CHAPTER II
IMPORTANT NOTE: The responsibility for the correct selection of subjects to meet university or professional requirements of a candidate or candidates will be that of the school.
A. Subjects of Examination
Part I - External Examination
Compulsory Subjects
1. English
2. Environmental Education
Elective Subjects
3. An Indian Language
4. A Modern Foreign Language
5. A Classical Language
6. Literature in English
7. History
8. Political Science
9. Geography
10 Sociology
11. Psychology
12. Economics
13. Commerce
14. Accounts
15. Business Studies
16. Mathematics
17. Physics
18. Chemistry
19. Biology
20. Home Science
21. Fashion Designing
22. Electricity & Electronics
23. Engineering Science
(May not be taken with Physics)
24. Computer Science
25. Geometrical & Mechanical Drawing
26. Geometrical & Building Drawing
27. Art
28. Music (Indian or Western)
29. Physical Education
30. Business Mathematics
(May not be taken with Mathematics)
31. Environmental Science
32. Biotechnology
Part II - Internal Examination
Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service (Compulsory).
Exemption from Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service requirement may be made, in special cases, by the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council.
B. Scheme of Examination
1. (a) The syllabuses in English (Compulsory) and in Indian/Foreign/Classical Languages (Elective) have not been bifurcated. Questions will be set from the entire syllabus for the year-12 examination.
(b) The syllabuses in Environmental Education (Compulsory) and Elective subjects (except Indian Languages) are prescribed separately for Class XI and Class XII. The syllabuses prescribed for Class XI will be examined internally by the school and the syllabuses for Class XII will be examined externally by the Council.
2. The examination at the end of Class XI will be conducted by the schools and the promotion of candidates from Class XI to Class XII will be the responsibility of the Heads of the Schools and in this respect, the decision of the Head of the College/School is final.
3. The prescribed syllabus for Class XII will be examined externally by the Council on papers on the subject matter of the syllabus.
4. The result of the Indian School Certificate (Year-12) Examination will be based on the external examination at the end of Class XII and on Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service, evaluated internally by the School.
C. Choice of Subjects
All candidates for the Pass Certificate must enter and sit for English (compulsory), Environmental Education (compulsory), with three, four or five elective subjects and must have been evaluated internally by the School in Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service (compulsory).
Note:
1. A candidate may not enter for more than seven subjects including the compulsory subjects English and Environmental Education.
2. A School may not enter candidates for subjects for the teaching of which no provision is made by the School.
3. The responsibility for the correct selection of subjects to meet university or professional requirements of a candidate or candidates will be that of the school.
4. Certain subjects have practical papers. Candidates offering such subjects must also take the practical examination; otherwise the subject in question will be considered incomplete.
D. Awards and Conditions for Awards
1. PASS CERTIFICATES will be awarded to candidates who at one and the same examination attain the pass standard in four or more subjects which must include the subject English.
Provided that no candidate except as otherwise exempted by the Council, shall be awarded a Pass Certificate unless in addition to fulfilling the conditions above, he has attained a pass grade in SUPW and Community Service as examined/assessed internally by the School.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY PASS CERTIFICATES will be awarded to candidates who have obtained PASS CERTIFICATES and who appear in a subsequent examination and reach the pass standard in one or more subjects.
3. STATEMENTS OF MARKS will be issued to all candidates who are awarded Pass Certificates/Supplementary Pass Certificates.
The pass mark for each subject is 40%.
E. Issue of Results
All results will be issued through the Heads of Schools, to whom results will be sent as soon as possible after the award has been completed. The result sheets show the result in the examination as a whole and also indicate the standard reached in each subject taken, except Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service, by grades from 1 to 9, 1 being the highest and 9 the lowest. Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 indicates a pass with credit, 7 or 8 indicates a pass and 9 a failure. Very good is indicated by 1 or 2.
The standard reached in Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service (internally assessed) will be shown on the result sheets by grades A, B, C, D or E: A being the highest, and E the lowest. A, B, C or D indicate a pass and E a failure.
