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From Grade V, students follow the CBSE curriculum, in English, on one campus. In Grades XI and XII they continue with CBSE or choose the IB Diploma Programme — and all of it is studied inside the life of a residential school.
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Our approach
A student can join in Grade V and leave after Grade XII without changing schools: one faculty, one campus and one set of expectations, carried through eight years rather than handed from school to school.
The early years keep a broad course. Nothing is narrowed until it has to be; in Grade XI a student chooses what to study in depth, and the last two years are spent on it.
Eight years on one campus, from the first year of the Junior School to the Class XII Board examination.
A broad course to Grade X. Then a CBSE stream, or six IB subjects and the Diploma core.
The Chinmaya Vision Programme runs across every grade, beside the timetable rather than inside one lesson.
Grade journey
Every student follows the CBSE curriculum from Grade V and sits the CBSE Board examination at the end of Grade X. The choice of pathway covers the final two years only.
Grades V–VIII
Science, Mathematics, English, two additional languages and artificial intelligence. Published Class X results list Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil and French as language subjects; ask which options run in each grade.
Grades IX–X
The same broad course, carried to the CBSE Board examination at the end of Grade X — the first external examination a CIRS student sits.
After Grade X · Grades XI–XII
Pathways
Neither route is better in general: the right one depends on the subjects a student wants and the next step they have in mind.
Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi
CBSE
Grades V to XII at CIRS; streams in XI and XII
International Baccalaureate
IB Diploma Programme
Grades XI and XII
CBSE
1 stream
A stream (Engineering, Medicine or Management), each built on English and a set of core subjects, studied for two years.
IB Diploma
6 subjects and the core
Six subjects from six groups, three or four at Higher Level, alongside the Diploma core: Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity, Service.
CBSE
1 of 3 streams
Choose a stream. The stream sets the core subjects; electives are chosen alongside them.
IB Diploma
3–4 at Higher Level
Choose one subject from each group, three or four at Higher Level and the rest at Standard Level.
CBSE
X & XII Board examinations
CBSE Board examinations in Grades X and XII; the Class XII examination closes the senior stream.
IB Diploma
45 points in all
Examinations at the end of Grade XII, with coursework assessed during the programme. Each subject is graded 1–7; Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay add up to 3 points, for 45 in all.
CBSE
3 streams
Engineering, Medicine and Management streams. Ask the school for this year’s electives.
IB Diploma
15 subjects in six groups
Fifteen subjects across the six groups. A combination runs when enough students choose it.
Subjects
For this year’s subject combinations, levels and entry requirements, write to the school at info@cirschool.org.
CBSE
Core subjects by stream, as the school last published them, for 2018–19. English is studied in all three.
Electives and this year’s combinations: ask about CBSE subjects.
IB Diploma Programme
The subjects and levels offered at CIRS. A combination runs when enough students choose it, so not every permitted combination is timetabled.
| Subject | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| English A, opens the IB website in a new tab Literature or language and literature: ask which course runs | SL | HL |
| Subject | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi B, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | Not offered |
| French B, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | Not offered |
| French ab initio, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | Not offered |
| Subject | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| Business Management, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Economics, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Psychology, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Subject | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| Biology, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Chemistry, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Physics, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Computer Science, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Environmental Systems and Societies, opens the IB website in a new tab Interdisciplinary: counts towards Group 3 or Group 4 | SL | Not offered |
| Subject | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics: analysis and approaches, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Mathematics: applications and interpretation, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
| Subject | SL | HL |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts, opens the IB website in a new tab | SL | HL |
At the centre of the Diploma
Students reflect on how knowledge is made and how we know what we claim to know.
Students pursue an independent research question and develop an extended piece of academic writing.
Experiences across all three strands. Required for the Diploma, but it does not add points to the score.
School life
Academic work sits within the Chinmaya Vision Programme and the life of a residential school. Value education runs across every grade alongside the timetable: students study the Bhagavad Geeta and the CCMT Life — An Aradhana books, and spiritual classes and aartis carry that learning into the day.
Morning assembly, yoga, service, the arts and sport sit alongside classroom work.
