Certificate Courses
The Certificate Courses in Tamil aim at providing the Tamil Language Skills envisaged in the Text books of Tamil Nadu Text Book Society (Govt. of Tamil Nadu, India) for use in classes 1-12 in the schools of Tamil Nadu. These programmes will be offered as detailed below:
I. Certificate ( classes 1 to 6 )
Certificate Course is offered at three levels:
II. Higher Certificate ( classes 7 to 12
Higher Certificate Course is offered at three levels:
1. Eligibility for Admission:
2. Duration
3. Programme and Valuation – Structure :
The structure content and valuation method of the Certificate Courses are presented in the Table below:
I. Certificate (classes 1- 6)
Paper code |
Levels |
Duration of the Course (months) |
Method of Evaluation
|
Total Marks
|
Percentage
|
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Viva Voce ( Marks) |
Visual Idendification ( Marks) |
On
Line |
Written Examination ( Marks) |
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BB00 |
Basic |
12 |
50 |
50 |
- |
100 |
200 |
100% |
BM00 |
Intermediate
|
12 |
- |
- |
50 |
75 |
125 |
100% |
BA00 |
Advanced
|
12 |
- |
- |
50 |
50 |
100 |
100% |
II. Higher Certificate (classes 7 - 12)
Paper code |
Grade |
Duration of the
Course (months) |
Method of Evaluation |
Total Wt. |
Percentage |
|
On Line Examination ( Weightage) |
Written Examination ( Weightage) |
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HG10 |
Grade 1
|
12 |
25 |
75 |
100 |
100% |
HG20 |
Grade 2
|
12 |
25 |
75 |
100 |
100% |
HG30 |
Grade 3
|
12 |
25 |
75 |
100 |
100% |
4. Examinations:
Certificate
The Examinations will have four components:
i. |
Visual identification | ![]() |
for Basic Level only |
|
ii. |
Oral Test | |||
iii. |
On-line Examination | |||
iv. |
Written Examination |
iii. On-line Examination
iv. Written Examination
Higher Certificate
Examination Pattern
The Examination will have two components
A. On line exams. - 25 Marks
B. Off line written exam. - 75 Marks
Syllabus and distribution of lessons for Exam. as follows :
Exam. type |
Lessons |
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Poetry |
Prose |
Grammar |
|
On line Exam. - 1 |
1 - 3 |
7 - 9 |
13 - 15 |
On line Exam. - 2 |
4 - 6 |
10 - 12 |
16 - 18 |
Off line written exam. |
1 - 6 |
7 - 12 |
13 - 18 |
A. On line exam:
B. Written Exam.
5. Fee Structure :
6. Certification: