Part A: Common Vocational Core (10 Marks · 60 Hours)
Employability Skills – IVProfessional Competencies for AI Careers
Equip yourself with the essential 21st-century workplace soft skills prescribed by CBSE. Master Communication Skills-IV, Self-Management Skills-IV, advanced ICT Skills-IV (Spreadsheets & Cybersecurity), Entrepreneurship, and Green Skills-IV.
Board Exam Weightage: 10 Marks TheoryDuration: 60 Instructional Hours
Syllabus Breakdown: 5 Core Employability Modules
Unit 115 Hours · 2 Marks
Communication Skills-IV
- Active listening techniques and overcoming cognitive & emotional barriers
- Writing professional executive summaries, emails, and technical memos
- Body language, facial expressions, and non-verbal cues in workplace settings
- Effective public presentation techniques, slide design, and audience engagement
Unit 210 Hours · 2 Marks
Self-Management Skills-IV
- Emotional intelligence: self-awareness, empathy, and social regulation
- Goal setting methodologies: Applying the SMART framework to career milestones
- Time management: Eisenhower priority matrix (Urgent vs Important)
- Stress management and constructive coping mechanisms in high-pressure roles
Unit 315 Hours · 2 Marks
Information & Communication Technology Skills-IV
- Advanced spreadsheet operations: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, Nested IF, and Pivot Tables
- Data validation, error checking, conditional formatting, and chart styling
- Cyber hygiene: Multi-factor authentication, phishing defense, password entropy
- Digital footprints, ransomware defense, and Indian IT Act & DPDP compliance
Unit 410 Hours · 2 Marks
Entrepreneurial Skills-IV
- Characteristics and competencies of successful modern entrepreneurs
- Business ideation, feasibility analysis, and drafting a lean Business Plan
- Resource mobilization: bootstrapping, angel investors, and venture funding
- Legal compliance, customer discovery, and business ethics
Unit 510 Hours · 2 Marks
Green Skills-IV
- Sustainable development principles and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Transitioning towards a low-carbon Green Economy and circular supply chains
- Renewable energy adoption (solar, wind, green hydrogen) in industrial processes
- Workplace eco-auditing: waste minimization, water conservation, energy reduction
Part A Board Exam Drill (5 Questions)
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Q1.Which of the following is a barrier to active listening in professional communication?
Q2.In the SMART criteria for goal setting (Self-Management Skills-IV), what does 'M' stand for?
Q3.In advanced spreadsheet applications (ICT Skills-IV), which function searches for a value in the leftmost column of a table and returns a value in the same row from a specified column?
Q4.Which quality is most characteristic of an entrepreneurial mindset?
Q5.What is the primary objective of a 'Circular Economy' in Green Skills-IV?
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