NBSE Class 10 Routine 2023
December 14, 202139 Insightful Publications
NBSE or the Nagaland Board of Secondary Education was set up through an Act by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in 1973. The headquarters of the NBSE board is in Kohima. The body consists of a Chairman, ex-officio members, co-opted members and other members appointed by the state of Nagaland. The NBSE Board started functioning from the 1st of October 1974, and in the year 1975, the NBSE Board held its first High School Leaving Certificate Examination at 6 (six) centres, for around 2008 (two thousand and eight) candidates.
The first Class 9 examination was held in 1988 across all the recognised schools of the NBSE Board. Classes 8 and 9 examinations were decentralised and the NBSE Board started to set and supply all the question papers.
The NBSE ( Amendment ) Act 1990 empowers the NBSE Board to conduct the higher secondary school leaving certificate examination under three streams- Science, Arts and Commerce. So, the schools affiliated to the NBSE board can start higher secondary education under the state board.
The Board has also been carrying out other functions like:
a) Giving guidance and suggestions to the state government on development and improvement of school education;
b) Adopting new reforms in examinations and evaluation practices in the schools affiliated by the board;
c) Inspecting schools to ascertain attainment of standards and evaluation procedures;
d) Organising seminars, workshops for teachers and heads of different institutions to upskill themselves.
Curriculum:
The evaluation process in the state’s NBSE board affiliated schools changed in the year 2007 when the Board introduced Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). Under this assessment, apart from the academic achievements, the achievements of the students in non-academic areas are also taken into account.
As per the guidelines of the Nagaland Board of Education, the performance and growth are evaluated by Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) through Formative Assessments (FA) and Summative Assessments (SA). Evaluation is based on three core subjects, i.e., Mathematics, Science, Social science and two languages. One of the languages is English.
The Nagaland Board of Education also gives equal importance to co-curricular activities. According to the Nagaland Board of Education guidelines, the examination is conducted in two terms, and its weightage is given below:
Assessment (%) | |||
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Formative Assessment (FA) | Summative Assessments (SA) | Total (%) | |
Term I | 10% | 40% | 50% |
Term II | 10% | 40% | 50% |
Total | 20% | 80% | 100% |
Scholastic Areas
Formative Assessment (FA): Formative assessment includes not only the pen-paper tests but also testing through quizzes, interviews, visual testings, assignments, practicals, oral testings, projects, puzzles, group activities, etc.
Summative Assessment (SA): Under this assessment process, the students will be examined based on the syllabus and curriculum of the Nagaland Board of Education Class 8.
Co-scholastic Areas
The Nagaland Board of Education believes that co-scholastic skills are as important as scholastic skills. Hence, these skills will also be assessed for the students. Co-scholastic skills include Health and Physical Education, Attitude and Values, Aesthetic Skills, Participation and Achievement in Literary and Creative Skills.
The exams of Nagaland Board class 8 are conducted for 3 hours or 180 minutes, each.
