ICSC Board exams for class X and XII to be taken or cancelled?

The paramount interest of Respondent No. 2 is to protect the safety, well being and academic endeavors of students sitting for the ICSE and ISC examinations. Without prejudice to all its rights and contentions (including the fact that its safety protocol will sufficiently protect the health of students sitting for the July examination and that of the staff), Respondent No. 2 has decided to offer all students (in India and abroad) with ICSE and ISC examinations pending in some subjects with an option to:

(i) To take the pending examinations in July 2020 as per Respondent No. 2’s timetable issued on 22nd May 2020; or

(ii) To have their final results, in subjects where examinations have not been held, determined by Respondent No. 2 based on their performance in the internal assessment / pre-board examinations conducted by their own school / results of board examinations papers in subjects already taken, in accordance with such methodology as may be prescribed by Respondent No. 2.

For the avoidance of doubt, for those subjects where examinations have already been conducted, results in those subjects will be declared based on the student’s performance in such examinations. Respondent No. 2 will communicate the aforesaid options to each of its affiliated schools, which in turn will be required to ascertain the option selected by their respective students. To make the necessary arrangements for conducting the examinations, each of the affiliated schools will be required to intimate Respondent No. 2 of the option selected by each of their students on or before 22nd June, 2020.

In the event that a student wishes thereafter to change his choice from (i) above to (ii) above, the student will be permitted to do so at any time prior to the conducting of the examination, provided the intimation of change in option is given by school to Respondent No.2 prior to the conduct of the examination. If for any reason it is not possible to conduct any or all of the final examination papers (ICSE and ISC) in July, 2020, then Respondent No. 2 shall declare the final results of the students, in those subjects for which examinations could not be conducted, based on their performance in the internal assessment / pre-board examinations conducted by their own school / results of board examinations papers in subjects already taken, in accordance with such methodology as may be prescribed by Respondent No. 2.

For the avoidance of doubt, for those subjects where examinations were conducted results will be declared based on the student’s performance in such examinations.

Check for the further updates on Wednesday 17th June 2020.