CICSE Board Exams for Class 10 from May 5, Class 12 Exam from April 8

NEW DELHI: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CICSE) in a notification stated that the board exams for classes 10 and 12 from May 5 and April 8 respectively.

"The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), which is the Class 10 exam, will be conducted from May 5 to June 7. The Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC), which is Class 12 exam, will be conducted from April 8 to June 16," said Gerry Arathoon, the CICSE Chief Executive and Secretary.

Further, the board said the Class 12 exams will begin on April 8 with Computer Science (Practical)-Planning Session, which will be a 90-minutes paper, instead of three hours scheduled for other subjects starting April 9.

Notably, Arathoon said that the results will be issued through the convenors to the heads of schools by Jul.

"No queries will be entertained from candidates, parents or guardians," he added.

It is to be mentioned that usually, the CICSE board exams are conducted in February-March. However, the exams have been delayed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As per the scheme, candidates were assessed based on the best three percentage marks obtained in subjects for which board exams were conducted and the marks of their internal assessment as well as project work was taken into account.

Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education, which conducts board exams around the same time every year, also deferred its exams to May-June this year.

On the other hand, Assam Higher Secondary Educational Council (AHSEC) on January 6 released the routine for the Higher Secondary final year examination 2021.

The exams for all three semester-Science, Arts, and Commerce will start from May 11. The practical exams will be held from April 20 to May 5. The last day of the exam is June 14.

Further, the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) has released the routine for the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination on January 6.

HSLC practical examinations will be held on March 4 and 5, and the theory exams will be held from May 11 to June 1, 2021.

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