CBSE · Class 6
CBSE Class 6 syllabus — every chapter, all four subjects
Forty-one chapters across Maths, Science, Social Science and English. This is the year the new NCERT series starts, so the chapter names will look nothing like the ones on an older sibling's books.
- Subjects
- 4
- Chapters
- 41
- Board exam
- No
- CBSE document
- None published
Where the new books start
Class 6 was the first year to move to the NCERT series written under the new curriculum framework — Ganita Prakash for Maths, Curiosity for Science. Chapters are named for what they ask rather than what they contain, which is why you get "Prime Time" instead of "Playing with Numbers". Searching for help under the old names will not find you much.
And the honest note we put on every page below Class 9: CBSE publishes no curriculum document for Class 6. The book is the syllabus, the school sets the paper, and there is no board weighting for us to report. Marks arrive at Class 9.
Mathematics
10 chaptersGanita Prakash (NCERT Class 6)
School exams, not board exams. This is where the number sense Class 10 leans on is built.
Mathematics
10 chaptersGanita Prakash (NCERT Class 6)
School exams, not board exams. This is where the number sense Class 10 leans on is built.
- 1 Patterns in Mathematics
- 2 Lines and Angles
- 3 Number Play
- 4 Data Handling and Presentation
- 5 Prime Time
- 6 Perimeter and Area
- 7 Fractions
- 8 Playing with Constructions
- 9 Symmetry
- 10 The Other Side of Zero
Science
12 chaptersCuriosity (NCERT Class 6)
One integrated book — Physics, Chemistry and Biology are not separated at this stage.
Science
12 chaptersCuriosity (NCERT Class 6)
One integrated book — Physics, Chemistry and Biology are not separated at this stage.
- 1 The Wonderful World of Science
- 2 Diversity in the Living World
- 3 Mindful Eating: A Path to a Healthy Body
- 4 Exploring Magnets
- 5 Measurement of Length and Motion
- 6 Materials Around Us
- 7 Temperature and Its Measurement
- 8 A Journey through States of Water
- 9 Methods of Separation in Everyday Life
- 10 Living Creatures: Exploring Their Characteristics
- 11 Nature's Treasures
- 12 Beyond Earth
Social Science
14 chaptersOne integrated book covering geography, history, civics and economics together.
Social Science
14 chaptersOne integrated book covering geography, history, civics and economics together.
- 1 Why Social Science?
- 2 Oceans and Continents
- 3 Landforms and Life
- 4 Timeline and Sources of History
- 5 India, That Is Bharat
- 6 The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation
- 7 India's Cultural Roots
- 8 Unity in Diversity, or 'Many in the One'
- 9 Family and Community
- 10 Grassroots Democracy — Part 1 Governance
- 11 Grassroots Democracy — Part 2 Local Government in Rural Areas
- 12 Grassroots Democracy — Part 3 Local Government in Urban Areas
- 13 The Value of Work
- 14 Economic Activities Around Us
English
5 chaptersOrganised as five thematic units rather than numbered prose and poetry chapters.
English
5 chaptersOrganised as five thematic units rather than numbered prose and poetry chapters.
- 1 Unit 1: Fables and Folk Tales
- 2 Unit 2: Friendship
- 3 Unit 3: Nurturing Nature
- 4 Unit 4: Sports and Wellness
- 5 Unit 5: Culture and Tradition
CBSE Class 6 syllabus — common questions
- Where is the official CBSE Class 6 syllabus?
- There is not one. CBSE publishes curriculum documents for Classes 9 to 12 only — its curriculum page has headings for Secondary and Senior Secondary and nothing else. In Class 6 the NCERT textbook is the syllabus and the school sets the exam.
- How many chapters are in CBSE Class 6?
- Forty-one across the four core subjects: Social Science 14, Science 12, Mathematics 10 and English 5.
- What are the new Class 6 books called?
- Mathematics is Ganita Prakash and Science is Curiosity. Class 6 was the first year to move to the new NCERT series, which is why the chapter names read so differently from the books an older sibling would have used — "Prime Time", "The Other Side of Zero", "Nature\u2019s Treasures".
- Is Class 6 too early to worry about board exams?
- Yes, and that is the point of saying so plainly. There is no board exam and no published mark scheme until Class 9. What Class 6 decides is whether fractions, integers and the idea of a variable are solid — because every later year assumes them and none of them re-teaches them.