CBSE Class 12th English Syllabus 2025-26: The CBSE Board just announced the 12th class curriculum for 2025–2026. The English curriculum remains unchanged, and students can examine their detailed CBSE Class 12th English 2025–2026 syllabus in the table below. The syllabus contains the full list of chapters, sections, and subjects that will be covered in the 2025–2026 academic year. It also contains the course structure, recommended project work, evaluation standards, and much more.
Students will study the topics, chapters, and units that comprise the curriculum for the session as part of the syllabus. Below is a link for students to download the PDF. They can save it for later use after downloading it. The CBSE Class 12th English syllabus is divided into two sections: the theory paper and the project assignment. You can review the details of each section here. There includes a list of suggested project work ideas as well as the evaluation scheme.
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2025-26: Key Highlights
Overview | Details |
Board Name: | Central Board of Secondary Examination |
Class: | 12 |
Subject: | English Core |
Subject Code: | 301 |
Total Marks: | 100 |
Theory Marks: | 80 |
Project Marks: | 20 |
Exam Duration: | 3 Hours |
Total Sections: | 2 Sections (Theory & Internal) |
CBSE Class 12 English: Detailed Syllabus 2025-26
There will be two papers in the subject:
- Theory: 80 marks
- Internal Assignment : 20 marks
Section AReading Skills-22 Marks |
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 1. To evaluate understanding, interpretation, analysis, and inference, one unseen text is used. Inference will also be used to evaluate vocabulary. The passage could be literary, descriptive, or factual. 2. To evaluate understanding, interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation, one unseen case-based factual passage with verbal and visual inputs such as charts and statistical data is used. Note: Both passages will have a cumulative word limit of 700–750 words. There will be multiple choice, objective, and short answer questions that require responses of 40–50 words. |
Section BCreative Writing Skills- 18 Marks |
3. Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format :1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1). 4. Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1). 5. Letters that require responses in between 120 and 150 words and are based on verbal and visual information. Types of letters include resumes and applications for jobs containing biographical information. letters to the editor (expressing ideas or viewpoints on matters of public concern). Answer one of the two questions provided. (5 Marks: Format: 1/Organisation of Ideas:1/Content:2/ Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1). 6. Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks:Format:1/Organisation of Ideas:1/Content:2/Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar:1). |
Section CLiterature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text-40 Marks |
A range of assessment items, such as multiple-choice, objective, short-, and long-answer questions, will be included in this part to gauge students' understanding, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and extrapolation beyond the text. 7. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks) 8. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4x1=4 Marks) 9. One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (6x1=6Marks) 10. Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in 40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given, are to be answered. (5x2=10 Marks) 11. Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two out of three questions to be done. (2x2=4 Marks) 12. One long answer question from Flamingo's prose or poetry that requires a response of 120–150 words. To evaluate extrapolation beyond and across the text, questions may be based on an incident, theme, passage, extract, or event. The student's response to the question will be critical and analytical. You can complete either of the two questions. (1x5=5 Marks) 13. To evaluate global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text, there will be one long answer question based on the chapters of the book Vistas that requires a response of 120–150 words. Questions that need analytical and evaluative answers based on themes, events, and incidents as points of reference. You can complete either of the two questions. (1x5=5 Marks) |
Check: CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025-26
CBSE Class 12 English 2025-26: Prescribed Books
Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi
- Prose
- The Last Lesson
- Lost Spring
- Deep Water
- The Rattrap
- Indigo
- Poets and Pancakes
- The Interview
- Going Places
Poetry
- My Mother at Sixty-Six
- Keeping Quiet
- A Thing of Beauty
- A Roadside Stand
- Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
- Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi
- The Third Level
- The Tiger King
- Journey to the End of the Earth
- The Enemy
- On the Face of It Memories of Childhood
- The Cutting of My Long Hair
- We Too are Human Beings
CBSE Class 12 English Core 2025-26: Question Paper Design
Section | Competencies | Total marks |
Reading Skills | Conceptual understanding, decoding, Analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary, conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using appropriate format/s. | 22 |
Creative Writing Skills | Conceptual Understanding, application of rules, Analysis, Reasoning, appropriate style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency, inference, analysis, evaluation and creativity. | 18 |
Literature, Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text | Recalling, reasoning, critical thinking, appreciating literary convention, inference, and analysis, creativity with fluency. | 40 |
TOTAL | 80 | |
Internal Assessment | Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills
| 10 5 5 |
Project Work | 10 | |
Grand Total | 100 |
To download the CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2025-26, click on the link below
Download CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2025-2026 PDF |
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2025-26: Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills: (5+5=10 Marks)
Activities:
- Subject teachers must refer to books prescribed in the syllabus.
- In addition to the above, teachers may plan their own activities and create their own material for assessing the listening and speaking skills.
Parameters for Assessment: The listening and speaking skills are to be assessed on the following parameters:
- Interactive competence (Initiation & turn taking, relevance to the topic)
- Fluency (cohesion, coherence and speed of delivery)
- Pronunciation
- Language (grammar and vocabulary)
CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2025-26: Project Work + Viva: 10 Marks
Out of ten marks, 5 marks will be allotted for the project report/script /essay etc. and 5 marks for the viva
Schedule:
-
Schools may refer to the suggestive timeline given in these guidelines for the planning, preparation and viva-voce of ALS based projects.
-
The final assessment of the skills may be done on the basis of parameters suggested by the Board.
-
Language teachers, however, have the option to adopt/ modify these parameters according to their school specific requirements.
Suggestions for Project Work:
-
The Project can be inter-disciplinary in theme.
-
The ideas/issues highlighted in the chapters/ poems/ drama given the prescribed books can also be developed in the form of a project.
-
Students can also take up any relevant and age-appropriate theme.
-
Such topics may be taken up that provide students with opportunities for listening and speaking.
Comments
All Comments (0)
Join the conversation