Can you provide me the syllabus of HSC General Subject - English – as offered by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education?

[Sumit Bhardwaj]

The syllabus of HSC General Subject - English – as offered by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is as follows:

Introduction
The curriculum for the subject of English at Std. XI and Std. XII has been prepared bearing in mind the curriculum of English for the classes I to X in Maharashtra, the National Curriculum Framework & State Curriculum Framework, the curriculums of English in the other states of India, current thinking in curriculum development and curriculum implementation, and the views/opinions expressed by teachers on the existing curriculum frame work. Characteristic Features of the new curriculum

1. In pursuance of the existing policy of the State Government, a common course in the subject of English has been designed for the learners from the English medium and the Non-English medium schools.

2. The course offers opportunities for remediation, consolidation and extension of the language skills already learnt.

3. The course endeavors to meet the functional (communicative), literary (aesthetic) and cultural (integrative) needs of the learner.

4. The course provides opportunities for meeting the linguistic needs of the vocational as well as the academic stream. It aims at preparing the learner linguistically to undertake different professional courses like Medicine, Engineering and to pursue different types of undergraduate courses in various streams such as Science, Law, Commerce, Humanities, Agriculture, etc. It also aims at helping the learner to face the wider world of work.

Syllabus of HSC General Subject - English Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education