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Senior Secondary Course

NIOS offers Senior Secondary course which is designed for those who have passed the Xth standard or equivalent examination from a recognised Board and would like to continue their education equivalent to XII standard.

 

Scheme of Studies

The Scheme of Studies for Senior Secondary Courses is shown in Table-1. For obtaining a pass certificate, you are required to pass in a minimum of five subjects including one or maximum of two languages from Group 'A' and other three or four subjects from other Group. However, you are free to take upto two additional subjects. Thus, in all you can choose a maximum of seven subjects.

 

Table-1

S.No. Code Subject S.No. Code Subject
Group-A Group-C
1 301 Hindi 25 312 Physics* Examination of
these subjects
will be held
on same day
and same time.
2 302 English 26 315 History
3 306 Urdu 27 333 Environmental Science*
4 309 Sanskrit 28 339 Library and Information Science*
5 307 Gujarati Examination of
these subjects
will be held
on same day
and same time.
Group-D
6 303 Bengali 29 313 Chemistry* Examination of
these subjects
will be held
on same day
and same time.
7 304 Tamil 30 317 Political Science
8 305 Odia 31 335 Mass Communication*
9 310 Punjabi 32 374 Military Studies
10 341 Arabic Group-E
11 342 Persian 33 314 Biology* Examination of
these subjects
will be held
on same day
and same time.
12 343 Malayalam 34 320 Accountancy
Group-B 35 338 Introduction to Law
13 311 Mathematics 36 375 Military History
14 321 Home Science* Group-F
15 328 Psychology 37 330 Computer Science* Examination of
these subjects
will be held
on same day
and same time.
16 316 Geography* 38 331 Sociology
17 318 Economics 39 337 Tourism
18 319 Business Studies 40 373 Physical Education and Yog*
19 332 Painting*  
20 336 Data Entry Operations*
21 345 Veda Adhyan# Indian Knowledge
Tradition#
22 346 Sanskrit Vyakaran#
23 347 Bharatiya Darshan#
24 348 Sanskrit Sahitya#

Subjects with * have theory as well as practical works.

# In the Certificate, mention of "Indian Knowledge Tradition" will be made on successful completion of above four subjects along with Sanskrit Language subject at Senior Secondary level. These subjects are available in Sanskrit medium only.

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