HIGHER SECONDARY FIRST YEAR / SECOND YEAR EXAMINATION

1. Conduct of Examination
2. Scheme of Examination
3. Award of Certificate
4. School Students

a) Eligibility
b) Age
c) Fees
d) Concession
e) Process
5. Direct Private Candidate
a) Eligibility
b) Age
c) Fees
d) Procedure for online registration
6. Distribution of Hall Ticket
a) For School Candidates
b) For Private Candidates

7. Online registration of applications for June Session :

8. Releasing of results
9. Provisional Certificate
10. Transparency in valuation
(a) Issue of scan copy of Answer scripts
(b) Revaluation
(c) Retotalling

Annexure – Group subjects for Direct Private Candidates

1. Conduct of Examination

Higher Secondary Examination is conducted twice in a year

1. Higher Secondary examinations, March / April

2. Higher Secondary Special Supplementary Examinations, June / July

2. Scheme of Examination

Examination will be conducted for the following subjects on the dates

fixed by the Director of Government Examinations. The syllabus and Text
Books are prescribed by the Director of School Education for 11th and 12th
Standard (State Board).
 Examination Duration Subjects
Part I 2 1/2 hours Permitted languages are :
(Language) Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu,
Malayalam, Urdu, Sanskrit, Arabic,
French and German

Part II – English 2 1/2 hours English

Part III – 4 subjects 2 1/2 hours Any four subjects from group of
General stream papers or
Vocational Stream Papers.
(List of Subjects for School
students – Group wise is hosted in
the website) (List of subjects for
Direct Private candidates – group
wise is shown in Annexure-I).

• Permitted medium for Part III subjects are Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,
Kannada, Urdu & English.

• Question papers will be provided only in Tamil and English. However

question papers for the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany,
Zoology, Mathematics, History, Commerce, Economics and
Accountancy will also be provided in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and
Urdu Medium (For 10 important subjects-6 medium is provided).

3. Award of Certificate

Candidates securing 35 marks each in all the six subjects out of 100
(even compartmentally) are eligible for award of Higher Secondary First Year /
Second Year Certificates.

Maximum marks prescribed Minimum for pass

100 marks for each subject
For subjects involving practical
Theory –70 marks
Practical – 20 marks
Internal – 10 marks
35 marks for each subject
15 marks for subject and total 35 marks
No minimum Marks but candidate
should be present in practical exams
No Minimum Marks

4. School students
a) Eligibility
A Pass in SSLC or equivalent examination. Should have of study in
a recognized School.
 b) Age
Should have attained the age of 15+ on the 31st July of the calendar
year in which the HSE First year examination is to be held.
c) Fees

Exam fees Amount

(in Rs.)
a) For groups involving subjects with practical 200/-
b) For groups involving subjects without practical 150/-
Mark Certificate 20/-
Service Charges 5/-

d) Concession
Category Concession
Tamil medium candidates All Tamil medium candidates are
exempted from paying the above
mentioned fee
SC / ST candidate Total fee exemption
MBC / OB candidates whose parental Total fee exemption
income does not exceed
Rs.2,00,000/-
Blind candidates (i)Fee exemption
(ii)Appointment of Scribe
(iii) Extra one hour time allotment for
writing the exams

Physically challenged candidates, (i)Fee exemption

Paralytic attacked candidates,
locomotor disability due to accident
Mentally Retarded candidates
(ii)Appointment of Scribe
(iii) Extra one hour time allotment for
writing the exams.
(i) Appointment of Scribe.
(ii) Extra one hour time allotment for
writing the exams.
(iii) One language (Part I or Part II)
exemption.

Deaf & Dumb candidates (i) Fee exemption

(ii) Extra one hour time allotment for
writing the exams
(iii) One language (Part I or Part II)
exemption.

Dyslexia candidates (i) Fee exemption

(ii) Extra one hour time allotment for
 writing the exams
(iii) One language (Part I or Part II)
exemption
(iv) Overlooking of spelling and
Grammatical errors.
(v) Use of calculators permitted.

