CHAPTER 1
A. Introduction
- 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.
- 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 seven subjects as detailed on pages 3 and 4 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 ).
- Private candidates are not permitted to appear for the examination.
B. Conditions of Entry
- Entry to the examination, in the case of candidates who are being entered for the first time, is restricted to candidates with a minimum of 75% attendance of the working days during each year of the two year course at schools affiliated to the Council and registered for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination. The last date for computing attendance at school is February 15, of the year of the Examination.
- Candidates can be entered only by the school they are attending and, in this respect; the decision of the Head of the school is final.
- Candidates who were entered as school candidates, in accordance with 1 above, and who were not awarded Pass Certificates may be entered by a school on the document entitled "Confirmation/Correction of Entries", provided that such candidates are in attendance at an affiliated and registered school in the year of the examination.
- Candidates entered as school candidates in accordance with 1 or 2 above and who appeared for one or more of the written papers set by the Council, but were not awarded Pass Certificates will be permitted to re-appear for the examination once only in the year following their failure, but not thereafter, without further attendance at an affiliated and registered school.
- They must apply on the special form provided for the purpose, which will be obtainable from the Council's office through the Principals of schools from which the candidates appeared for the examination and failed in the previous year.
- Candidates who have been awarded Pass Certificates will be permitted to enter for a Supplementary Pass Certificate without further attendance at an affiliated and registered school. They must apply on the special form for the examination, provided for the purpose, which will be obtainable from the Council's office through the Principals of schools from which the candidates appeared originally.
- There is no age limit for candidates taking the examination.
C. Minimum Attendance Requirement
Candidates whose attendance is below 75% of the working days are ordinarily not eligible to sit for the examination. However, the Chief Executive and Secretary has the authority to condone the shortage in the case of candidates whose minimum attendance is not less than 60% of the working days. This is inclusive of illness and other special circumstances. Heads of schools may represent, to the Chief Executive and Secretary, cases of candidates who deserve special consideration for condonation, provided that the attendance of such candidates is not less than 60% of the working days, during each year of the two-year course. Heads of schools are not to refer condonation of attendance in cases of candidates having below 60% attendance. The last date for computing attendance at school is February 15, of the year of Examination.
D. Withdrawal of Candidates
Candidates may be withdrawn at any time prior to the commencement of the examination, provided that, once the entries have been acknowledged as accepted by the Council's office, Heads of schools may only withdraw candidates:
- on account of illness of the candidates, duly certified by a registered medical practitioner;
OR
- at the express written request of the parents/legal guardians of the candidates.
Applications for withdrawals will have to be submitted on the special form to be supplied by the Council's office.
Refunds in the case of candidates duly withdrawn as permissible will be made in accordance with the conditions laid down under the heading 'Refunds' on page 9 of these Regulations.
E. Syllabuses
The Regulations and syllabuses of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination are included in this booklet and are obtainable from:
M/s Evergreen Publications,
4738/23, Ansari Road ,
Daryaganj, New Delhi -110002. Tel: 23280337, 23264528. Fax No. 23262183.
F. Scope of Selected Syllabuses
The Scope of selected syllabuses of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination is included in the booklet "Scope of Syllabuses" which is obtainable from:
M/s Evergreen Publications,
4738/23, Ansari Road ,
Daryaganj, New Delhi -110002. Tel: 23280337, 23264528. Fax No. 23262183.
G. Disqualification
If any of the regulations made for the conduct of the examination is disobeyed, the candidate or candidates concerned may be disqualified.
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