Certificate Rules and Regulations

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:

• Basic Level (classes 1 & 2)
• Intermediate Level (classes 3 & 4)
• Advanced Level (classes 5 & 6)

II. Higher Certificate ( classes 7 to 12

Higher Certificate Course is offered at three levels:

• Grade 1 ( classes 7 & 8 )
• Grade 2 ( classes 9 & 10 )
• Grade 3 (classes 11 & 12)

1. Eligibility for Admission:

• There is no prerequisite to enroll in a Certificate Programme, but the minimum age limit is as follows:
  
  

  S.No

  Syllabus

  Minimum Age Limit

  Certificate Courses

  1 .

   Basic Level

  5 years

  2 .

   Intermediate Level

  7 years

  3 .

   Advanced Level

  9 years

   Higher Certificate Courses

  1 .

    Grade 1

  11 years

  2 .

    Grade 2

  13 years

  3 .

    Grade 3

  15 years
• Students are free to enroll at any Levels / Grades of the Certificate / Higher Certificate Programme, depending on the self-assessment of their own competence in the use of Tamil.

2. Duration

• Each of the Levels / Grades of the Certificate, Higher Certificate Programmes require a minimum study period of two Semesters (One Year) each.
• However, students would be permitted to take examinations at any point of time after the completion of the minimum period.

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)

II. Higher Certificate (classes 7 - 12)

iii. On-line Examination

• Those who take examaminations on-line will have a machine - made set of questions at random from the question bank. .
• The responses will be evaluated by the machine and the score will be provided immediately thereon.

iv. Written Examination

• Written Examination will be held at the Study/Contact Centres of TVU chosen by the students.
• Details of Question Paper pattern and Question Types will be communicated to the students and the Teachers of the Study / Contact Centres by the Course Coordinators.
• Examinations will be conducted once in 6 months.

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 :