To provide accurate knowledge of the most significant events and
personalities of the period under study, in sequence and in context.
To familiarize candidates with factual evidence upon which explanations
or judgements about the period must be founded.
To develop an understanding of the existence of problems and relevance
of evidence of explanations.
To develop the capacity to marshal facts and evaluate evidence and to
discuss issues from a historical point of view.
To develop the capacity to read historical views in the light of new
evidence or new interpretation of evidence.
To foster a sense of historical continuity.
To encourage diminution of ethnocentric prejudices and to develop a more
international approach to world history.
To develop the ability to express views and arguments clearly using
correct terminology of the subject.
To familiarise candidates with various types of historical evidence and
to provide some awareness of the problems involved in evaluating different
kinds of source materials.
1. To provide candidates with a wider course in Literature in English than
offered in the compulsory English paper.
2. To expose candidates to a deeper knowledge and appreciation of literary works
in English.
CLASS XI
There will be one paper of three hours duration of 100 marks with questions
set from the prescribed textbooks. Candidates will be required to answer five
questions on a minimum of three of the prescribed textbooks.
CLASS XII
There will be one paper of three hours duration of 100 marks with questions
set from the prescribed textbooks. Candidates will be required to answer five
questions on a minimum of three of the prescribed textbooks.
(Candidates opting for a Modern Foreign Language as a Second Language in
Group I may not opt for the same language under Modern Foreign Languages in
Group II and Group III).
Aims:
To develop and integrate the use of the four language skills i.e.
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To use the language effectively and appropriately on topics of everyday
life situations.
To develop an interest in the appreciation of German.
To develop an intercultural awareness.
To enhance the ability of the candidates to express their ideas and
feelings in their own words and for them to understand the use of correct
language.
To appreciate the language as an effective means of communication.
To understand language when spoken at normal conversational speed in
everyday life situations.
To understand the basic structural patterns of the language, vocabulary
and constructions.
(Candidates opting for a Modern Foreign Language as a Second Language in
Group I may not opt for the same language under Modern Foreign Languages in
Group II and Group III).
Aims:
To develop and integrate the use of the four language skills i.e.
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To use the language effectively and appropriately on topics of everyday
life situations.
To develop an interest in the appreciation of French.
To develop an intercultural awareness.
To enhance the ability of the candidates to express their ideas and
feelings in their own words and for them to understand the use of correct
language.
To appreciate the language as an effective means of communication.
To understand language when spoken at normal conversational speed in
everyday life situations.
To understand the basic structural patterns of the language, vocabulary
and constructions.
