Skill Development & Vocational Training Institution
In associate with NCVTE Council for Vocational and Technical Education, NCT New Delhi. In Collaboration with a Scheme with of MHRD. GOVT OF INDIA.KVET Management Nabet -QCI ECA INDIA
Welcome To The Board Of Open Schooling & Skill Education
The Board of Open Schooling and Skill Education (BOSSE), Sikkim, is an open schooling board that aims to cater to the varied academic needs of the divergent group of students up to pre-degree level including Secondary/Senior Secondary, skill and vocational education. BOSSE is open schooling education board in Sikkim, was established under Act No. 14 of 2020 of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, passed on 21-09-2020, according to the Sikkim Act 2020 to promulgate and disseminate the open schooling education at state & national level.
Secondary Certificate is equivalent to the Xth standard. Eligibility for taking admission to Secondary Programme is minimum 14 years of age as on 31st August for those who want to take the first exam in April-May and 28/29 February for those who want to take their first exam in October-November. There is no restriction on choice of subjects and combinations, except that minimum one language has to be taken. Learners can choose their subjects from the BOSSE List of Subjects as given below:
Table 1 : List of Subjects for Academic Courses
Group A (Language Subjects)
SR. NO.
CODE
SUBJECT
1
101
Hindi
2
102
English
3
103
Urdu
4
104
Sanskrit
5
105
Bengali
6
106
Punjabi
7
107
Assamese
8
108
Nepali
9
109
Odia
10
110
Kannada
11
111
Malayalam
12
112
Tamil
13
113
Telugu
Group B (Non Language Subjects)
SR. NO.
CODE
SUBJECT
1
201
Mathematics*
2
202
Science & Technology*
3
203
Social Science
4
204
Economics
5
205
Business Studies
6
206
Home Science*
7
207
Psychology*
8
208
Indian Culture & Heritage*
9
209
Accountancy*
10
210
Painting*
11
211
Date Entry Operations*
Learners have to choose five subjects with at least one and maximum two Language Subjects from Group A and the remaining subjects from Group B.
Two additional subjects can be taken from either of the two groups with additional fees as per BOSSE norms.
Subjects with asterisk* have theory as well as practical.