1.1 Features and Flexibilities
1.2. English subject in Group-A is mandatory for the Intermediate course.
1.3. If you wish to use the SSC certificate for higher studies: it is in your own interest that you keep in mind the requirements of the Board you wish to join after passing the Secondary Course.
For example, the Board of Intermediate Education requires a specific subject combination for admission to the Junior Colleges affiliated with it i.e., one Indian Language, English, Mathematics, General Science, and Social Studies. In such a case, you are required to choose the subjects of study accordingly
For joining in Intermediate (Science subject combination) of Telangana Open School one should have studied the above subjects at the SSC level.
1.4 Combination of Academic and Vocational Courses: In order to make the course more meaningful, a number of Vocational subjects are also offered in combination with academic subjects at SSC/ Intermediate level (Refer Table 1).
1.5 Continuous Assessment: During your course of study, you can know your progress through Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs: Total 3 per subject). Submission of all TMAs in each subject is compulsory, otherwise, you may not be permitted for the Public Examination, and/or your result may be declared as “INCOMPLETE”.
1.6 Flexible Scheme of Examination: Public Examinations are held twice in a year. Nine examination chances are offered for a learner in five years. Learners have to appear for the first examination only after completion of the first academic year of their admission. Thereafter, you are permitted to appear in every half-year public examination (Supplementary Examination) during the remaining four-year registration period. Normally, public examinations in a year will be held in April / May and October / November tentatively. Learners admitted to Intermediate courses must ensure that for the purpose of obtaining a certificate in Intermediate course, a two-year gap is essential from the year of passing the SSC examination. If a candidate seeking admission again within five years of his/ her admission is deemed to be cancelled for both SSC / Intermediate.
1.7 Credit Accumulation: You can choose to appear in any one or more subjects in any examination and earn credits which will be accumulated till all five subjects required for certification are successfully completed within the period of 5 years of registration.
1.8 Transfer of Credit: You can avail of the facility of Transfer of Credit (TOC) to a maximum of two subjects passed from other Boards of Secondary Education/ Board of Intermediate Education, recognized by COBSE, provided those subjects are also available in Open Schools scheme of studies. TOC is permitted as per the conditions given in section 2.4.
1.9 Validity of Admission: Your admission is valid for five years from the date of Registration. For Public Examination at SSC / Intermediate level, you may take nine or less than nine chances to successfully complete the course during this period.
1.10 SSC/Intermediate Certificate Holders of other Boards should not enroll once again for SSC/Intermediate of Telangana Open School: Persons who have already passed SSC/Intermediate from any other Board of Secondary Education/Intermediate Education of Telangana or from other states should not enroll for SSC/Intermediate Course of Telangana Open School for any reason. On the contrary, if anyone enrolls and passes SSC/Intermediate from Open School suppressing the information that they have already passed SSC/Intermediate from another Board, their SSC/Intermediate pass certificates will be cancelled.
1.11 SSC Scheme of Studies The Scheme of Studies for the Secondary Course is shown in Table-1 under this section. For obtaining an SSC pass certificate, you are required to pass in a minimum of five subjects including two languages from Group A and three subjects from Group B. You can opt for one Vocational subject, from Group C. To simplify further, the choice of subjects can be done as follows. To simplify further, the choice of subjects can be done as follows.
GROUP – A( Select any 2 Languages only) |
GROUP – B( Select any 1 subject each |
GROUP – c |
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201 Hindi 202-English 204-Marathi 205-Telugu 206-Urdu 208-Kannada 237-Tamil |
Combination 1 Mathematics (211) / Indian Culture & Heritage (223)/ Business Studies (215). Combination 2 Science & Technology (212)/ Home Science(216) Combination 3 Social Studies ( 213)/ Psychology(222)/ Economics(214) |
822 Tailoring, Designing & Dress Making 841-Cell Phone Mechanism 842-Electrician and house wiring 844-Welding 206-Urdu 845-Masonry 846-Carpentry 851-Computer Course 853-Pre-School Teacher Training 863-Automobile Mechanism 870-Beautician & Health Care |
GROUP – A |
GROUP – B |
GROUP – c |
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301 Hindi 302 English – Compulsory 305 Telugu 306 Urdu 310 Arabic |
311 Mathematics 312 Physics* 313Chemistry* 314 Biology* 315History 316 Geography 317 Political Science/ (Civics) 318 Economics 319 Commerce/ Business Studies 320 Accountancy 321 Home Science * 328 Psychology 331 Sociology 335 Mass Communication |
404 Early Childhood Care &Education * 426 Apparel Fashion Designing * 430 Computer Science * 460 Hotel Front Office Operation * 462 Soil and Fertilizer Management * |
Note:
1.) Subjects with Asterisk (*) have theory as well as practical work.
2.) Subjects offered through nios senior secondary and secondary
Secondary Level |
Senior Secondary Level |
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* Two additional subjects can be taken from either of the two groups with additional fees as per NIOS norms. |
* Two additional subjects can be taken from any group (only one subject from each group C, D, E and F) with additional fee as per NIOS norms. |
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# There will be a mention of "Indian Knowledge Tradition" on the certificate upon successful completion of above four subjects along with Sanskrit Language subject at Secondary/Senior Secondary level. These subjects are available in Sanskrit medium only. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note 1: Subjects with asterisk *have theory as well as practical work. Note 2 : The learner has the option to choose one subject only from each of Group C, D, E and F |