Secondary Certificate is equivalent to the Xth standard. Eligibility for taking admission to Secondary Programme is minimum 14 years of age as on 31st August for those who want to take the first exam in April-May and 28/29 February for those who want to take their first exam in October-November. There is no restriction on choice of subjects and combinations, except that minimum one language has to be taken. Learners can choose their subjects from the BOSSE List of Subjects as given below:
Group A (Language Subjects)
SR. NO.
CODE
SUBJECT
1
101
Hindi
2
102
English
3
103
Urdu
4
104
Sanskrit
5
105
Bangali
6
106
Punjabi
7
107
Assamese
8
108
Nepali
9
109
Odia
10
110
kannada
11
111
Malayalam
12
112
Tamil
13
113
Telugu
Group B (Non Language Subjects)
SR. NO.
CODE
SUBJECT
1
101
Mathematics*
2
102
Science & Technology*
3
103
Social Science
4
104
Economics
5
105
Business Studies
6
106
Home Science*
7
107
Psychology*
8
108
Indian Culture & Heritage*
9
109
Accountancy*
10
110
Painting*
11
111
Date Entry Operations*
12
112
Tamil*
Learners have to choose five subjects with at least one and maximum two Language Subjects from Group A and the remaining subjects from Group B.
Two additional subjects can be taken from either of the two groups with additional fees as per BOSSE norms.
Subjects with asterisk* have theory as well as practical.
