
Affiliation
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I.C.S.E.
(Class X)
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination has been designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 1986, through the medium of English.
Private candidates are not permitted to appear for the examination.
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination will ensure a general education without any diversification of studies as all candidates are required to enter and sit for six subjects and Socially Useful Productive Work.
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination is a school examination and the standard of the examination pre-supposes a school course of ten years duration (Classes I-X).
I.S.C.
(Class XII)
The Indian School Certificate Examination has been designed as an examination, through the medium of English, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 1986, after a two-year course of studies beyond the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Year-10) Examination or its equivalent.
All candidates must enter and sit for English (compulsory), with three, four or five elective subjects and must have been evaluated internally by the School and secured a pass grade in Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service (compulsory).
Private candidates are not permitted to appear for the examination.
C.V.E.
(Year 12)
The Certificate of Vocational Education Examination (CVE - 12) has been created as an examination, in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through the Joint Council of Vocational Education (JCVE) established under the National Policy of Education 1986. This examination can be taken by candidates after a two year course of studies beyond the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Year 10) examination or its equivalent, through the medium of English.
The C.V.E. course is intended to prepare candidates for specific vocations. Private candidates are not permitted to appear for these examinations.
RDCD
+The Research Development and Consultancy Division (RDCD) of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations is entrusted with the responsibility of enhancing the educational and academic commitments of the Council.
The Research Development and Consultancy Division (RDCD) extends the operations of the Council beyond conduct of examinations, to wider frontiers of education and development, so as to help realise the Council's commitment towards qualitative improvement of education through optimizing various dimensions of pupil growth, the proficiency levels of teachers and enhancing the outcomes from institutional inputs.
Some of the activities undertaken by the Research Development and Consultancy Division of the Council include
- Curriculum development and review including preparation of the ICSE, ISC and CVE syllabi.
- Design and development of Specimen Question Papers.
- Development of resource material for teachers and students.
- Preparation of the documents entitled "Analysis of Pupil Performance" both at the ICSE and ISC levels.
- Preparation of the Council's Quarterly magazine "The Council Record".
- Conducting studies based on contemporary broad based academic issues.
- Updating the Council's website.
Games
& Sports
The Council has always firmly believed and stressed on the holistic development of the child, in body, mind and spirit. While academics and examinations are the Council’s prime concern, it realizes the importance and role of sports and games in a child’s life.
The Council has therefore embarked on a mission to conduct the ‘Council School Games & Sports’ annually in order to identify talents at the school level and provide these children a suitable platform to develop and reach their full potential. This is also in keeping with the Government’s initiative of identifying sporting talent among children at the school level and developing Sports Schools through the Khelo India School Games and the Khelo India Scheme respectively.
For all Games and Sports related queries please mail us at [email protected] or call the Sports help line at 9971007947 ( Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm)
Services
+The Council offers a number of services to the public in general. To avail these services, individuals or organizations must sign up with the Council using a valid email account.
An individual or organization that has been registered with the Council in this manner can use this portal to request for verification of certificates issued by the Council.
Requests for verification must be accompanied by prescribed fees, which can be paid online through this website using Net Banking, or through Debit or Credit cards.
About the council
The Council has been so constituted as to secure suitable representation of: Government of India, State Governments/Union Territories in which there are
Schools affiliated to the Council, the Inter-State Board for Anglo-Indian Education, the Association of Indian Universities, the Association of Heads of Anglo-
Indian Schools, the Indian Public Schools’ Conference, the Association of Schools for the ISC Examination and members co-opted by the Executive Committee of
the Council.
Welcome to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations









Examination Highlights
2,06,525
Candidates passed
in ICSE 2020
85,611
Candidates passed
in ISC 2020
94,937
Number of Girls passed in ICSE
40,170
Number of Girls passed in ISC
1,11,588
Number of Boys passed in ICSE
45,441
Number of Boys passed in ISC
CISCE – Alumni
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Well known entrepreneur and the founder, chairman and CEO of Bharti Enterprises, Padma Bhushan awardee
Vinod Khanna
Renowned Indian actor, film producer and politician
Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM ADC (Retd.)
Former Chief of Army Staff and former member of the Parliament
Nargis Dutt
Well known actress and Padma Shri awardee
Dilip Sinha
Ambassador and permanent representative of India to the United Nations in Geneva. Currently Chairman of the Manipur Public Service Commission, India
Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Chairman of Poonawalla Group, Padma Shri awardee
Vikas Dilawari
Renowned conservation architect and winner of UNESCO ASIA PACIFIC Awards for Cultural Preservation in SE Asia
Altamas Kabir
Former Chief Justice of India
Neerja Bhanot
Sr. Flt. Purser with PanAm Airways, recipient of the Ashoka Chakra posthumously
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Well known entrepreneur and the founder, chairman and CEO of Bharti Enterprises, Padma Bhushan awardee
Vinod Khanna
Renowned Indian actor, film producer and politician
Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM ADC (Retd.)
Former Chief of Army Staff and former member of the Parliament
Nargis Dutt
Well known actress and Padma Shri awardee
Dilip Sinha
Ambassador and permanent representative of India to the United Nations in Geneva. Currently Chairman of the Manipur Public Service Commission, India
Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Chairman of Poonawalla Group, Padma Shri awardee
Vikas Dilawari
Renowned conservation architect and winner of UNESCO ASIA PACIFIC Awards for Cultural Preservation in SE Asia
Altamas Kabir
Former Chief Justice of India
Neerja Bhanot
Sr. Flt. Purser with PanAm Airways, recipient of the Ashoka Chakra posthumously
Notice Board
Reopening of twelve NISHTHA 3.0 (FLN) Online Courses on DIKSHA Platform for teachers (Preschool to Class V)
[Circulars / Letters to Schools]
Legal Notice issued by CISCE to Pandey Tutorial, Allahabad
[Circulars / Letters to Schools]
Instruction to Candidates and Timetable – ICSE Year 2022 Semester 2 Examination
[Circulars / Letters to Schools]
Instruction to Candidates and Timetable – ISC Year 2022 Semester 2 Examination
[Circulars / Letters to Schools]
News
Notice Board
Concessions to Children with
Special Needs
The Council is prepared to give special consideration and make necessary arrangements in respect of candidates who are handicapped in any way, which might affect their performance in the ICSE (X) / ISC (XII) Examination.
When a candidate suffers some injury or bereavement or dire unforeseen circumstance which may adversely affect his or her performance in the examination, the Special Difficulty procedure is used. A form is forwarded to the Council by the Head of the candidates’ school and the candidates’ examination answer script is then given special consideration by a committee before the issue of the results. The Council’s committee does not give a “blanket” concession but treats every case on its merit, for experience has shown that candidates working under similar unusual stress are affected in widely different ways. For this reason the Special Difficulty Form provides for the performance of the affected candidate to be compared with that of his/her other classmates.
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Instruction for Issue of Duplicate Document(s) Online
Instruction for Verification of Documents Online
Welcome to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations









Examination Highlights
2,06,525
Candidates passed
in ICSE 2020
85,611
Candidates passed
in ISC 2020
94,937
Number of Girls passed in ICSE
40,170
Number of Girls passed in ISC
1,11,588
Number of Boys passed in ICSE
45,441
Number of Boys passed in ISC
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