CHAPTER 1
A. Introductory
1. 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.
2. Private candidates are not permitted to appear for the examination.
B. Conditions of eligibility for admission to Class XI
1. (a) Candidates who have been awarded Pass Certificates in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination with passes in five subjects including English and a second language are eligible to be admitted for preparation in courses of study leading to the Indian School Certificate Examination.
(b) Candidates who have been awarded Pass Certificates in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination with passes in five subjects including English, but without a pass in the second language, may be admitted provisionally to the first year of the course. They will be required to pass in the second language of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination at the end of Class XI before being declared eligible for promotion to Class XII, in preparation for the Indian School Certificate (Year-12) Examination.
2. (a) The eligibility of candidates who have been awarded Pass Certificates in an equivalent examination conducted by another Examining Board will be decided by the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council. The conditions of eligibility are as follows:
(i) The candidate must have been awarded a Pass Certificate in accordance with the requirements of the Board at an equivalent examination taken at one and the same sitting, and subject to provisions 2 (a) (ii) and 2 (b).
(ii) The candidate must have obtained pass marks in accordance with the regulations of the Board in (i) English (ii) a Second Language (as distinct from English) and (iii) three other written subjects, accepted by the Council.
(b) After obtaining a Clearance Certificate from the Council, Heads of Schools may admit provisionally in Class XI, a candidate who has been thus awarded a Pass Certificate by another Examining Board. They must submit to the Council immediately on granting provisional admission certified true copies of the Statement of Marks issued to the candidate by the Examining Board. If the candidate is eligible, the Council will issue an Eligibility Certificate to the Head of the School concerned in respect of the candidate.
Note: The Council on the basis of the marksheet awarded to the candidate shall grant The Clearance Certificate.
(c) Heads of Schools may also admit provisionally a candidate who has been awarded a Pass Certificate in an equivalent examination conducted by another Board with pass marks in English but without a pass in a Second Language. Such a candidate, however, will be required to pass in the Second Language of the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination at the end of Class XI before being declared eligible for promotion to Class XII in preparation for the Indian School Certificate (Year-12) Examination. In this case the Eligibility Certificate will be issued after the candidate has been declared to have passed in the Second Language.
Note: This provision does not apply in cases where the Board does not have provision for the teaching of a second language.
3. Exemption from study of a second language:
Candidates coming from foreign and State Boards that do not have provision for the teaching of a Second Language, may enroll for the ISC (12) examination without having to pass in a Second Language at the Class X level examination. The Heads of concerned Schools are required to write to the Secretary with full details for grant of exemption to these candidates.
C. Conditions of Entry
1. Entry to the Indian School Certificate Examination in the case of eligible 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 school(s) affiliated to the Council and registered for the Indian School Certificate Examination. The last date of computing attendance at schools is February 15, of the year of the examination.
Candidates may be entered only by the school they are attending and in this respect; the decision of the Head of the school is final.
2. Candidates who are entered as school candidates in accordance with (1) above, and who were not awarded Pass Certificates may be entered again 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 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.
3. Candidates entered as school candidates in accordance with (1) or (2) above and who are 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 in the previous year and failed.
4. Candidates who have been awarded Pass Certificates will be permitted to enter for a Supplementary Pass Certificate in any of the subjects offered for the ISC examinations earlier by a candidate without further attendance at an affiliated and registered school. Candidates who wish to appear for a subject other than that they offered at the ISC (12) examinations will be required to complete and pass Class XI portion of the prescribed syllabus before they enter for the ISC (12) examination. 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 originally for the examination.
5. There is no age limit for candidates taking the examination.
D. 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 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 the examination.
E. Withdrawal of Candidates
Candidates may be withdrawn at any time previous 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:
(a) on account of illness of the candidates certified by a registered medical practitioner; or
(b) 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 will be made in accordance with the conditions laid down under the heading ‘Refunds’ on page 9 of these Regulations.
F. Syllabuses
The Regulations and syllabuses of the Indian School Certificate Examination are included in this booklet, which is obtainable from:
M/s Evergreen Publications,
4738/23, Ansari Road,
Daryaganj, New Delhi -110002. Tel: 23280337, 23264528. Fax No. 23262183.
G. Scope of Selected Syllabuses
The Scope of selected syllabuses of the Indian School Certificate 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.
H. 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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