CBSE introduces a practical finance course

The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, is going to introduce a new course - Financial Markets Management - for Classes XI and XII beginning this academic year from April. This is being done to develop employable skills in financial markets, accounting and business process outsourcing. Financial Markets Management will be taught as an independent stream like humanities, commerce and science in CBSE-affiliated schools across the country.Class XI will have three papers of 100 marks each in the following subjects - accounting, financial market and computer application. Mutual fund will be an optional paper. In class 12, three papers of 100 marks each in accounting, financial market and business process outsourcing skill will be there. Commodities market will be an optional paper.