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Grade 10

Secondary stage · NCF Secondary · SSEB levels 12–13

Draft on the approved Grade-7 pattern — under academic review

Method for this stage: Source → Analysis → Comparison → Project. The Secondary Certificate year — sources handled with discipline, examined by the board.

Sanatan Gyan ज्ञान

Unit: Upanishads: two studied

Topics

  • Isha and selected Katha passages read whole in translation
  • The mahavakyas met with their home texts named
  • Two commentarial readings of one passage
  • The certificate essay: one question, sources cited

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Summarise both studied texts from the text
  • Attribute the studied mahavakyas correctly
  • Contrast two commentarial readings fairly
  • Write the certificate essay with citations

Activities · Assessment

Close reading · Commentary contrast · Essay workshop
Assessed by: Board-pattern source questions + essay

Sources

PSIsha Upanishad; Katha selections; commentaries named, in translation ASUpanishad and commentary scholarship GONCF Secondary guidance; KTPI precedent SSEBText pairing and essay design

Further units this grade

The Gita and the Upanishads in conversation

Sanskrit & Bharatiya Bhasha भाषा

Unit: Grammar in service of texts

Topics

  • The studied texts' grammar consolidated
  • Unseen passage method: gloss, parse, translate
  • Ten memorised verses with full understanding
  • The certificate translation paper prepared

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Translate a prepared-level unseen with the method
  • Recite and explain the ten verses
  • Sit the board-pattern translation paper

Activities · Assessment

Unseen drills · Verse mastery · Past-pattern papers
Assessed by: Board-pattern translation + recitation

Sources

PSThe studied and memorised texts, named ASPhilology pedagogy GOCBSE Sanskrit (secondary) alignment SSEBThe unseen method

Further units this grade

Composition: four correct sentences of one's own

Darshana & Viveka दर्शन

Unit: Sankhya, Yoga — and the neighbours

Topics

  • Sankhya's map of experience, studied
  • Yoga as Sankhya's practice-partner
  • Buddhist and Jain positions met accurately
  • One disputed question argued from three seats

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Present Sankhya's categories accurately
  • Explain the Sankhya-Yoga partnership
  • State the neighbouring positions fairly
  • Argue the disputed question from three positions

Activities · Assessment

Category mapping · Three-seat debates
Assessed by: Comparative essay + debate

Sources

PSSankhya and Yoga frameworks; neighbouring schools named ASComparative-philosophy scholarship GOKTPI philosophical-systems precedent SSEBThe three-seats method

Further units this grade

Vedanta ahead

Dharma & Ethics धर्म

Unit: Indian political thought

Topics

  • Arthashastra read in selection, in translation
  • Danda, kosha, durga: the state's instruments as the text gives them
  • Rajadharma texts beside the Arthashastra's realism
  • A modern policy examined with old questions

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Summarise the read Arthashastra selections
  • Explain the state's instruments from the text
  • Contrast idealist and realist strands with citations
  • Apply one old question to one modern policy, carefully

Activities · Assessment

Selection reading · Strand contrast · Policy exercise
Assessed by: Source-based paper

Sources

PSArthashastra selections in translation; rajadharma texts named ASPolitical-thought scholarship GOKTPI precedent; NCF civics alignment SSEBThe old-questions-modern-policy bridge

Further units this grade

The village records speak

Sanskriti & Civilisation संस्कृति

Unit: Institutions that carried the culture

Topics

  • Temple, matha, guild, gharana — four carriers studied
  • How each preserved and transmitted
  • One institution researched locally with sources
  • Continuity into the present, evidenced

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Describe the four carriers with examples
  • Present the local institution research
  • Evidence one continuity into today

Activities · Assessment

Carrier studies · Local research project
Assessed by: Research project + paper

Sources

PSThe institutions themselves; charters and records named where read ASInstitutional-history scholarship GONCF alignment SSEBThe four-carriers frame

Further units this grade

What was lost, said plainly

Bharatiya Knowledge Systems IKS

Unit: The evidence project

Topics

  • One IKS field chosen: mathematics, astronomy, medicine, agriculture, architecture or ecology
  • Its documented development researched with dated sources
  • Claims audited: supported, overstated, open
  • The certificate project written and defended

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Research the chosen field with dated evidence
  • Audit three public claims about it
  • Write and defend the certificate project

Activities · Assessment

Field research · Claim audit · Defence
Assessed by: Certificate project + viva

Sources

PSThe field's named primary texts and artefacts ASField-specific scholarship GOKTPI modules as precedent; IKS Division direction SSEBThe audit discipline

Further units this grade

The field carried into Grade 11 specialisation

Yoga & Swasthya स्वास्थ्य

Unit: Practice, examined

Topics

  • The matured personal practice, board-assessed
  • Yoga's history summarised from studied sources
  • Well-being claims: a critical dossier
  • Safe practice rules internalised and taught

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Pass the board practical with correct form
  • Write the sourced history summary
  • Compile the critical dossier on one claim-set
  • Demonstrate safe-teaching protocol

Activities · Assessment

Board practical · Dossier work
Assessed by: Board practical + dossier; never medical claims

Sources

PSStudied yoga-history sources, named ASYoga-studies scholarship GOCBSE Yoga precedent SSEBThe dossier method

Further units this grade

Choice ahead: Yoga Studies in Senior Secondary

Kala & Kaushal कला

Unit: Portfolio and viva

Topics

  • The discipline's certificate portfolio assembled
  • Technique, history and one's own growth documented
  • The public performance or exhibition
  • The viva: speaking about one's work

Learning outcomes — the student will

  • Assemble the complete portfolio
  • Deliver the public piece
  • Answer the viva on technique and tradition

Activities · Assessment

Portfolio · Performance · Viva
Assessed by: Board portfolio + performance + viva

Sources

PSThe discipline's tradition, named throughout ASArts-assessment scholarship GONCF arts guidance SSEBThe portfolio-viva pairing

Further units this grade

Senior specialisation chosen