The concessions permitted to differently abled candidates are as per G.O.s

mentioned in Annexure-III & IV.

e) Process

At the start of the course in XI Standard and the date fixed by the
Director of Government Examination from time to time the Head of the school
shall upload the Nominal Roll in the prescribed format in the officially
prescribed website of this Directorate, the particulars of the pupils which are
collected through Declaration forms, who will be appearing for the Public
examination conducted by the Board from their schools.

5. Direct Private Candidate (HP Type):

a) Eligibility

After issue of Notification by this Department in dailies, Higher

Secondary examination for Private candidates shall be held during March every
year. Special Supplementary Examination is being conducted during June /
July every year for candidates who have failed (any number of subjects) in
March session of the current year. Candidates applying for Higher Secondary
Examination are classified under two categories as detailed below :

Regular Private candidates (H)
Direct Private candidates (HP)
Candidates who have once Registered for
the earlier session of Higher Secondary
Examination and failed or absented may
apply in the same group.
Eligibility criteria:
For candidates who have appeared for the
SSLC Public examination and have
secured 35% of marks in each of the
subjects prescribed for the SSLC Public
examination or who have passed any other
examination which is equivalent to SSLC
Examination in Tamil Nadu or Other State
Boards are eligible to apply.
 (i)They must have a minimum of one year
gap from the year of passing of SSLC
examination or equivalent Examination
and

(ii)They should have completed 15 ½

years of age on the 1st day of April / 1st
day of June of the year in which Exam is
held. Candidates can appear only for the
subjects not involving practical under
General Education (Annexure I).

(iii)Candidates who have passed their

SSLC Examination in other states and
wish to apply for Higher Secondary
Examination in Tamil Nadu as Direct
Private candidate (HP category) should
obtain a Migration Certificate from their
Education Board and Equivalence
certificate which states that their
Education Board’s tenth syllabus is
equivalent to SSLC syllabus of Tamil
Nadu to be enclosed along with the
application. Such candidates should
appear only in the subjects and medium
permissible by the Government of Tamil
Nadu.
No Transfer Certificate will be issued
along with the Mark Certificate to Direct
Private Candidates and no other claim
regarding T.C. will be entertained.
b) AGE (for HP Candidates)

Should have attained the age of 15 ½ years as on the 1st day of April for
March session and 1st day of June for the June session of the Calendar year in
which the examination is to be held.

c) FEES :

H type For each subject 50+35+50*

HP type For all subjects 150+35+2+50*
# Break up of Rs.35 is
i) Registration fee Rs.10/-
ii) Mark Certificate fee Rs.20/-
 iii) Service charge Rs.5/-
*indicates online application registration fees

(d) Application registration / Remittance of Examination fee (for March /

April Examinations & June/July Examinations):
Candidates are instructed to approach their nearest Government
Examinations Service Centres (Nodal Centres) for online registration of their
application. The list of Nodal Centres are available in our home website. The
fee for the examination has to be remitted in cash at the nodal centre itself. No
Demand draft or challan or cheque is accepted.

6. Distribution of Admission certificates (Hall Ticket)

(a) For School candidates

Admission Certificate with candidate’s photo is uploaded in the official
website of this Directorate which has to be downloaded by the School.
Register numbers will be assigned in Nominal Roll and uploaded in the
website which has to be downloaded by the school before Commencement of
Practical Examinations.

(b)For Private Candidates

The private candidates have to download their Hall tickets from this
Directorate’s website when the Instructions regarding downloading of hall
tickets is given in News Channels/Newspapers. Candidates have to enter their
application number and date of birth details in order to download their Hall
Tickets.

7. Online registration of applications for June Session :

Registration of the application for appearing for the June / July Instant
Examination has to be done in the school / examination centres.

For June / July Special Supplementary Examination the candidate has

to enter his Current Year’s March Register Number and date of birth details in
order to download the Hall tickets.

Time Table for the Higher Secondary Examinations will be hosted in the
Directorate’s official website.
 8. Release of results:

For March Session results will be announced during the second or third
week of May in the website along with the marks. The intimation regarding
result release will be published in all News Channels/Newspapers.

