ICSE Board Syllabus

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ICSE Board Syllabus ICSE Board Syllabus The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) was set up in 1958 with the purpose of replacing the Cambridge school Certification Examination and replacing it with an All India Examination. The ICSE council was registered in 1967 as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; it was listed in 1973 under the Delhi School Education Act of 1973, as a body that conducts public examinations. According to the new education policy adopted in India, in the year 1966, the ICSE board has been granted the privilege to conduct examinations in India, in the English medium. The ICSE board is governed by the ICSE Council. The Council for The Indian School Certificate Examinations was established in the year 1958. It was established by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. The Council was mainly set up to assure the adoption of its examinations into the educational system of India. It wanted to thus control the most powerful mechanism in the country; education. It was registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 in the year 1967.

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The Council holds under it the schools which are directly and indirectly affiliated to it, along with; the Inter-State Board for Anglo-Indian Education; the Association of Indian Universities; the Association of Head of Anglo-Indian Schools, the Indian Public School Conference; the Association of Schools for the ISC Examination as well as prominent scholars.The Council mainly aims at the providing education for all and promotes within its sphere interests of science, literature as well as fine arts. It believes in bringing about a revolution in the impartment of useful knowledge for all. The council basically conducts school examinations in the English medium. It does not involve itself with any profitable purposes and is involved thoroughly with the objective of education. Course Structure ICSE board examinations consist of seven subjects categorized into three groups, each subject may have up to three different papers that the students have to attempt. The Course Structure of ICSE as per the 2011 regulations includes the following subjects: English (1 & 2) : English one involves the teaching of two books on short stories by famous international classical authors like; Victor Hugo and Anton Chekov. Second Languages - Indian Languages: the knowledge of one Indian language is known to be mandatory for ICSE courses, this is the reason why they stress on the knowledge of Hindi, Marathi or any one of the local state languages. Modern Foreign Language - Group 1: Knowledge of one foreign language is a must for the ICSE syllabus. Hence, languages such as German, French and Spanish are taught at school level. History and Civics: usually the history of India is studied in depth as well as the constitution of India is included in the syllabus. Geography: the geography of the Asian Subcontinent as well as that of three other subcontinents is deemed compulsory.Environmental Education: this isn't a compulsory subject but is taught in various schools only to provide the relevant information about the protection of the environment. Read More About :- Sample Papers For Cbse

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