Sultan Chand | Essentials of Information Technology | Class 10 |

Information Technology is stated to have motivational power. It enables students to enjoy learning as active participants, such as by bringing the outside world
into the classroom or by enhancing one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many interactions among peers, teachers, experts, and others. Furthermore, ICT has also helped students in learning new skills, such as searching and locating appropriate information, making informed choices, learning to recognize the authenticity of sources, and collaborating with other learners. The book, Essentials of Information Technology (402) for CBSE Class X, based on the Skill Subject approved by CBSE’s Department of Skill Education, aims at upgrading the skills and proficiency of the young learner in the field of InformationTechnology.This book has been prepared strictly according to the CBSE curriculum. The course has been divided into two parts – Employability Skills and Subject-specific Skills –details of which are as under:

• • Employability Skills incorporate five important skill sets, viz. communication skills, Self-Management Skills, ICT Skills, Entrepreneurial Skills, and Green
•   Skills. Each of these skills has been covered in detail as a separate unit as per the CBSE syllabus.
• • Subject-specific Skills cover advanced topics and features of OpenOffice
• Writer, Electronic Spreadsheet, Database Management Systems along with web applications and Security. It consists of four units. Unit 1 focuses on advanced concepts of Digital Documentation like Styles, Table of Contents, Templates, and Mail Merge. Unit 2 comprises Electronic Spreadsheet, covering concepts of Subtotal, Data Consolidation, Working with Scenarios, Goal Seek, and handling macros. Unit 3 is based on Database Concepts and their implementation while Unit 4 is about Web Applications and Security.
  
• The book includes all the latest changes made by the CBSE in the IT curriculum and question paper pattern, with a focus on Competency-based Questions, Application-based
• Questions and Objective Type Questions. Besides, the CBSE Sample Question Paper (Solved) and two Model Test Papers for practice have also beenincluded in the book.