State boards at Qlive
India has a school board for almost every state, each with its own textbooks and public exams. Families come to us for state syllabus tuition from within India, from the Gulf where some schools teach the Kerala syllabus, and when they are planning a move back home and need to catch up on a new board.
Qlive is based in Malappuram, Kerala, so the Kerala syllabus is familiar ground for us. We also teach the Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra boards, among others.
The Kerala syllabus
Classes 1 to 10 (SCERT). Kerala schools use textbooks prepared by SCERT Kerala, in Malayalam and English medium. The approach is activity-based, and a share of each subject’s marks comes from continuous evaluation by the school, alongside term exams.
SSLC (Class 10). The Secondary School Leaving Certificate is the state public exam at the end of Class 10. Results are given as grades, combining the written exam with continuous evaluation. It is a major milestone, and the base for Higher Secondary.
Plus One and Plus Two (DHSE). Higher Secondary is run by the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education. Students choose a combination such as Science (with Maths, Biology or both), Commerce or Humanities. Both years have public exams, and many students prepare for entrance exams such as KEAM or NEET alongside.
The step from SSLC into Plus One is steep, particularly in Physics, Chemistry and Maths. Students who did well in SSLC can still struggle in their first months of Plus One, and early help makes a big difference.
Other state boards
Tamil Nadu. Schools follow the state textbooks, with public exams at Class 10 (SSLC) and at the end of Higher Secondary in Class 12. The Class 11 public exam was dropped from 2025-26, so Class 11 is now examined by the school.
Karnataka. Students sit the SSLC at Class 10, then two years of Pre-University (PUC) with the II PUC exam at the end.
Maharashtra. Students take the SSC exam at Class 10 and the HSC at Class 12.
Each board has its own textbooks, exam pattern and marking. Our teachers work from the board and medium your child actually studies in.
What state board students commonly find hard
- Plus One and Class 11 science: the jump in Physics, Chemistry and Maths after Class 10
- Maths at every stage: gaps from earlier classes that show up in algebra and geometry
- English: especially for students moving from regional-medium schooling
- Switching boards: students arriving from CBSE or a Gulf school meeting different topics, terms and question styles
- Public exam pressure: finishing full papers in the time allowed
How a one-to-one teacher helps
A teacher who teaches your board knows the textbook, the exam pattern and the kind of answer that gets marks. In class, your child works through activities and problems in Qlive Space, Qlive’s AI-powered learning platform, and the teacher goes through their working with them on Google Meet and corrects mistakes. Where it helps, the teacher can explain in Malayalam, Tamil or Hindi, then make sure your child can answer in the language of the exam.
Classes follow your child’s school chapter order. Between classes, worksheets in Qlive Pulse give practice, with written answers photographed and marked by the teacher or Qlive’s academic team. Checkpoints every two to three weeks show what has stuck and what needs another look.
For students who have fallen well behind, our Foundation programme rebuilds core maths and language skills, including Malayalam, step by step before moving on to the class syllabus.
Your Student Success Partner keeps your child’s board exam goal in view and makes sure what is needed is there, from extra classes to a conversation with the teacher. They are a message away in the Qlive Learn app. The app also has a chat for each class with the teacher and the Qlive team.
Families in the Gulf
Many Kerala families in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain keep close ties with home. Some children study in schools that teach the Kerala syllabus, and others are preparing to move back for Plus One or Plus Two. Because classes are online, the same teacher can continue before and after the move, which takes some of the strain out of a big change.
Subjects we teach for state boards
Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science, English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Arabic, Social Science, History, Geography, Economics, Political Science, Accountancy, Business Studies and Computer Science.
Getting started
Start with the free assessment. It is adaptive, about 40 questions, guided live by a Qlive counsellor, and pitched at your child’s real level. You get a report on strengths and gaps, and we use it to match a teacher. Fees are shared after the assessment, with no obligation to continue.
