National Examinations Board (NEB)
Humanities and Social Sciences
2 year(s)
Plus two in Humanities is a foundation level course. It is for those students who want to pursue their undergraduates on mass communication, sociology, English and other related field of interest. Under the National Examination Board (NEB), the Humanities and Social Sciences stream is a two year plus two level foundation course. It comprises an interesting amalgamation of Language studies, Mass communication, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Marketing/Business Mathematics, Contemporary Society and the likes, its students gain a holistic approach to education.
Humanities and Social Sciences is failing to attract good number of students, every year the enrollment in Grade XI humanities is dwindling. Future job prospects and personal interest of students might have played role for humanities faculty being least preferred stream among SEE graduates.
Prof. Dr Bidyanath Koirala, an education expert once said, "Humanities faculty doesn't know how to sell itself"; The course is old, but students are new-to attract the present day students, the course should be designed to reflect the present times.
Students must have completed SEE or equivalent with a minimum GPA 1.6. He/She should have minimum D+ in English, Nepali and Social Studies.
Criteria is given below:
| S.N. | Subjects that can be chosen for grade 11 (+2) | GPA | Subjects where you need C+ | Subjects where you need D+ |
| 1 | Science Subject Group: Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Mathematics/ Computer Science/ Agriculture | 2 | Science and Mathematics | English, Nepali and Social Studies |
| 2 | Vocational Subject Group: Animal Science/ Plant Science, Electrical Engineering/ Civil Engineering/ Computer Engineering | 1.6 | - | - |
| 3 | Mathematics/ Geography/ Accountancy/ Economics/ Computer Science/ Teaching Mathematics/ Psychology/ Elements of Finance/ Jyotish/ Co-operative Management/ Business Studies/ Business Mathematics | 1.6 | - | English, Nepali, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies |
| 4 | Physics Education/ Chemistry Education/ Biology Education/ Teaching Science | 1.6 | - | English, Nepali, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies |
| 5 | English/ Alternative English/ Teaching English/ Linguistics | 1.6 | - | English, Nepali, and Social Studies |
| 6 | Hotel Management/ Travel and Tourism | 1.6 | - | English, Nepali, Mathematics and Social Studies |
| 7 | Nepali/ Teaching Nepali | 1.6 | - | English/ Sanskrit, Nepali, and Social Studies |
| 8 | History/ Political Science/ Culture/ Home Science/ Sociology/ Philosophy/ Library and Information Science/ Rural Development | 1.6 | - | English, Nepali, and Social Studies |
| 9 | Introduction to Education/ Instructional Pedagogy/ Health and Physical Education/ Population Studies/ Environment Education | 1.6 | - | English, Nepali, Science, Health Population and Environment Education |
| 10 | Sanskrit Byakaran/ Sahitya/ Nyaya/ Veda/ Niti Shastra/ Bouddha Education/ Law | 1.6 | - | English/ Sanskrit, Nepali, and Social Studies |
| 11 | Mass Communication/ Human Value Education/ Law | 1.6 | English, Nepali, Social Studies | |
| 12 | Maithali/ Hindi/ Newari/ French/ Japanese/ Urdu/ German/ Chinese and Other Languages | 1.6 | - | English |
| 13 | Dance/ Music/ Sculpture/ Painting/ Applied Arts/ Sports and Others | 1.6 | English |
Curriculum Development Center has recently unveiled the new curriculum for class 11 and 12. The new curriculum has eliminated the system of particular stream-based education like Ten Plus Two Science, Management, Humanities, and so on.
Click here to find the new curriculum.
Course Structure
Grade XI |
Grade XII |
Compulsory |
Compulsory |
English |
English |
Nepali |
Marketing/ Business Mathematics |
Optional (Any Three) |
Optional (Any Three) |
Mass Communication/ Economics |
Mass Communication/Economics |
Sociology/Hotel Management |
Sociology/Hotel Management |
Major English |
Major English |
Travel and Tourism |
Travel and Tourism |
Mathematics |
Mathematics |
Psychology |
Psychology |
Environment Education |
Environment Education |
Contemporary Society |
Downloads: Curriculum Grade XI Mass Communication and Journalism-I.pdf
