The ICSE council has announced “improvement examinations” for candidates taking the ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII).
Candidates can take an improvement test in any subject, and the highest result between the two examinations will be regarded final, according to Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which administers the two exams.
“The higher of the student’s marks from the two examinations will be considered,” Arathoon told The Telegraph.
He stated that students “are taking a risk by taking an improvement exam,” and the council does not want to “dissuade them from doing so.”
“In accordance with the recommendations of the NEP (National Education Policy) 2020… CISCE has decided to introduce improvement examinations beginning with the 2023 examination year, giving students a chance to improve.”
- The subject of their choice for which they were confirmed for the main examination,” reads the circular issued by the council for the ISC improvement exams.
- From June 19 to 23, the principals of the schools involved must register pupils who want to take the improvement examinations through the council’s Careers portal.
- It should be noted that candidates who choose to appear for subject English must appear for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of the subject,” reads the ISC circular.
In the case of ICSE, students who want to take the improvement test in a subject with more than one paper (for example, English, science, or history) will be able to select one or more papers.
(i.e., the main examination vs. the improvement examination) shall be considered the final marks.”
If such students are given the opportunity to rewrite the paper, “it gives them a chance to improve their score,” he says.
Several school principals have stated that they are sharing the material to ICSE and ISC examinees so that they can debate with their parents and teachers if they will take the improvement exam.
The results of the ICSE and ISC exams were declared on Sunday.