# What are co-scholastic areas?

> Co-scholastic areas are the CBSE report-card grades for work, art, and health and physical education. The grading scales by class and the usual mistakes.

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The report-card grades for work education, art, and health and physical education, given beside the marks for subjects.

## What co-scholastic areas mean

Co-scholastic areas are the parts of a student’s work that a CBSE report card grades separately from the subject marks. CBSE’s 2017 report-card scheme names three: Work Education, Art Education, and Health and Physical Education. Each gets a grade, not marks.[1]

Discipline is graded on the same report card, but in its own row, not as a co-scholastic area. For classes 6 to 8, CBSE bases it on factors such as attendance, sincerity, behaviour, values, tidiness and respect for rules.[1]

The term itself is older than NEP 2020, which says there will be “no hard separation” among curricular, extracurricular and co-curricular areas.[2] CBSE’s current secondary curriculum still grades these areas apart from subjects, but calls them by name, such as Art Education, rather than as “co-scholastic”.[3]

## Where the school office meets them

The office meets them on the report card, and on the grade data a CBSE school fills in. The scale depends on the class.

CBSE grading of co-scholastic areas by class

| Classes | Areas graded | Scale |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6 to 8 | Work Education, Art Education, Health and Physical Education, graded term-wise; Discipline in its own row | 3-point: A Outstanding, B Very Good, C Fair[1] |
| 9 and 10 | Art Education, and Health and Physical Education with Work Experience included in it; values and behaviour graded by the class teacher | 5-point: A to E[3] |
| 11 and 12 | Health and Physical Education, Work Experience and General Studies, as internal-assessment subjects for every regular student | Graded, as set out in the senior secondary curriculum[4] |

For Art Education in classes 9 and 10, the grades mean: A Exemplary, B Proficient, C Developing, D Emerging, E Beginner.[3]

## What the school has to do

1. Use the format and scale for the class. CBSE’s 2017 circular gave separate report-card formats for class 9 and for classes 6 to 8.[1]
2. Collect each teacher’s grades at the end of the term or year, from the record the teacher has kept. CBSE asks the physical education teacher to keep a record of the health and physical education activities each child takes part in.[3]
3. For classes 9 and 10, enter the grades CBSE asks for when you fill its online data: Health and Physical Education on the A to E scale, and the SEWA grade against Work Experience.[3]
4. Print the grades exactly as given. The secondary curriculum says “No up scaling of grades will be done.”[3]

## Common mistakes

- **Using one scale for every class.** Classes 6 to 8 use three grades; classes 9 and 10 use five.
- **Giving everyone an A.** CBSE asks for an objective assessment of each student’s level across the year.[3] A row of A grades tells parents nothing.
- **Folding discipline into the co-scholastic grades.** It has its own row.[1]
- **Reusing an old report-card template.** CCE, the earlier scheme, had its own areas and labels. Check the template against the current curriculum each year.
- **Assuming every board grades the same way.** These are CBSE’s rules. State boards set their own report cards.

## Related terms

- [5+3+3+4 structure](https://scoolin.com/glossary/5-3-3-4-structure): NEP 2020’s stages, which also call for a holistic progress card.
- [CBSE affiliation number](https://scoolin.com/glossary/cbse-affiliation-number): the school’s number with the board whose scheme this is.
- [Admission number](https://scoolin.com/glossary/admission-number): the number that ties a report card to the student’s record.

## Sources

1. CBSE, [uniform system of assessment, examination and report card for classes VI to IX from 2017-18](https://www.cbse.gov.in/cbsenew/Examination_Circular/2017/35_CIRCULAR.pdf), Circular No. Acad-14/2017, 21 March 2017, paragraphs 5, 6 and 8 and the annexed formats. Back to the text
2. Ministry of Human Resource Development, [National Education Policy 2020](https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/NEP_Final_English_0.pdf), paragraph 4.9. Back to the text
3. CBSE, [Secondary School Curriculum 2025-26](https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain26/Sec/Curriculum_Sec_2025-26.pdf), sections 4.4, 4.5 and 4.8. Back to the text
4. CBSE, [Senior Secondary Curriculum 2025-26](https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain26/SrSec/Curriculum_SrSec_2025-26.pdf), sections 1.3 and 4.3. Back to the text

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