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The Council of Indian School Certificate Examinations is a private board in India. It was founded as a replacement for the overseas Cambridge School Certificate Examination. In 1973, this council got its recognition in the Delhi School Education Act 1973, and was declared as a body for conducting public examinations.

The council is committed to serve the country’s children by providing them with high quality education services and delegate them to contribute towards a humane, just and liberal society. The Council is creating exciting learning opportunities to promote introspective living.

The University is responsible for conducting Class XII and Class X examinations.

• There are around 1,080 schools affiliated with the Indian School Certificate Examinations (class XII).
• There are around 2,247 schools affiliated with the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education( class X).

Highlights of Board Exam 2020

ICSE 2020

ISC 2020

• Under ICSE each candidate must choose at least 6 subjects in class X.
• He/she must score more than 33% in 5 subjects except English to pass the examination.
• No grace marks will be awarded to students, failing in any subject.
• The council does not entertain any request for revaluation of answer key after declaration of the result.

Date Sheet of Class XII 2020 (Tentative)

Date Sheet of Class X 2020 (Tentative)

Examination Fees for Class X and XII

Exam Day Guidelines

• Be seated in the examination room 5 minutes before the fixed time.
• An additional duration of 15 minutes will be given for reading the question paper.
• Carefully read all the instructions given on the question paper.
• It is advisable to answer only those number of questions that are mentioned in the question paper.
• Do not write/scribble on the LICR sheet. Only put your signature at the space provided.
• All the details are to be filled with Blue/Black ball-point pen only.
• Write on both sides of the answer booklet and draw margins.
• The use of any electronic device,hand,desk or any other types of calculating machines is strictly prohibited.
• Do not copy the whole question, just mention the question number clearly on your answer booklet.
• Clearly write your Unique ID , Index number, subject and other details on the inner page of LICR sheet. These details should also be mentioned on the front sheet of each continuation booklet used, and on graph paper, loose map etc, if used.

ICSE and ISC Result 2020

ICSE and ISC results will be declared tentatively in May, 2020. Candidates can check result @ https://results.cisce.org/

• 1,04,966 boys and 88,447 passed in ICSE 2019
• 4,45,97 boys and 3,91,00 girls passed in ISC 2019
• The pass percentage was 98.57% in ICSE and 96.52% in ISC.

Given below is the regional pass percentage in both ISC and ICSE Board of 2019:

Board Exam 2019 Toppers

ICSE Toppers

Juhi Rupesh Kajaria of Mumbai and Manhar Bansal of Muktsar, topped the ICSE Board in 2019. Both the students scored 99.60%, followed by 9 students who secured second rank with 99.40%.

ISC 2019 Toppers

Dewang Kumar Agrawal of Kolkata and Vibha Swaminathan of Bengaluru topped the ISC Board with perfect 100% in 2019. 16 students ranked second with 99.75%.

Compartmental Exam 2020

The CISCE conducted compartment exams for the first time in 2019. This was a huge step as now students who failed in subjects could give compartment exam and improve their marksheet, instead of repeating an entire academic year.

Eligibility for Compartment Exam

• It is mandatory to clear English subject for both ISC and ICSE students.
• ICSE students need to clear 3 subjects in addition to English to give compartment exam.
• ISC students need to clear 2 subjects, only then they can appear for compartment exam.

ICSE Syllabus

Second Language – Naga, Assamese, Bengali, Dzongkha, Garo, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Khasi, Kokborok, Lepcha, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Mizo, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Tangkhul, Telugu, Urdu.