Rajasthan State Board explained, for parents
Rajasthan state school curriculum - RBSE Ajmer, RSCERT Udaipur and the state textbook board
Rajasthan spreads the job across three cities: RSCERT at Udaipur sets curriculum, the state textbook board publishes the books, and RBSE at Ajmer conducts the Class 10 Secondary examination. Families call all of it RBSE.
In one paragraph
Classes 1 to 5 form the primary stage and Classes 6 to 8 the upper primary stage, both assessed within the school. Curriculum and academic direction come from RSCERT at Udaipur; textbooks are published by the state textbook board. Hindi is the usual medium of instruction in government schools, with English-medium government schools now operating in the state alongside private English-medium schools, all following the state syllabus. The first external examination is the Secondary examination at Class 10, conducted by RBSE at Ajmer.
Rajasthan's school system operates through three separate institutions in different cities, which creates confusion even among parents trying to support their child's learning. The Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan, based in Ajmer, runs the Class 10 and Class 12 examinations. RSCERT, located in Udaipur, designs the curriculum and trains teachers. The state textbook board publishes the books your child uses. All three are collectively called "RBSE", but they are separate organisations. This matters because the body that examines your Class 10 child is not the body that created the Class 4 textbook she studied from. Understanding this fragmentation helps you ask the right questions when your child struggles with continuity between curriculum and assessment.
Three cities, three jobs
- RBSE / BSER, Ajmer – the Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan. This body affiliates secondary schools, designs the examination framework, and conducts the Secondary examination at Class 10 and the Senior Secondary examination at Class 12.
- RSCERT, Udaipur – the State Institute of Educational Research and Training. It sets curriculum standards, develops syllabuses and trains teachers, working through district institutes.
- State textbook board – publishes and distributes the prescribed textbooks used throughout Rajasthan.
The practical consequence: for eight years, your interaction with the system is entirely through the school and its books. From Class 9 onward, the Ajmer board becomes visible, and the standard for what counts as a good answer shifts accordingly.
The primary and upper primary years
Classes 1 to 5 include Hindi, English, Mathematics and an environmental studies subject. From Class 6 onwards, Science and Social Science branch into separate subjects, and a third language typically appears as well.
Two specific factors about Rajasthan schools shape what tuition means here. The first is geography: many children attend schools where accessing a good subject teacher outside school hours is genuinely difficult, which is much of why online tuition took root in this region. The second is the role of English. In a primarily Hindi-medium school day, English is a second language taught as a subject, and it requires proper teaching - from sounds and sentence patterns upward - rather than being assumed half-known.
For the exact syllabus and textbook list applying this academic year, ask your child's school directly. We do not publish year-specific syllabus details because they change annually, and outdated information is worse than no information at all.
English-medium government schools, and what they change
Rajasthan has opened English-medium government schools across the state. Two children in the same town, both on the state syllabus, might sit in classrooms speaking different languages entirely.
Here's what happens when your child moves from a Hindi-medium school to an English-medium one: she does not lose her Mathematics. But she can lose the ability to discuss it. The words in the question become the hurdle before the mathematics does. That is a real, specific problem - mastering subject vocabulary in English - and it is quite different from learning English in general.
It is also the single most useful thing to establish in a first class, because what your child needs at three months into English medium looks nothing like what she would need had she been in it since Class 1.
RBSE and CBSE: the differences that matter
- Books. RBSE schools use the state textbook board's textbooks; CBSE schools use NCERT. Since chapter order and emphasis differ, tutoring must follow your child's actual book, not a national standard.
- Medium. RBSE government schools are predominantly Hindi medium, though English-medium government schools exist; CBSE schools are mostly English medium. This distinction changes what an English class actually teaches.
- Examination. RBSE conducts the Class 10 Secondary examination; CBSE conducts its own. Neither board examines before Class 10.
Rajasthan's competitive-coaching culture at the senior end is particularly strong, and it sometimes pushes families into exam-preparation habits earlier than is actually useful. For Class 1 through 10, what truly pays off is understanding and written clarity, not premature cramming.
How we teach Rajasthan Board children
We teach Class 1 through Class 10 in small groups of three.
- From the issued book, in the language medium your school actually employs.
- English properly assessed in the first session, since Hindi-medium and English-medium students in the same class need entirely different lessons.
- Written answer practice from Class 8, so your child meets Class 9 and 10's external standards already prepared.
- Online delivery, so location is irrelevant—this is why most Rajasthan families discover us.
Your first class is free. All fees are listed on our fees page.
How Rajasthan State Board students are actually taught here
We do not teach a board. We teach the books your school issued, in the sequence it is working through, with our own progression underneath so that gaps get caught even when the class moves on.
- Lessons planned from the state textbook board book your child was actually issued
- English taught deliberately as a second language where the school day runs in Hindi
- Subject vocabulary built in English for children who have moved into an English-medium school from a Hindi-medium one
- Class 9 and 10 taught with written answer discipline, since the Secondary examination is externally marked
- Progress reported against school assessments, without predicting examination results
Rates for group and one-to-one classes are on the fees page, and there are free free online tests whether or not you ever book a class.
The other three, for comparison
Written the same way - from each body’s own published documents, and equally clear about what it does not decide.
Rajasthan State Board, honestly answered
What is the difference between RBSE and BSER?
BSER and RBSE are the same organisation - the Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan, based in Ajmer. Both abbreviations are in wide use, including in the board's official documents, so seeing them used interchangeably is normal and doesn't indicate two separate organisations.
Who sets the curriculum for a Rajasthan Board primary child?
RSCERT at Udaipur sets your child's curriculum and syllabus and oversees teacher training. The state textbook board publishes the books. RBSE at Ajmer is the examination board and does not examine before Class 10.
Is there a board exam before Class 10?
For RBSE students, Class 10 is the first external examination. Classes 1 to 8 are assessed entirely within the school.
My child just moved to an English-medium government school. What should tuition focus on?
Usually it is subject vocabulary, not the subjects themselves. Many children understand the maths but lose marks because English question wording gets in the way. Once identified correctly, this gap closes faster than parents typically expect.
Do you teach in Hindi?
We teach in English. This works well for strengthening your child's English and for building maths and science understanding in English, even if their school teaches in Hindi. If you need all subjects taught in Hindi medium, a local tutor based in that medium would be better.
Does online tuition actually work outside the big cities in Rajasthan?
This is why online tuition exists. Classes run live in groups of three over normal internet, so a child in a smaller town reaches the same teacher as one in Jaipur. What matters is a reliable connection and a quiet space for class.
Send us your child's book list. We plan around it.
One free live class first, with no card and nothing to cancel. Afterwards you get an honest note on what the teacher actually noticed.
- Tell us the class, the board, and where it is going wrong.
- We find a teacher who has taught that exact thing, and offer a slot.
- A free 20-minute assessment - stay and watch if you would like to.
- No card, nothing to commit to
- Live classes, never a crowded room
- One teacher, every single week