ABSTRACT

Syllabus - Revised syllabus from Standards VI to XII - Implementation from 2003-2004 - Approval of Revised Curriculum and syllabus and approval of important points in the principles of curriculum-Orders-Issued.

School Education (Q2) Department

G.O.Ms.No. 46

Dated : 14.05.2004

Read :

1. 1.      G.O.Rt.No.231, School Education, dated 31.08.2000.
   2.      G.O.Ms.No. 11, School Education, dated 22.01.2003.
   3.      From the Director of School Education Lr.Rc.No.108044 / PD7 / 2001, dated 27.11.2003, 29.12.2003, 23.01.2004 & 16.02.2004.

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ORDER :

In the G.O. first read above, Government issued orders constituting a High Level Committee to revise syllabi for all subjects from Standards VI to XII to suit the present needs of the Student Community.  The Director of School Education has stated that the above said High Level Committee met several times and framed the School Curriculum and also constituted separate Expert Committees for various subjects which have developed syllabi for various courses.

2.  In the G.O. second read above, the Government issued orders constituting a High Level Expert Committee to introduce new syllabus in schools.

3.  The Director of School Education in his letters read above, has furnished the "Principles of Revised Curriculum" and syllabus for Standards VI to XII and requested the Government to approve and publish the same in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.  The Director of School Education has also requested Government Orders approving the important points that are incorporated in the Principles of Curriculum, which attracts some changes in the curriculum.  The Director of School Education has also recommended to conduct Orientation courses to teachers so as to teach the new text materials effectively by using teaching appliances. 

4. The Government approved the "Principles of Revised Curriculum and Syllabus" for standards VI to XII and being published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.

5. The Government accept the recommendation of the Director of School Education and approve the following important points incorporated in the Principles of Curriculum with certain modifications:-

1. 1.      To introduce new text books in a phased programme in the following manner.

i.    VI, IX Tamil Text only for Std. X                   -           2003-2004

ii.   VII, XI and all other subjects except
      Tamil Text in Std. X                                   -           2004-2005

iii.  VIII & XII                                                    -           2005-2006

1. 2.      To introduce one paper for the Higher Secondary Public Examination in Languages under Part-I and Part-II, instead of two papers in Higher Secondary Courses in the Board Examinations.
2. 3.      To delete the following languages from the school curriculum, that are permitted  in the present system, since the number of candidates appearing for the Higher Secondary Examination is less than 50.

                  (a)  Gujarathi  (b)  Persian  (c)  German   (d)  Latin

4.  To introduce Computer Science as one of the subject from IX standard to start  with and later on be extended from VI to VIII standard.

5.  To introduce the newly recognised groups as mentioned in Annexure-I, in the Academic Stream as stated in the Principles of Curriculum.

1. 6.      To drop the following eleven subjects from the present list of subjects for the Higher Secondary Classes due to poor demand:-

1. Ayurveda                              7. Psychology

2. Drawing and Painting             8. Sociology

3. Foundation Science               9. Siddha

4. Indian Music                        10. Western Music

5. Logic                                  11. Advanced English 

6. Philosophy

Advanced Tamil shall be retained as one of the optional subject in Group III and IV.

1. 7.      To introduce five new subjects in Higher Secondary Courses, as follows with effect from 2004-2005.

1.   Bio-Chemistry   2.  Micro-Biology     3. Nursing    4.   Nutrition  and Dietetics   5. English for Communication

1. 8.      Out of 2 periods allotted for value education, one period be utilized for enhancing the skill of spoken English from standards VI to X.
2. 9.      To introduce Science Experiments for Stds. IX and X.  One period per week will be allotted for practicals and have a separate practical note book.
3. 10.   To fix, a minimum of 30 students per group in respect of academic stream and 20 students for Vocational stream in respect of schools located in urban areas and 15 for academic and 10 for Vocational stream in respect of schools located in rural areas.
4. 11.  To follow the existing syllabus and textbooks for Botany, Zoology and Computer Science for XI standard during the year 2004-2005.  New syllabus for Botany, Zoology, Advanced language (Tamil) and Computer Science for XI standard be developed during 2004-2005 and new books be introduced from 2005-2006. 
5. 12.  To fix the total number of working days into 200 days, out of which 180 days will  be exclusively devoted for actual teaching learning process.

