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Indian Certificate of
Secondary Education (ICSE)

Indian School
Certificate (ISC)

Council for the Indian School Certification Examination

(CISCE)

A private, non-governmental body of school education, it conducts two qualifying examinations – the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian Certificate of School Education (ISC). Though it is an all-India board, it is a non-governmental body (unlike CBSE).

An autonomous, non-governmental body of school education, the Council for The Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is an All-India body that conducts public examinations. The Council is responsible for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), Indian School Certificate (ISC), and the Certificate of Vocational Education (CVE) examinations.

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Program

Structure

Grade I to II

Subjects

Language & Literature English
Language Acquisition Hindi
Individual & Societies EVS
Mathematics Mathematics
Arts Art, Indian Music, Western Music, Craft, Dance
Physical Education Physical and health education
Life Skill Stream, CORE & Rhythmic Yoga, SDG, Horticulture
Computer Computer
Various professional-sports Basketball, Cricket, Football, Badminton, Chess & Carrom, Gymnastic
Language literature Hindi, English & Marathi

Grade III to V

Subjects

Language & Literature English
Language Acquisition Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Individual & Societies History, Geography
Sciences Science
Mathematics Mathematics
Arts Art, Western Music, Craft, Dance
Physical Education Physical and health education
Life Skill Stream, Counselling Session CORE & Rhythmic Yoga, SDG, Horticulture
Computer Computer
Various professional-sports Basketball, Cricket, Football, Badminton, Chess & Carrom, Gymnastic
Language literature Hindi, English & Marathi

Grade VI to VIII

Subjects

Language & Literature English
Language Acquisition Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Individual & Societies History, Geography
Sciences Science
Mathematics Mathematics
Arts Art, Western Music, Craft
Physical Education Physical and health education
Life Skill SDG, Counselling Session CORE & Yoga
Computer Computer
Language literature Hindi, English & Marathi

Grade IX to X

Subjects

Language & Literature English
Language Acquisition Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Individual & Societies History, Geography
Sciences Science
Mathematics Mathematics
Arts Art, Western Music, Craft
Physical Education Physical and health education
Life Skill SDG, Counselling Session CORE & Yoga
Computer Computer
Language literature Hindi, English & Marathi

Grade XI to XII

Commerce Arts Fine Arts & Practical Science Science
Accounts Elective English Elective English Biology
Commerce Commerce Psychology Physics
Business Studies Psychology Art, Music Chemistry
Economics Economics Physical Education Economics
Mathematics Mathematics Fashion Designing Mathematics
Computer Science Computer Science Home Science Computer Science
History Mass Media & Communication

Compulsory Subject : English (Any four elective subject for ISC )

CISCE –

Key Focus Areas

English
Language

The CISCE lays special emphasis on the usage and application of the English language in its schools. The CISCE prescribes the textbooks to be used for English subjects. The medium of instruction is also compulsory English.

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Environmental
Education

CISCE has made the teaching of Environmental Education compulsory at all levels.

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Internal
Assessment

Internal assessment is a key part of the evaluation system. The overall scores are aggregated at the ICSE and ISC levels with the scores students attain in the external assessment examinations.

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Examinations

The CISCE has maintained a firm stand on the continuation of the board exams (unlike CBSE), which they see as an essential part of their system.

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RBK School, Mira Road is affiliated to Council for the Indian School Certification Examination (CISCE).

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RBK School, Mira Road

Indian School

Certificate

(ISC)

The Indian School Certificate popularly known as ISC is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations for Class 12. The subjects of examination include English as a compulsory subject and a list of elective subjects. The list of electives contains subjects like Geography, Sociology, History, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Home Science, etc.

ISC Board is known to lay a lot of importance for literature and language, which helps to pursue a good career in the field of management, communication, marketing, accounting, etc. The curriculum is designed to improve oral and writing skills, along with in-depth learning of various concepts, which focuses on the overall development of students.

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Advantages of

ISC:

  • The syllabus of ISC covers each subject with a good amount of depth so that all the concepts are clear and properly understood by the students.
  • ISC offers a lot of options when it comes to choosing which subjects a student wants to study.
  • It emphasis fluency in English which results in ISC students being more articulate in English than others.
  • ISC also emphasizes students becoming active problem-solvers with a good amount of practical skills rather than just being good academics.
  • Most high-education institutes all over the world accept ISC as an official educational qualification.
  • Some foreign, especially UK-based, institutes give a slight preference to ISC students over students enrolled in other Indian boards.
  • Most ISC Schools encourage their students to pursue their interests rather than giving all of their time to academics.

RBK School, Mira Road offers ISC programme.

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RBK School, Mira Road (ISC Programme)