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    CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2025-26: Download PDF, Topics & Exam Pattern
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    CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2025-26: Download PDF, Topics & Exam Pattern

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    Mallika ThaledderUpdated on 26 Nov 2025, 11:49 AM IST

    The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the CBSE 12th English Core syllabus for the academic year 2025-26. Students can download the CBSE 12th English core syllabus PDF online from the official website, cbseacademic.nic.in and cbse.gov.in. We have also provided a direct link to download the CBSE 12th syllabus PDF for the English core subject below in this article.

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    1. CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2025-26
    2. Steps to Download CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus PDF 2025-26
    3. CBSE Class 12 English Core Marking Scheme 2025-26
    4. CBSE Class 12 English Core 2025-26 Prescribed Books

    The board will conduct the CBSE 12th English Core exam for a total of 100 marks, out of which 80 marks are assigned for theory paper, and 20 marks for internal assessment. The CBSE 12th English Core syllabus 2025-26 gives students a detailed marking scheme. They must check it out and prepare for the examination accordingly. Read further to learn more about the CBSE 12th English core syllabus, steps to download the syllabus online, marking scheme, etc.

    CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2025-26

    Students can download the CBSE 12th English Core syllabus for the academic year 2025-26 by visiting the official website of CBSE, or they can also click on the link given below to download the CBSE 12th English core syllabus PDF 2025-26.

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    Steps to Download CBSE Class 12 English Core Syllabus PDF 2025-26

    The CBSE 12th English Core syllabus PDF will include information related to the chapters and untils that will be covered in the CBSE 12th examination. It also contains CBSE 12th marking scheme for English Core 2025-26, which helps students during the exam preparation. Check out the steps to download the online CBSE 11th class Physics syllabus PDF below.

    • Visit the official website, cbse.gov.in.

    • On the homepage, click on the “Academic Website”.

    • Click on the “Curriculum” from the list of options mentioned in the menu bar.

    • Select the “Curriculum 2025-26” from the dropdown menu.

    • Click on the “Senior Secondary Curriculum” for the Class 12th English core syllabus 2025-26.

    • Select “Academic Electives” to download the CBSE 12th English core syllabus PDF.

    • Download the CBSE Class 12th English Core syllabus PDF for 2025-26 for future reference.

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    CBSE Class 12 English Core Marking Scheme 2025-26

    To pass the exam, students must score a minimum of 33% in each subject separately and in aggregate. Below, we have provided the marking scheme for CBSE 12th English core marking scheme for students’ reference.

    Section


    Marks

    Section A

    Reading Skills: Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage

    22 marks

    Section B

    Creative Writing Skills

    18 marks

    Section C

    Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Textbook

    40 marks

    Internal assessment

    Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills and Project Work

    20 marks

    Total


    100 marks

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    CBSE Class 12 English Core 2025-26 Prescribed Books

    The CBSE board follows the NCERT textbook curriculum. For CBSE 12th English core, the board has prescribed two books, i.e., Flamingo and Vistas. Below, we have provided a table with chapters that will be covered in the following books.

    Flamingo

    Prose

    Poetry

    The Last Lesson

    My Mother at Sixty-Six

    Lost Spring

    Keeping Quiet

    Deep Water

    A Thing of Beauty

    The Rattrap

    A Roadside Stand

    Indigo

    Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

    Poets and Pancakes


    The Interview


    Going Places


    Vistas

    The Third Level

    The Tiger King

    Journey to the End of the Earth

    The Enemy

    On the Face of It

    Memories of Childhood:

    • The Cutting of My Long Hair

    • We Too are Human Beings

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