What is the full form of ICSE

ICSE: Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination. It is a private, non-governmental board of school education in India for class 10th. It is designed to fulfill the recommendation of New Education policy 1986. After that the demand for ICSE affiliated schools is increasing. The mode of examination in ICSE is English. Only the regular students from the affiliated colleges of ICSE are allowed to appear in this examination. Private students are not allowed for this examination.

Subjects in ICSE

The subjects offered by ICSE can be divided into three groups:

Group 1: Compulsory subjects

English, History, Civics and Geography, and Indian Language.

Group 2: Can select any two subjects from the following subjects

Mathematics, Science, Environmental Science, Agriculture Science, Computer Science, Commercial Studies, Technical Drawing, Economics, A Modern Foreign Language, A Classical Language.

Group 3: Can select any one from the following subjects

Computer Applications, Economic Applications, Commercial Applications, Home Science, Art, Performing Arts, Cookery, Fashion Designing, Physical Education, Yoga, Technical Drawing Applications.

There is 20% weightage for internal assessment in group 1 and group 2 and 50% weightage in group 3.

Benefits of ICSE Board:

• It focuses on the child’s overall growth.
• Its syllabus is vast giving equal importance to all subjects.
• It offers the flexibility of selecting specific subjects.
• It gives emphasis on the detailed study of each subject with an edge over English.
• It is accepted by most of the schools and colleges across the world.
• The ICSE syllabus is well-structured and compressive. It aims to impart analytical skills, problem-solving skills and practical knowledge to the students.

Difference between CBSE and ICSE