9. Provisional Certificate:

A New System of issuing temporary mark certificates (Provisional

Certificate) was introduced from the year 2015.The certificate will be valid only
for a period of 90 days. Candidates can check the accuracy of the marks and
their detail and in case of any discrepancy, it can be rectified in the original
mark certificate.

10. Transparency in Valuation :

With a view to bring transparency in the evaluation system, the following

measures are adopted for the examinations stated against them.

Methods For what examination it is

allowed
Hosting of scan copy of Answer For all subjects in HSE 1st and 2nd
scripts Year
Revaluation For all subjects in HSE 1st and 2nd
Year
Re-totalling For all subjects in HSE 1st and 2nd
Year

All subjects in SSLC Examination

(a) Issue of Scan copy of Answer Scripts for Higher Secondary

Examination:

With a view to bring transparency in the evaluation system, scan copies

of Higher Secondary Examination answer scripts are issued to the
candidates for all subjects. Candidates who seek scan copies of their answer
scripts should apply through school / exam centres in the Directorate’s official
website. The fee has to be remitted in cash to the school / Examination
centre. The candidate should receive the acknowledgement slip, once they
register for scan copy.

Approximately it takes 15 days for processing the scan copy application

and to upload the scan copies of answer scripts in the Directorate’s official
website.
 When the intimation regarding downloading of Answer Scripts is given
in the newspapers / news channels the candidate has to enter his / her
Register No. & Date of Birth in order to download the Scan copy of the Answer
Script.

Fees for receiving Scan copy of Answer script - Rs.275/- (Per Answer Script)

(b) Revaluation :

In addition to issue of scan copies of answer scripts, revaluation is also

permitted for all subjects in Higher Secondary Examination. The scripts are re-
valued by three-member committee of subject experts. Any increase or
decrease in marks on revaluation is effected in both ways. Marks obtained
in revaluation is final and further appeal will not be entertained. This
system had ensured not only transparency in the evaluation methods adopted
but also bring into focus the accountability of teachers. Only those
candidates, who apply for scan copy of answer scripts are permitted to
apply for revaluation. While downloading the scan copies of their answer
scripts the candidate should download the application for Re-Valuation / Re-
totalling II in the official website and duly fill it and have to submit it to the
concerned Chief Educational Officer along with the fee in cash within the
stipulated period of time intimated by Directorate of Government
Examinations.

Processing of the RV / RT application takes approximately 10 to 15

days.

Fee for revaluation of each subject (Rs.5/- Service Charges) - Rs.505/- (per
Answer Script)

(c) Re-totalling

Candidates are permitted to apply for re-totalling in all subjects within

the dates prescribed by this Department after the publication of results.
Increase / decrease will be given effect. The marks secured by the candidate
will be added once again and awarded. Any question left unvalued will be
valued and marks will be awarded. Since the answer is valued only during
the Re-totalling process. It will be mentioned only as Re-total process. Re-
totalling is done for all subjects in Higher Secondary First Year / Second Year
& SSLC examinations on payment of fees.

Re-total II: The process of applying for re-totalling after getting scan
copies of answer scripts in Higher Secondary Examinations.
For each Subject (Service charge Rs.5/-) Rs.200 + 5/-

For subjects comprising two papers, Rs.300 + 5/-

Eg. Biology, English & Tamil
(Service Charges Rs.5/-)

GENERAL GROUPS WITHOUT PRACTICALS FOR DIRECT

PRIVATE CANDIDATES

The syllabus and text books is the same as followed in regular

schools(State Board) for 11th and 12th standard (same as that for pupil
candidates).

Direct private candidates will be admitted in any one of the following five
groups of subjects only, in addition to part I and Part II Languages only under
the syllabus introduced in the academic year 2005-2006.

Group Part III Languages

Code No.
2704 History Economics Commerce Accountancy
2705 Economics Commerce Accountancy Political Science
2706 Economics Commerce Accountancy Indian Culture
2707 Economics Commerce Accountancy Advanced language
(Tamil)
2708 Economics Commerce Accountancy Business Maths
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