NEB Class 12 Computer Science Syllabus

Unit	Contents	Hours	Marks
1	Database Management System (DBMS)	12	20
	1.1 Introduction to data, database, Database system, DBMS
	1.2 Field, Record, Objects, Primary Key, Alternate key, Candidate key
	1.3 Advantages of using DBMS
	1.4 DDL (Data Definition Language) and DML (Data Manipulation Language)
	1.5 Database Model: Network Model, Hierarchical Model, Relational database model
	1.6 Concept of Normalization: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF
	1.7 Centralized Vs. Distributed Database
	1.8 Database Security
2	Data Communication and Networking	15	25
	2.1 Basic elements of Communication System
	2.2 Concept of Communication System
	2.3 Block Diagram of communication System /Model
	2.4 Elements of Data Communication/Transmission
	2.5 Simplex, Half duplex and Full duplex communication mode
	2.6 Concept of LAN and WAN
	2.7 Transmission Medium: Guided and Unguided
	2.8 Transmission impairments terminology (Jitter, Singing, Echo, Crosstalk, Distortion, Noise, Bandwidth)
	2.9 Basic concept of Networks Architecture: Client-Server and Peer-to-peer
	2.10 Some Basic Terms and Tools Used in Computer Network
	2.11 Network Tool: Packet tracer, Remote Login
	2.12 Network Connecting Devices: NIC, Modem, router, switch
	2.13 Network Topologies: Bus, Ring, and star topology
	2.14 Basic Concept OSI Reference Model
	2.15 Internet Protocol Addressing
3	Web Technology II	12	20
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Server-side and Client-side Scripting
	3.3 Introduction of internet technology
	3.4 Adding JavaScript to HTML page
	3.5 JavaScript fundamentals
	3.6 JavaScript Data types
	3.7 Variables and operators
	3.8 Functions and control structures (if-else, switch-case, loops)
	3.9 Object-based programming with JavaScript and Event handling
	3.10 Image, event, and form objects
	3.11 Form validation, JQuery
	3.12 Server-side Scripting using PHP
	3.13 Introduction to PHP: Hardware and Software Requirements
	3.14 Object-oriented programming with server-side scripting
	3.15 Basic PHP syntax
	3.16 PHP data types
	3.17 Basic Programming in PHP
	3.18 Operators (Arithmetic, logical, comparison, operator precedence)
	3.19 Variables Manipulation
	3.20 Database Connectivity
	3.21 Connecting server-side script to database
	3.22 Making SQL queries
	3.23 Fetching data sets, getting data about data
	3.24 Creating SQL database with server-side scripting
	3.25 Displaying queries in tables
4	Programming in C	12	20
	4.1 Review of C programming concepts
	4.2 Functions
	4.2.1 Concept of library and user-defined functions and advantages
	4.2.2 Function definition, prototype, call, and return statements
	4.2.3 Accessing a Function by passing values
	4.2.4 Concept of storage: automatic and external
	4.2.5 Concept of Recursion: factorial and Fibonacci problems
	4.3 Structures and Unions
	4.3.1 Structure: Definition, Declaration, Initialization, and Size of Structure
	4.3.2 Accessing member of structure
	4.3.3 Array of structure
	4.3.4 Union: Definition, Declaration
	4.3.5 Difference between union and structure
	4.4 Pointers
	4.4.1 Definition of Pointer
	4.4.2 Address (&) and indirection (*) operator
	4.4.3 Pointer Expression and Assignment
	4.4.4 Call by values and call by reference
	4.5 Working with Files
	4.5.1 Concept of Data File
	4.5.2 Sequential and Random File
	4.5.3 File manipulation functions: putw, getw, putc, getc, fscanf, fprintf
	4.5.4 Opening, Reading, Writing, and Appending data file
5	Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)	10	15
	5.1 Programming paradigms: procedural, structural and object-oriented
	5.2 Features of OOP: Class, Object, Polymorphism and Inheritance
	5.3 Advantages of OOP
	5.4 Application of OOP
6	Software Process Model	10	15
	6.1 Software Project Concept
	6.2 Concept of software development process
	6.3 Concept SDLC life cycle
	6.4 System Analyst Vs Software Engineer
	6.5 Requirement Collection Methods
	6.6 Concept of system design
	6.7 Software and quality
	6.8 Software development model: waterfall, prototype, agile
7	Recent Trends in Technology	9	15
	7.1 Concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics
	7.2 Concept of Cloud Computing
	7.3 Concept of Big Data
	7.4 Concept of Virtual Reality (VR)
	7.5 Concept of E-com, E-medicine, E-gov
	7.6 Concept of Mobile Computing
	7.7 Concept of Blockchain Technology

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Total Hours: 100

Exam Structure

• Theory Exam: 100 Marks
• Practical Exam: 45 Marks
• Total: 145 Marks