They are termed as the “Board Exams”. In both these grades, there’s just one exam in the whole year. The whole year is spent trying to prepare students for just that one exam. Until the tenth grade, every student has to study every subject, i.e. – Mathematics; Science; Social Science, which comprises of History, Geography, Political Science and Economics; English; and either Hindi or Sanskrit. After getting the tenth-grade results, the students are allowed to choose which stream they want to pursue a career in. The streams are – The Science Stream, i.e. either Computer Science or a Biology stream; The Arts Stream, i.e. for people who wish to study history or geography or any of the other subjects of social science; and The Economics Stream, i.e. for people who want to study business or finance. Not everyone is allowed to choose the Science Stream in India. Only students with more than a certain percentage are allowed to choose the science stream. The other students have to choose something between the other two streams available. This is because Mathematics and Science subjects are given lot more importance than the Arts subjects. Science
They are termed as the “Board Exams”. In both these grades, there’s just one exam in the whole year. The whole year is spent trying to prepare students for just that one exam. Until the tenth grade, every student has to study every subject, i.e. – Mathematics; Science; Social Science, which comprises of History, Geography, Political Science and Economics; English; and either Hindi or Sanskrit. After getting the tenth-grade results, the students are allowed to choose which stream they want to pursue a career in. The streams are – The Science Stream, i.e. either Computer Science or a Biology stream; The Arts Stream, i.e. for people who wish to study history or geography or any of the other subjects of social science; and The Economics Stream, i.e. for people who want to study business or finance. Not everyone is allowed to choose the Science Stream in India. Only students with more than a certain percentage are allowed to choose the science stream. The other students have to choose something between the other two streams available. This is because Mathematics and Science subjects are given lot more importance than the Arts subjects. Science