F. Certificates, etc.
1. Pass Certificates/Supplementary Pass Certificates will be issued through the Heads of schools as soon as possible after the issue of results.
2. Duplicates of Pass Certificates/Supplementary Pass Certificates are not issued.
3. Duplicates of Statements of Marks will be issued on application accompanied by a certificate countersigned by the Head of School concerned, stating that the original Statement of Marks has been actually lost, and on payment of special charges.
4. Migration Certificates will be issued at the request of Heads of Schools concerned to candidates who have been awarded Pass Certificates on payment of special charges.
G. Ownership of answer scripts and other materials
All written replies (answer scripts) and any other work done by candidates during the examination and the copyright therein are the property of the Council and will not be returned. Every application to enter for the examination (whether through a school or by an individual candidate) will be deemed to constitute an agreement by each candidate entered for the examination with the Council to assign such copyright to the Council.
H. Evaluation of Answer Scripts
1. The evaluation of answer scripts and of other work done by candidates during the examination is within the domestic jurisdiction of the Council and, therefore, no outside person or authority has jurisdiction to check/scrutinise the answer scripts or other work done by candidates.
2. The marking of answer scripts and of other work done by candidates during the examination conducted by the Council or its examiners and the results of such marking shall be final and legally binding on all candidates. The Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council will not, except in his absolute discretion, enter into correspondence about results with candidates or their parents or guardians or other persons claiming to act in loco parentis.
I. Enquiries concerning examination results
1. All enquiries concerning examination results on behalf of school candidates must be made to the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council by the Principal of the School concerned and must reach the Council’s office, not later than the specified date. Schools are asked to bear in mind that a large number of answer scripts are re-marked by Chief Examiners before the awards.
Enquiries should be restricted to results which are significantly below the standard suggested by the candidate’s school work in the subject.
2. The accuracy of a subject grade awarded will be checked on request provided that the Principal of the School forwards the application. Such applications must be made in the proforma prescribed by the Council and must be received in the Council not later than one month after the receipt of the results by the Schools. Schools will be required to pay the charges for each recheck as prescribed by the Council from time to time.
The re-check will be restricted to checking whether all the answers have been marked, and that there has been no mistake in the totaling of marks for each question in the subject, and transferring marks correctly on the first cover page of the answer book, and whether the continuation sheets attached to the answer book mentioned by the candidate are intact. No other re-evaluation of the answer script or other work done by the candidate as part of the examination will be carried out.
(i) No candidate shall claim or be entitled to re-evaluation or disclosure or inspection of the answer scripts or other documents as these are treated as most confidential by the Council.
(ii) The recheck will be carried out by a competent person, appointed by the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council.
(iii) On rechecking the scripts, if it is found that there is an error, the marks will be revised.
(iv) The communication regarding the revision of marks, if any, shall be sent to the Principal of the School in the case of regular candidates within a reasonable time. In the case of other candidates, it will be sent directly, within a reasonable time.
(v) The Council will not be responsible for any loss or damage or any inconvenience caused to the candidate, consequent on the revision of marks.
(vi) The Council shall revise the Statement of Marks and Pass Certificate in respect of such candidates whose result has changed after the previous Statement of Marks and Pass Certificate is returned.
The decision of the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council on the result of the scrutiny and re-check shall be final.
3. If the Principal of a School considers that the results in one subject are significantly below reasonable expectation, the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council is prepared to ask the examiners for notes on the main weaknesses shown by the work of a few selected candidates. It is necessary to limit such notes to one subject per school on any one occasion of examination and to restrict the enquiry to the work of not more than six candidates whose work is significantly below the standard as suggested by the candidate’s school work in the subject. Applications for making special notes must be received in the Council’s office not later than one month after the receipt of the results by the school. Charges commensurate with the work involved will have to be paid to the Council.
J. Re-examination
The Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council shall have the power to hold a re-examination or an additional examination, if he is satisfied that such a re-examination or additional examination is necessary.
K. Last date for retaining answer scripts
The Council does not undertake to retain answer scripts of candidates later than 60 days after the date on which the results are issued.
For enquiries concerning examination results attention is invited to paragraph I above.
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