The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is a certificate awarded upon satisfactory result in an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private board designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 2020 (India), through the medium of English.
[1][2] The examination allows secure suitable representations of responsible schools (which are affiliated to it) in their states or territories.
In addition to the subjects listed above ICSE mandates an extra-curricular development to be displayed by students.
This is achieved through a scheme called Socially Useful Productive Work & Community Service, commonly referred to as SUPW, introduced in 1978.
[14] In accordance to SUPW, candidates will be required to select one main craft and one subsidiary service or one main service and one subsidiary craft per year of preparation for the examination.
Another 100 marks comprise the internal assessment which is awarded based on projects or practical files.
[19] The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination is conducted once a year, and usually spans 1 month.
The reason for this was reportedly attributed to moderation; a practice also followed by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), it involved tweaking candidates' marks to account for paper variances.