UP Board Home Tutor in Firozabad (High School & Intermediate)

The UP Board in a few lines

The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, known as the UP Board or UPMSP, was created at Prayagraj in 1921 by an act of the United Provinces Legislative Council, and it held its first examination in 1923. It has always run on a 10+2 pattern: the High School examination comes after ten years of school, and the Intermediate examination after Class 12. The head office is still in Prayagraj, and regional offices opened at Meerut in 1973, Varanasi in 1978, Bareilly in 1981 and Prayagraj in 1987.

For a result, mark sheet or certificate, start with the school, then the board's contact page for the office that handles Firozabad district. No tutor or agent can change a result. The website also carries the syllabus, model papers, a question bank and career guidance for the agriculture, arts, commerce and science streams, free.

Why Hindi deserves a tutor's hour

The Hindi paper is long, with ten parts in Class 10 and twelve in Class 12. It mixes skills: old and modern verse, periods of literature, metres, Sanskrit translation and a formal letter all sit in one paper. And it rewards neat, complete answers, so a fluent speaker can still lose marks. Two short sessions a week from the start of Class 9 or Class 11 usually do more than a rush of revision in the final term.

High School Hindi (Class 10, subject 901): where the 70 marks sit

The 2026-27 file splits Class 10 Hindi into a 70-mark written paper and 30 marks of internal assessment. The written marks fall across four units:

The Class 10 subject list also includes Elementary Hindi (subject 902). Confirm with the school which of the two your child is entered for before buying books or booking a tutor.

The two sections of the Class 10 paper

The written paper has a 20-mark multiple-choice section and a 50-mark descriptive section. The multiple-choice part asks about the periods of Hindi prose and poetry, two kinds of rasa (hasya and karuna), three figures of speech (upma, rupak and utpreksha), two metres (soratha and rola), and grammar such as prefixes, the four kinds of samas, tatsam and tadbhav words, synonyms, voice and the parts of speech. Quick, regular quizzes suit this half well.

Essay themes in the file include science, society, culture, the economy, population, health, education, the environment and traffic rules. A small bank of outlines on these saves thinking time on the day.

The 30 school marks in Class 10 Hindi

The internal 30 are earned at school through the year, in three parts of 10 marks each. The first is an oral expression test in August. The second is a creative writing test in December. The third comes from four unit tests, whose combined score is scaled down to 10: a multiple-choice test in the second week of July that also counts summer homework, a descriptive test in the last week of August, another multiple-choice test at the end of November and a descriptive one at the end of December.

So speaking matters: a child who answers in half sentences should practise retelling a lesson aloud. And with the test months known, revision for each can be planned weeks ahead.

The khand kavya set for Firozabad district

A khand kavya is a long narrative poem, and the UP Board does not set the same one across the whole state. Each Hindi syllabus file lists several of them, each with the districts that study it. In the 2026-27 files, Firozabad district appears against Muktidoot for Class 10 Hindi, and against Tyagpathi for Class 12, in both Hindi and General Hindi. The file adds that districts not on the list, and newly created ones, keep reading the khand kavya they read in earlier years.

This catches families out. Aligarh district is set different poems in both classes, so a guidebook bought elsewhere or a tutor from another district may cover the wrong text. In Class 12 the khand kavya questions carry 5 marks, with an 80-word limit on each answer, and they ask about the story, the main characters and key events. Ask the school to confirm the title, and ask any tutor which khand kavya they have taught before.

Intermediate: Hindi (101) or General Hindi (102)

In Class 12 the board lists two Hindi subjects. Both are a single 100-mark paper with a minimum of 33 to pass, and neither has internal marks, so the whole result rests on one sitting. General Hindi splits like this:

Hindi (101) is the fuller literature course, with more metres and figures of speech, two short answers in Sanskrit, objective Sanskrit grammar such as sandhi and samas, and an 8-mark letter. Four school unit tests in July, August, November and December do not count in the result, but show early which part is slipping.

Entrance students often leave Hindi until the last weeks; one steady hour a week protects it. Our JEE and NEET pages for Firozabad explain how to fit that hour in.

Sanskrit inside the Hindi paper

Sanskrit carries 14 marks in Class 10 Hindi and 14 in Class 12 General Hindi: set passages translated with their reference, a shloka from memory in Class 10, and short answers in Sanskrit itself. Not every Hindi tutor teaches Sanskrit confidently, so test it in the demo. The plan is simple: set lessons read aloud weekly, a notebook of word meanings, and one full translation each session.

The other UP Board subjects

Hindi is only one paper, and maths and science need plans of their own. Our other UP Board pages read different files: the Agra page covers Class 9 maths and science and Class 11 chemistry and biology, and the Aligarh page covers Class 11 physics and maths. For subject tutors in Firozabad, see maths, science, physics, chemistry, biology and English. If you are weighing a change of board, our CBSE and ICSE and ISC pages describe those routes, and the guide to choosing a board and stream lists the questions to ask.

How UP Board tutors reach six Firozabad localities

The north and west of the city have zone pages too: Jalesar Road and Kotla Road and Suhag Nagar and Agra Road. Every locality is on the Firozabad home tutors page, and the Firozabad home tuition guide covers timing zone by zone. If no Sanskrit specialist lives nearby, mix one home visit with one online class a week; see online tuition in Firozabad. Nearby cities: Agra and Aligarh.

Questions for a UP Board tutor at the demo

1. "Which khand kavya does Firozabad read this year?" A tutor who has checked the current file can answer straight away.
2. "Can you teach the Sanskrit section?" Ask for one short translation with its reference, done in front of you.
3. "How do you prepare a student for the oral test?" Listen for regular speaking practice, not a last-minute script.
4. "How will you keep answers inside the 80-word limits?" A good tutor has a plan for short, complete answers.
5. "What will the first month look like?" Expect a quick check of grammar and poetic devices, then a written weekly plan.

We send two or three matched tutors, each fee shown before you book; the first class is a free demo, and switching later is free. Tutors who join go through an ID check; the Verified badge appears only after the ID check is complete (how we check tutors). The demo class checklist has more to try.

Fees and getting started

Across NXTutors, most home-tuition sessions fall between ₹800 and ₹2,500 an hour; Classes 11–12, IB/IGCSE and JEE/NEET sit toward the upper end; specialists for IB HL or JEE Advanced can charge more. Each tutor sets their own fee. Our pricing guide and the post on home tuition fees in Firozabad explain what moves a quote.

Send the class, whether your child takes Hindi or General Hindi (or Elementary Hindi in Class 10), the medium, the other subjects that need help, your locality with a landmark and your free times. The first class is a free demo, and you can browse tutor profiles first. If you teach UP Board subjects, Hindi and Sanskrit included, see tuition jobs in Firozabad.