The Secondary School Certificate, also known as SSC, is a public examination (for class X) taken by students in Bangladesh, Pakistan and in the states of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Goa in India after successfully completing at least ten years of schooling.
The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) is a certification obtained by a student on successful completion of an examination at the end of study at the secondary schooling (class X) level in India. Boards of education that administer the SSLC examination are the Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education and the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board.
In the princely State of Mysore, the first Government High School was started in 1858 in Bangalore, affiliated to the University of Madras and later, the Mission schools. The Secondary Education consisted of two stages - Middle Schools stage and High School state. The District Boards started a number of High Schools, and after re-organisation, the term Secondary Education gained a different connotation.
The Indian system of education fundamentally consists of five years of primary schooling, followed by five years of secondary schooling. The SSC or SSLC is obtained by passing a public examination, i.e., an examination that has been formulated by the regional board of education that the school is affiliated with, it is the key factor in obtaining admission to a higher secondary school of choice.
The predominant functions of the each of the state board curriculi and functions involve providing trained teachers for good academic guidance, Preparation of curricula and syllabi, bridging gaps between the methods and techniques advocated in training and the actual classroom practices. The boards also co-ordinate with national and international organisations in academic programmes to further streamline their curriculi as per the latest developing standards.
The curriculum includes the learning of 3 languages along with mathematics, science and social studies as the compulsory subjects. Students are given the option to choose among the languages based on the regional language of the state. The medium of these schools is mostly English throughout the country.
Some schools offer extra co-curricular activities such as arts, sports, NCC, social service, training for competitive exams and eco clubs.
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