13.  Working hours

The No.of working hours per day will be 5 hours and 40 minutes as follows:

Forenoon  =  4 periods x 45 minutes                      =          180 minutes
Afternoon  =  4 periods x 40 minutes                      =          160 minutes
                                                Total                   =          340 minutes
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                                                                          =          5 hours 40 minutes

1. 14.   Allocation of periods at secondary and Higher Secondary stage are as stated  in Annexure-II.
2. 15.   Based on the revised syllabus and text books, orientation courses will be conducted to the teachers by Director of Teacher Education, Research and Training the development of training manual for the orientation courses will be prepared and training programme conducted in collaboration with Director of Teacher Education, Research and Training.

6.  The Director of School Education has reported that as per the Principles of Curriculum, it has to follow the Language books prescribed in the CBSE System for the Languages viz. Hindi, Sanskrit, Arabic and French, since the present text books followed for these languages are at elementary level.  In this connection, the Government direct Director of School Education to obtain the Expert opinions from Professors of these languages, before taking a final decision in this matter.

7. The Government also accept the proposal of the Director of School Education to conduct Orientation courses to teachers during June and July of every academic year and to prepare training manual by the Director of School Education in consultation with the Director of Teacher Education, Research and Training without involving any financial commitment to Government.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K. GNANADESIKAN,
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

To

The Director of School Education, Chennai-6.

The Director of Matriculation Schools, Chennai-6.

The Director of Elementary Education, Chennai-6.

The Director of Teacher Education, Research and Training, Chennai-6.

The State Project Director, SSA, Chennai-6.

The Chairman and Managing Director.

Tamil Nadu Text Book Corporation, Chennai-6.

Copy to :

The Hon'ble Minister (Education) Office, Chennai-9.
The Hon'ble CM's Office, Chennai-9.

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Annexure - I

Groups in Higher secondary stage: (XI and XII):

Part-I:  Each student should choose one group of study which consists of four subjects under Part-III, including three core subjects and  one optional subject except Group II A.

Group - I :       1. Mathematics 2. Physics    3. Chemistry

4. Optional : Biology / Computer Science / Statistics / Bio-Chemistry/ English for Communication/ Home Science

Group - II :       1. Physics  2. Chemistry      3. Biology  

4. Optional : Micro-Biology / Bio-Chemistry/ Nursing /Nutrition & Dietetics/ Computer Science/English for Communication / Home Science

Group - II(A) :1. Physics  2. Chemistry 3. Botany  4. Zoology

Group - III :      1. Accountancy  2. Commerce      3. Economics

                      4. Optional : Business Mathematics/ Computer Science / Statistics / English for Communication/History/Political Science/Ethics and Indian    Culture /  Advanced Language (Tamil).

Group - IV :     1. History   2. Economics    3. Geography

                      4. Optional : Political Science / Computer Science / Statistics/ English for Communication/Ethics and Indian Culture / Advanced Language (Tamil)

K. GNANADESIKAN,
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

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ANNEXURE - II

(ii) Allocation of periods at secondary stage: (VI to X Std)

ALLOCATION OF PERIODS AT HIGHER SECONDARY STAGE ACADEMIC STREAM:

Tamil or any other Indian Language                          -           4  periods

English                                                                  -           4  periods

Electives :  4 X 7                                                     -           28 periods

Scientific Tamil, Value Education, Library Education,

Community Service and Physical & Health Education           4 periods

Total                                                                     -           40 periods

ALLOCATION OF PERIODS AT HIGHER SECONDARY STAGE - VOCATIONAL STREAM:

Tamil or any other Indian Language                                  -         4  periods

English                                                                          -         4  periods

Vocational subjects  including related subjects, theory      -         28 periods
and practicals

Scientific Tamil, Value Education, Library Education                    4 periods
& Community Service and   Physical & Health Education 

Total                                                                           -           40 periods

K. GNANADESIKAN,
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT.

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