“This year, according to the new syllabus, language subjects have an oral exam for 20 marks; but for the 80 marks written test paper the duration will be three hours,” says the press note from the SSC board. It has also clarified that for English (second and third language) and Mathematics there would be multiple question papers. “For all English (first, second and third language) papers, day and date will be the same. For Social Sciences part 1 and 2, there will be an internal exam of 10 marks for each part. Environmental studies, Personality development and Health education are also compulsory subjects. The exams for these three subjects are to be conducted internally by the schools and the marks will be converted to grades, to appear on the final marks list. Mathematics - 1 and 2 also have an internal exam for 15 marks each.