INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PANAJI: A new subject, 'sports and wellbeing', will be introduced as an optional choice from the current academic year 2023-24, starting
Under the national skills qualification framework (NSQF) scheme, students continue to study all six major subjects and, besides this, have
to choose an NSQF subject as their seventh subject
The students have to clear any six
Now, the board is expanding the choice of NSQF subjects available to students by adding 'sports and wellbeing' to the choices.The Goa board
of secondary and higher secondary education has said that the first 100 schools to apply for permission to offer the new subject will get
permission on a first-come-first-serve basis
textbook for the subject will be made available soon
Training sessions will also be organised for the teachers of the schools offering the new subject.The idea behind NSQF subjects is to teach
all the schools with immediate effect
minutes each per week in the new subject should be conducted by schools.The board had earlier dissolved its pre-vocational scheme and merged
In 2023, 138 students passed Class X, taking the benefit of NSQF.Altogether, 3,863 students had appeared for the Class X exam with NSQF in
2023 for the public exam.Under the national scheme, students have a wide range of subjects to choose from as their seventh subject, like
automobile, retail, beauty - wellness, apparel, construction, agriculture, telecommunications, logistics, tourism - hospitality, plumbing,
electronics, healthcare, and financial services - insurance
Recently, the board introduced artificial intelligence, fine arts, and astronomy as new seventh subject options.