The chapters included in the syllabus of Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 Mathematics are tabulated below:
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Chapter 1 | Rational Numbers |
Chapter 2 | Linear Equation in One Variable |
Chapter 3 | Understanding Quadrilaterals |
Chapter 4 | Practical Geometry |
Chapter 5 | Data Handling |
Chapter 6 | Square and Square Roots |
Chapter 7 | Cube and Cube Roots |
Chapter 8 | Comparing Quantities |
Chapter 9 | Algebraic Expressions and Identities |
Chapter 10 | Visualising Solid Shapes |
Chapter 11 | Mensuration |
Chapter 12 | Exponents and Powers |
Chapter 13 | Direct and Indirect Proportions |
Chapter 14 | Factorisation |
Chapter 15 | Introduction to Graphs |
Chapter 16 | Playing with Numbers |
As mentioned above, the Nagaland Board of Education recommends NCERT books. As per the NCERT textbook of Science for Class 8, the different chapters included in the syllabus for Class 8 Science are tabulated below:
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Chapter 1 | Crop Production and Management |
Chapter 2 | Microorganisms: Friend or Foe |
Chapter 3 | Synthetic Fibres and Plastics |
Chapter 4 | Materials: Metals and Non-Metals |
Chapter 5 | Coal and Petroleum |
Chapter 6 | Combustion and Flame |
Chapter 7 | Conservation of Plants and Animals |
Chapter 8 | Cell – Structure and Functions |
Chapter 9 | Reproduction in Animals |
Chapter 10 | Reaching the Age of Adolescence |
Chapter 11 | Force and Pressure |
Chapter 12 | Friction |
Chapter 13 | Sound |
Chapter 14 | Chemical Effects of Electric Current |
Chapter 15 | Some Natural Phenomena |
Chapter 16 | Lights |
Chapter 17 | Stars and The Solar System |
Chapter 18 | Pollution of Air and Water |
The Nagaland Board Class 8 History syllabus is as follows:
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Chapter 1 | How, When and Where |
Chapter 2 | From Trade to Territory |
Chapter 3 | Ruling the Countryside |
Chapter 4 | Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of the Golden Age |
Chapter 5 | When People Rebel |
Chapter 6 | Colonialism and the City |
Chapter 7 | Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners |
Chapter 8 | Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation |
Chapter 9 | Women, Caste and Reform |
Chapter 10 | The Changing World of Visual Arts |
Chapter 11 | The Making of the National Movement 1870s-1945 |
Chapter 12 | India after Independence |
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Chapter 1 | Resources |
Chapter 2 | Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resources |
Chapter 3 | Mineral and Power Resources |
Chapter 4 | Agriculture |
Chapter 5 | Industries |
Chapter 6 | Human Resources |
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Unit One: The Indian Constitution and Secularism | |
Chapter 1 | The Indian Constitution |
Chapter 2 | Understanding Secularism |
Unit Two: Parliament and the Making of Laws | |
Chapter 3 | Why do we need a Parliament? |
Chapter 4 | Understanding Laws |
Unit Three: The Judiciary | |
Chapter 5 | Judiciary |
Chapter 6 | Understanding Our Criminal Justice System |
Unit Four: Social Justice and the Marginalised | |
Chapter 7 | Understanding Marginalism |
Chapter 8 | Confronting Marginalism |
Unit Five: Economic Presence of the Government | |
Chapter 9 | Public Facilities |
Chapter 10 | Law and Social Justice |
English Syllabus for Class 8 Nagaland Board is divided into two parts:
a. English Literature, and
b. English Grammar & Composition
The Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 English Literature section is based on a main textbook of English and a Supplementary Reader in English. Let us see what all are included in each of the two books.
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Chapter 1 | The Best Christmas Present in the World |
Poem | The Ant and the Cricket |
Chapter 2 | The Tsunami |
Poem | Geography Lesson |
Chapter 3 | Glimpses of the Past |
Poem | Macavity: The Mystery Cat |
Chapter 4 | Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory |
Poem | The Last Bargain |
Chapter 5 | The Summit Within |
Poem | The School Boy |
Chapter 6 | This is Jody’s Fawn |
Poem | The Duck and the Kangaroos |
Chapter 7 | A Visit to Cambridge |
Poem | When I set out for Lyonnesse |
