 40 minutes duration for the remaining periods.

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 reading learning across subjects Medium of Instruction. The medium of instruction in general in all the schools affiliated with the NWAC shall be English.