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Uraly. 58 SCHEDULE-III [See section 20 (1)] MINIMUM GENERAL EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (1) A pass in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination with eligibility for admission to College Course of studies in the Universities in this State; or (2) A pass in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination of this State. Explanation—(i) A person who had appeared for 11 year S.S.L.C. Public Examination and obtained 35% marks in each subject either in one sitting or compartmentally, shall be deemed to have passed the S.S.L.C. Public Examination. Explanation—(ii) A person who had appeared for 11 year S.S.L.C. Public Examination and had failed to obtain 35% marks in one or more subjects, but who has appeared and obtained 35% marks in the corresponding subject or subjects in 10 year S.S.L.C. Public Examination, shall be deemed to have passed the S.S.L.C. Public Examination. Explanation—(iii) A person who had studied optional subjects in 11 year S.S.L.C. and failed in the optional subjects but had obtained 35% marks in all other subjects except the optional subjects in 11 year S.S.L.C. Public Examination shall be deemed to have passed the S.S.L.C. Public Examination. Explanation—(iv) A person who had appeared and passed the X standard Government Examination conducted by the Board of Open School, Tamil Nadu shall be deemed to have passed S.S.L.C. Public Examination. 59 SCHEDULE-IV SECOND CLASS LANGUAGE TEST ( See section 21 ) Item of Syllabus of Test Number of MarksDuration Maximum Minimum (1) (2) (3) (4) WRITTEN — PART A Translation:— This passage shall have 20 to 30 sentences of which 10 to 15 sentences shall be in simple and another 10 to 15 sentences in complex sentences. The expressions used in these sentences shall be on common subjects and not be related to any technical subject like engineering, medicine or mathematics. Composition:— Writing composition on any three topics on the following subjects in not exceeding 15 sentences each. (1) Glory of Tamil Language (2) Population Growth (3) Environment (4) Mass Education (5) Patriotism (6) Greatness of Virtues (7) Rural Development (8) Co-operation (9) Women’s Development (10) Public Services (11) Need for Scientific knowledge 100 50 3 hours (Single Paper) 100 50 3 hours (Single Paper) (The standard of the written test shall be in accordance with the syllabus prescribed for Tamil Paper for the X Std. S.S.L.C. Public Examination.) VIVA VOCE - PART B (i) Conversing with accuracy and fluency in Tamil (ii) Dictating an order or delivering a short address on a given subject in Tamil. 100 60 50 25 60 PART C Taking down in English evidence given in Tamil and asking questions in Tamil PART D Reading with fluency and 50 25 translating correctly three 100 50 petitions in Tamil or other official manuscripts written in a plain running hand. Explanation—In the case of candidates who are required to pass the Second Class Language Test (full test) they will be allowed to appear for part D separately and will be required to appear for all other parts at the same time. 61 SCHEDULE-V