Chapter 8 | A Short Monsoon Diary |
Poem | On the Grasshopper and Cricket |
Chapter 9 | The Great Stone Face – I |
Chapter 10 | The Great Stone Face – II |
Chapter Number | Chapter Name |
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Chapter 1 | How the Camel got his Hump |
Chapter 2 | Children at work |
Chapter 3 | The Selfish Giant |
Chapter 4 | The Treasure within |
Chapter 5 | Princess September |
Chapter 6 | The Fight |
Chapter 7 | The Open Window |
Chapter 8 | Jalebis |
Chapter 9 | The Comet – I |
Chapter 10 | The Comet – II |
This section is also subdivided into two parts – English Grammar and English Composition (Writing). The detailed syllabus of these two sections of Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 are as under:
English Grammar Syllabus for Nagaland Board of Education Class 8:
The Class 8 English grammar syllabus 2022 has the following topics:
Unit Number | Unit Name |
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a | Order of Words and Clauses |
b | Direct and Indirect Speech |
c | Active and Passive Voice |
d | Tenses |
e | Noun |
f | Pronoun |
g | Verb |
h | Adverb |
i | Prepositions |
j | Conjunction |
k | Phrases and Idioms |
l | Vocabulary |
m | Comprehension Reading |
This section tests your writing skills in English. The English Composition syllabus has the following topics:
Number | Name |
---|---|
a | Notice |
b | Story |
c | Formal and Informal Letters |
d | Diary Entry |
e | Essay |
Blueprint for Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 Mathematics
Chapter Level Marks Weightage for Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 Mathematics | ||
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Chapters | Name of the Chapters | Weightage (Marks) |
Chapter 1 | Rational Numbers | 8(5) |
Chapter 2 | Linear Equation in One Variable | 6(3) |
Chapter 3 | Understanding Quadrilaterals | |
Chapter 4 | Practical Geometry | 4(1) |
Chapter 5 | Data Handling | 1(1) |
Chapter 6 | Square and Square Roots | 5(3) |
Chapter 7 | Cube and Cube Roots | |
Chapter 8 | Comparing Quantities | |
Chapter 9 | Algebraic Expressions and Identities | 6(3) |
Chapter 10 | Visualising Solid Shapes | 6(4) |
Chapter 11 | Mensuration | 9(4) |
Chapter 12 | Exponents and Powers | 8(4) |
Chapter 13 | Direct and Indirect Proportions | 8(3) |
Chapter 14 | Factorisation | 6(2) |
Chapter 15 | Introduction to Graphs | 9(4) |
Chapter 16 | Playing with Numbers | 4(3) |
Total | 80(40) |
Blueprint for Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 Science:
Chapter Level Marks Weightage for Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 Science | ||
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Chapters | Name of the Chapters | Weightage (Marks) |
Chapter 1 | Crop Production and Management | 3(1) |
Chapter 2 | Microorganisms: Friend or Foe | 4(2) |
Chapter 3 | Synthetic Fibres and Plastics | |
Chapter 4 | Materials: Metals and Non-Metals | 5(1) |
Chapter 5 | Coal and Petroleum | 3(1) |
Chapter 6 | Combustion and Flame | |
Chapter 7 | Conservation of Plants and Animals | |
Chapter 8 | Cell – Structure and Functions | 6(2) |
Chapter 9 | Reproduction in Animals | 7(3) |
Chapter 10 | Reaching the Age of Adolescence | 6(4) |
Chapter 11 | Force and Pressure | 3(1) |
Chapter 12 | Friction | |
Chapter 13 | Sound | 7(3) |
Chapter 14 | Chemical Effects of Electric Current | 7(3) |
Chapter 15 | Some Natural Phenomena | 8(4) |
Chapter 16 | Lights | 7(3) |
Chapter 17 | Stars and The Solar System | 6(4) |
Chapter 18 | Pollution of Air and Water | 8(4) |
Total | 80(36) |
Subject-wise Marks Weightage for Nagaland Board of Education Class 8 Social Science | ||
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History |
From trade to territory |
27 Marks |
When people rebel | ||
Weavers iron smelters and factory owners | ||
Civilising the native and educating the nation | ||
Women caste and reform | ||
The making of national movement | ||
India after independence | ||
Geography |
Resources |
26 Marks |
Industries | ||
Human resources | ||
Political Science |
The Indian Constitution |
27 Marks |
Why do we need a Parliament? | ||
Understanding our criminal justice system | ||
Understanding marginalisation | ||
Confronting marginalisation | ||
Public facilities | ||
Law and social justice | ||
Total | 80 |
