CBSE Curriculum 2024-25 To Provide Aid To Class 10 Students Failing A Compulsory Subject

In an innovative move for students struggling with traditional subjects like Science, Mathematics and Social Science, the Central Board of Secondary Education has announced a new policy change. Students failing any of these 3 compulsory subjects in Class 10 will now have the option to replace it with a skill subject.

"If a student fails in any one of the three compulsory subjects, (i.e. Science, Mathematics and Social Science) and passes in the Skill Subject (offered as sixth optional subject), then that subject will be replaced by the Skill subject and the result of Class X Board examination will be computed accordingly," reads the CBSE Secondary Curriculum 2024-25.

The new curriculum further states that if a student fails in any language subject out of the first five subjects they take, it will be substituted with the language they have chosen as either the sixth subject (if no skill subjects are offered), or the seventh subject (if optional). "If a student fails in any language subject, out of the first five subjects, the same will be replaced by the language taken as sixth subject (in case of no serious skills subjects offered) or as seventh subject (optional), provided that he or she has passed this language and after replacement, either Hindi or English remains as a passed language in the first five subjects", states the new curriculum.

It further expects all students to have studied three languages up to class VIII. It was also mentioned that those who were unable to clear the third language by the end of class IX might be given another opportunity in class X.

It must also be noted that children with special needs (CWSN) are exempted from the study of the third language.

The Skill Subjects are as follows:

Retail Store Operations Assistant

Information Technology

Security

Automotive

Introduction to Financial Markets

Introduction to Tourism

Beauty and Wellness

Agriculture

Food Production

Front Office Operations

Banking and Operations

Marketing and Sales

Health Care

Apparel

Multi-Media

Multi Skill Foundation Course

Artificial Intelligence

Physical Activity Trainer (New)

Data Science

Electronics and Hardware (New) Foundation Skills for Sciences (Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology) (New)

Design Thinking and Innovation (New)