Vocational Education:

Besides skilled based subjects, the Board has introduced vocational courses prescribed by National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF). The objective of NSQF is to provide access to qualifications and assist students to move easily and readily between different education and training sectors and between those sectors and the labour market.

Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) course was introduced in 2014 academic session and Travel & Tourism (TT) in 2015.

Retail and Health Care Services will be introduced from 2017 academic session.

Financial Literacy Programme:

The Board took an initiative to promote Financial Management Courses in collaboration with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) at higher secondary level in 2014.

The course consists of 4(four) papers such as Financial Markets, Mutual Funds, Capital Markets and Derivative Markets.

The Board took an initiative to promote Financial Management Courses in collaboration with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) at higher secondary level in 2014.

The course consists of 4(four) papers such as Financial Markets, Mutual Funds, Capital Markets and Derivative Markets.

The Board also felt the need to create awareness and inculcate knowledge about financial literacy to the students at young age. The objective is to help the students acquire necessary life skills and prepare them with the basics of financial management and discipline. In this regard, Financial Literacy was introduced in 2016 in collaboration with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) on a pilot basis in 60 selected schools of Kohima, Mokokchung and Dimapur. The curriculum comprises of 25 periods of 45 minutes each. The textbook materials are developed by NSE and the teachers are trained by the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. An offline examination is conducted at the end of the academic session. A joint certificate by the NBSE and NSE is issued to students and teachers on various categories.

Life Skill Education (Classes IX to XII):

The textbook for Life Skills Education has been designed and developed as per the syllabus for the two internally assessed subjects i.e. Work & Art Education and Physical & Health Education for the first time and introduced in Class IX and Class XI from the academic session 2016.

The textbooks for secondary and higher secondary levels focuses on the importance of health and related problems and healthy living, to instill the dignity of labour, to open up vistas of artistic expression in the fields of music, fine arts, dance and other disciplines, topics on disaster management, civic life, clean election, care for public property, national integration and career guidance are also included in the book to help students to acquire values of life to mould their personalities and help acquire the right attitude to become responsible in life.

Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)

The Board introduced the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme at the secondary stage in all its registered schools in the year 2007. CCE refers to a system of evaluation that covers all aspects of students’ development. The term “continuous” refers to evaluation of all aspects of students’ growth and development that covers the teaching – learning process of the entire academic session. The second term “comprehensive” means the assessment cover both the scholastic and the co-scholastic aspects of students’ growth and development.

The CCE scheme was revised and introduced in 2015 to facilitate holistic assessment of the child with the techniques and tools of evaluation. A report card on CCE was also developed by the Board and introduced in 2016 to record the overall student’s performance of the students. The students are assessed in the following aspects by the teachers on Co-scholastic Areas:

1. Attitudes and values
2. Life Skills
3. Literary & Creative
4. Scientific
5. Aesthetic & Performing Arts
6. Clubs
7. Health & Physical aspects