SECTION | TYPE OF QUESTIONS | VSA- MCQ/ OBJECTIVE TYPE |
SA | LA | MARKS | TOTAL |
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A-READING | A factual passage with eight questions, out of which one will test vocabulary | 1(8)(MCQ) | 8 | |||
A literary passage with 12 questions, out of which three will test vocabulary | 1(4)(MCQ) | 2(4) | 12 | 20 | ||
B-WRITING & GRAMMAR | Notice/Bio Sketch(50 words)Answer anyone out of the two questions given. | 4(1) | 4 | |||
Letter writing(Formal/Informal) OR Article Writing(100- 120 words)Answer anyone out of the two questions given. | 7(1) | 7 | ||||
Story writing based on a verbal stimulus(120-150 words) Answer anyone out of the two questions given. | 7(1) | 7 | ||||
Gap Filling-(with determiners, tenses, reported speech, prepositions, phrasal verbs etc.) | 1(4)(MCQ) | 4 | ||||
Edit the passage-Error correction | 1(4) | 4 | ||||
Sentence reordering | 1(4) | 4 | 30 | |||
C-LITERATURE | An extract from a poem(Answer any one out of two extracts given) |
1(3) | 3 | |||
An extract from the prose (Honey Dew)(Answer anyone out of the two extracts given) | 1(3) | 3 | ||||
Comprehension questions from Honey Dew. Answer any five out of the seven questions given. |
2(5) | 10 | ||||
Comprehension questions from It so Happened. Answer any four out of the six questions given. |
2(4) | 8 | ||||
Value-based question from Honey Dew/It So Happened(Extrapolatory) Answer anyone out of the two questions given. | 6(1) | 6 | 30 |
For chapters in Science, the students can do the following practicals/ experiments and models:
Chapter | Experiments |
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Food |
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Materials |
(a) Disappearance of common salt on dissolving in water
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The World of the Living |
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Moving Things, People and Ideas |
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How Things Work |
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Natural Phenomena |
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Natural Resources |
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Counselling is important as it helps students to explore their strengths and weaknesses and enables them to deal better. Examinations are an important part of the education and learning journey. The students are evaluated based on academic and co-scholastic areas.
Parents and guardians should be understanding and must have achievable expectations from their wards.
Q. Were board examinations conducted for Class 8 in 2020?
Ans: For the year 2020, due to the lockdown and the corona crisis, the board conducted a final SA for Class 8 for a total of 80 marks, and the rest 20 marks were internally assessed by the respective schools.
Q. What is the syllabus of Class 8 NBSE?
Ans: The Class 8 syllabus includes topics from Science (physics, chemistry and biology), Mathematics, Social Science (history, geography and political science) and the languages like English, Hindi along with any other regional language which can be selected by the student.
Q. What are the subjects in NBSE Class 8?
Ans: NBSE Class 8 consists of three core subjects: Science, Social Science, and Mathematics and two language subjects: English and others that can be chosen from the list of the language subjects. It can also contain regional languages.
Q. Was there any change in the Class 8 syllabus for 2020-21?
Ans: Yes, due to the lockdown and the corona crisis, the syllabus of 2020-21 was reduced.
Q. How to download the latest Class 8 syllabus for the 2022-2023 academic year?
Ans: Students can download the Class 8 NBSE syllabus from the official website as well as from Embibe.
Q. When will he Class 8 annual exams be conducted?
Ans: The exams are expected to take place from March 7 to 19, 2022.
Q. Where can I download the timetable of Class 8 exam from?
Ans: Students can download the timetable for the annual exams of Class 8 from the official website of NBSE.
Q. Were board examinations conducted for Class 8 in 2020?
Ans: For the year 2020, due to the lockdown and the corona crisis, the board conducted a final SA for Class 8 for a total of 80 marks, and the rest 20 marks were internally assessed by the respective schools.
