Home Curriculum   SchemeScheme of Studies for class VIII A. SUBJECTS TO BE STUDIED 1. Languages:
(a) First Language/(MotherTongue)
        Odia / Bengali / Urdu / Telugu / Hindi / Alternative English (b) Second Language : English/Hindi
     (i)  English for those who do not offer English as their First Language.
     (ii) Hindi for those who offer English as their First Language. (c) Third Language : Hindi/Odia
     (i) Hindi for those who offer Odia as their First Language.
     (ii) Odia for those who offer English or Hindi as their First Language.
     (iii) Odia or Hindi, to be opted by the pupils for those who offer Urdu/Bengali/ Telugu as their First Language. (d) Classical Language :Sanskrit/Persian
     (i) Sanskrit for those who offer Odia, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu as their First Language.
     (ii) Persian for those who offer Urdu as their First Language.
     (iii) Those who offer Higher English Alternative English as their First Language will not offer a classical language.
2. Mathematics 3. Science 4. Social Sciences 5. Work Experience 6. Art Education 7. Health & Physical Education. B. TIME ALLOCATION FOR DIFFERENT SUBJECTS Instructional time will be atleast 200 working days and each day will comprise 6 (Six) teaching hours.

No. of periods of instruction per day	=	8 (eight)
Duration of each period	=	40 minutes
Each day the instruction time will be utilised as follows
Prayer and Roll call	=	10 minutes
8 periods (40 minutes each)	=	320 minutes'
Recess	=	30 minutes
360 minutes	=	6 hours

A working week will have six full working days with 8 periods of instruction each day, There will be 48 periods in all per week.