Subjects discontinued by CBSE for class 9 10 11 and 12

CBSE had recently announced the syllabus for year 2018 – 2019. In the syllabus CBSE has made major changes this time, one of the biggest one being removal of certain subjects. This is in line with the governments initiative to reduce syllabus for students which will help to reduce stress amongst students.

The major changes have been announced for class 9th, 10th and 12th respectively. Some of the subjects have been discontinued but the current batch of students can, however, appear for exams of the subjects being discontinued of they have studied it in the academic session. The courses will be discontinued from CBSE schools across the country

CBSE has decided to discontinue the English Communicative (EC) course for Class 9 and 10 along with three other subjects namely Information and Communication Technology, ePublishing and eOffice. Meanwhile, for class 12th students the English Elective subject has been removed from the course along with Multimedia and Web Technology and Dance Mohiniyattam.

Here is the list of subjects being discontinued by the CBSE:

Class 9 and 10:

English Communicative (Paper Code 101)

Information and Communication Technology (Paper code 166)

ePublishing (Paper code 354)

eOffice (paper code 454)

Class 12

English Elective (Paper Code 101)

Multimedia and Web Technology (Paper code 067)

Dance Mohiniyattam (Paper code 062)

The removal of subjects will leave the students and schools with English Language & Literature (ELL) as the only mandatory subject. However, the class 10 students as per the CBSE announcements can take up the English Communicative subject if they have studied it in the ongoing academic session.