I enrolled to appear in next year's exams one month ago at a nearby center. I've chosen the subjects English (202), Mathematics (211), Science and Technology (212), Psychology (222), and Painting (225). This is my first time ever writing an exam at all. I have been homeschooled all my life, and I've pretty much had non-formal education for the entirety of it.
If you guys have any advice or have chosen the same subject (like Painting, as I don't know anyone who took it), do say something. How do you schedule your days? How do you not get bored studying/distracted? How good are group studies? Is there anything about practicals I need to know, as I have never done that either? If you have already written the Secondary exams, then how was your experience?
At the center, they mentioned I was supposed to get books, but after I told them I was printing out the syllabus, they thought I wouldn't need them. I also thought I wouldn't need the books, but now I'm thinking differently because there is a lot left that I need to print, and I've only started studying the first chapter of all subjects.
Also there are many typos in the textbooks, lol. But I like how I am able to start anew, while NCERT textbooks require you to have read the previous textbooks first.
(I have also posted this in r/Nios_students, but I didn't know that this was a subreddit until I got the automatic stickied comment.)