Q. What is the syllabus of Class 8 NBSE?
Ans: The Class 8 syllabus includes topics from Science (physics, chemistry and biology), Mathematics, Social Science (history, geography and political science) and the languages like English, Hindi along with any other regional language which can be selected by the student.
Q. What are the subjects in NBSE Class 8?
Ans: NBSE Class 8 consists of three core subjects: Science, Social Science, and Mathematics and two language subjects: English and others that can be chosen from the list of the language subjects. It can also contain regional languages.
Q. Was there any change in the Class 8 syllabus for 2020-21?
Ans: Yes, due to the lockdown and the corona crisis, the syllabus of 2020-21 was reduced.
Q. How to download the latest Class 8 syllabus for the 2022-2023 academic year?
Ans: Students can download the Class 8 NBSE syllabus from the official website as well as from Embibe.
Q. When will he Class 8 annual exams be conducted?
Ans: The exams are expected to take place from March 7 to 19, 2022.
Q. Where can I download the timetable of Class 8 exam from?
Ans: Students can download the timetable for the annual exams of Class 8 from the official website of NBSE.
Sl No. | School Name |
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1 | Rüzhükhrie Govt. Higher Secondary Arts, Commerce & School, Kohima – 797001. |
2 | Govt. Higher Secondary School, Arts Tseminyu – 797109. |
3 | Govt. Higher Secondary School, Arts & Commerce Seikhazou, Kohima – 797001. |
4 | T.M. Govt. Higher Secondary School, Arts Post Box No. 74, Kohima – 797001. |
5 | Govt. Higher Secondary School, Arts & Commerce Jotsoma, P.O. Science College Jotsoma – 797002. |
6 | Govt. High School, Chunlikha |
7 | Govt. High School, Sendenyu, |
8 | Govt. High School, Botsa, P.O. Chiechama – 797105 |
9 | Govt. High School, Kigwema, B.P.O. Kigwema, P.O. Kohima – 797001. |
10 | Govt. High School, Khuzama, P.O. Kohima -797001 |
11 | . Govt. High School, Chandmari, Kohima – 797001 |
12 | . Govt. High School, Rüsoma, P.O. Kohima – 797001 |
13 | Govt. High School, Zhadima, P.O. Chiephobozou, Kohima – 797001 |
14 | Govt. High School, Nerhema, Nerhe Model, Kohima-797001 |
15 | Mezhür Higher Secondary School, Arts & Science Midland, Kohima – 797001. |
16 | Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Arts & Science Post Box No.124, Kohima – 797001 |
17 | Baptist High, Science Mission Compound, Kohima – 797001 |
In this competitive world, exams are one of the important methods to bring out students' interests and potential. We have school level examinations for promotion to the next grade based on Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). We also have many other examinations apart from these conventional school level examinations in which students can take part and show their talents and skills.
Some of the competitive exams for which Class 8 students can appear are:
Competitive exams for which Class 8thstudents can start preparing for are:
It is always important to learn concepts using their relevance in the real world. When concepts are viewed from the real-world perspective, their utility and importance become clearer to students. This increases the interest of students in different subjects. Therefore it is very important to have experiments, practicals, group activities and field trips.
Coding: In this modern world, we have computers, and skills like coding and data analysis have become the most in-demand skills. In Class 8 NBSE Board, Computer Science is an important subject that lays down the foundation of coding.
Do It Yourself (DIY): This is a creative and innovative learning method through practical activities and projects. Language subjects like English and Hindi can be taught through drama and debates; many Social Science topics can be taught and explained through debate, survey, fieldwork, etc. Science can be explained via different experiments and field studies, etc. Similarly, many mathematical topics like profit, loss, measuring the area, etc., could be taught to students by doing different activities. The Embibe app provides DIY for every grade, subject, and chapter to make learning a lot more joyful and interesting.