Latest revision as of 21:15, 8 May 2025

[edit] Re-evaluation policy

[edit] Students can seek answer sheets, re-evaluation: CIC

Hemali Chhapia, Students can now seek ICSE answer sheets, re-evaluation: Info panel, Feb 6, 2017: The Times of India

HIGHLIGHTS

Students will be able to get copies of answer books and also apply for re-evaluation

This order follows two high court judgments holding that CISCE was not a public authority

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has brought the private Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) board under the purview of the RTI Act. The ruling came after the appellant's request for copies of his son's ICSE exam answer sheets for six subjects was turned down. Kaushik's father had applied for rechecking of his son's papers, but CISCE norms only allow the verification of marks at a fee of Rs 4,000 for all papers.

Under the new rules, students will be able to get copies of answer books and also apply for re-evaluation. "An examining body like CISCE might have an intellectual property right over the question paper, but they do not have any such right over answer sheets of students," the CIC said in its order. "Without sharing evaluated answer sheets, the board cannot assure justice to students who, at times, might be victims of unreasonable evaluation. It is not proper on the part of this prestigious council to leave students remedy-less in such situations of injustice," the order said. This order follows two high court judgments holding that CISCE was not a public authority. "The issue is not whether it is a public authority but whether it should be accountable or not," the CIC order stated. The SC had earlier directed the CBSE to share answer sheets with students who seek re-evaluation.

[edit] YEAR-WISE RESULTS

[edit] Class XII

[edit] 2019

Class XII topper trend (%, all qualifying subjects), 2015-19
From: SHRADHA CHETTRI, May 8, 2019: The Times of India

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Class XII topper trend (%, all qualifying subjects), 2015-19

[edit] Classes X and XII

[edit] 2024

Shreya Ghosh, May 7, 2024: The Times of India

Class X (ICSE) and Class XII (ISC) results , 2024
From: Shreya Ghosh, May 7, 2024: The Times of India

New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) released the Class X (ICSE) and Class XII (ISC) results. The pass percentage in ICSE was 99.5% and in ISC, 98.2%. Girls have outperformed boys with a pass percentage of 99.7% compared with 99.3% for boys in ICSE, and 98.2% against 97.5% in ISC. To avoid “unhealthy competition” among students, CISCE discontinued announcing the names of toppers this year.


The exams started on February 21 and concluded on March 28 for Class X, and on February 12 ending on April 3 for Class XII.


There were candidates from 2,695 schools for the ICSE exams, with an impressive 82.5% of schools attaining a 100% pass percentage. For ISC exams, 1,366 schools had presented candidates, and 66.2% of the institutions achieving a perfect pass percentage. Uttar Pradesh led the tally with the highest number of schools presenting candidates for both ICSE and ISC examinations.


For the ICSE exam, covering 60 written subjects, the highest number of examines came from the Northern region comprising Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi & NCR, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. But the Western region boasted the highest pass percentage of 99.9%, closely followed by the Southern region (99.8%, which had also sent the highest percentage — 49.5% — of girl candidates.


For ISC, with 47 written subjects, the Northern region again contributed the maximum number of candidates. The Southern region outshone others with the highest pass percentage (99.5%), while the Western region sent the highest percentage of female examinees (50.6%).


CISCE chief executive Joseph Emmanuel said that the board had decided to discontinue the compartment examinations for ICSE and ISC from 2024. Highlighting the exceptional performances, Emmanuel said, “This year’s results are slightly higher than last year’s performance. Many students have scored 100% marks in different subjects and languages, including English. Even though higher order thinking skills questions were included in this year’s papers, the children scored high which is an indication of high educational standards maintained by the CISCE schools.”


Schools abroad, particularly in Indonesia, Singapore, and Dubai, also returned exemplary performances with a 100% pass percentage in both the ICSE and ISC examinations.


The ICSE examination for 2024 had 60 written subjects, among them 20 Indian languages, 13 foreign languages and one classical language. It commenced on February 21 and concluded on March 28. The ISC examination, involving 47 written subjects, including 12 Indian languages, four foreign languages and two classical languages, commenced on February 12 and ended on April 4.


In the ICSE examination, there were 1,088 candidates with learning difficulty cases, of whom 98 obtained marks above 90%. Among the 40 visually challenged candidates, 12 scored above 90%. In the ISC examination, 236 candidates had learning difficulties and of them 18 obtained marks above 90%.


Two of the 11 visually challenged candidates who appeared for the exams got marks above 90%.

[edit] 2025

Meghna Dhulia, May 1, 2025: The Times of India

ICSE and Indian School Certificate (ISC) results, 2025
From: Meghna Dhulia, May 1, 2025: The Times of India

New Delhi : Girls once again outperformed boys in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations conducted by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). According to the results announced on Wednesday, the pass percentage for ICSE or Class X was 99.09%, and for ISC or Class XII, 99.02%.


In the Class X examinations, girls achieved a pass percentage of 99.45%, surpassing the boys’ 98.64%. A similar trend was observed in the Class XII results, where the girls’ pass percentage was 99.45% compared to 98.64% for the boys.
In 2024, the pass percentage for ICSE was 99.47%, with the girls’ success rate at 99.65% and the boys’ at 99.31%. For the ISC exams, the pass percentage stood at 98.19%—98.82% for girls and 97.53% for boys.


To avoid “unhealthy competition” among students, CISCE discontinued announcing the names of toppers this year too. Instead, it awarded merit certificates to the students among the top 0.1% in each subject, provided there were at least 100 candidates, building on a reform introduced in 2024.


The board has introduced a single consolidated document—pass certificate-cum-statement of marks—streamlining results communication for the qualifying students. “The candidates and stakeholders can access the results on the official CISCE website or through the board’s CAREERS portal.

Additionally, the results are available on DigiLocker,” said CISCE chief executive and secretary Joseph Emmanuel. The council also announced that the improvement exams for both ICSE and ISC would be held in July. 
A total of 2,52,557 students from 2,803 schools appeared for the Class X exams, with 2,308 students unable to clear them. The Class XII exams had 99,551 candidates across 1,460 schools, of whom 973 did not pass.


In Delhi-NCR, 6,644 students from 56 schools took the ICSE examinations. Among them, 3,600 were boys, out of which 3,584 passed. Of the 3,044 girls, 3,037 cleared it. This translates to an overall pass percentage of 99.65%, with girls once again outperforming boys in the region.


In the ISC examinations, 3,456 students appeared from 46 schools in Delhi-NCR. Of the 1,841 boys, 1,828 passed, while 1,615 girls appeared and 1,610 qualified. The overall pass percentage stood at 99.48%, with girls outshining boys.


The students with special needs also demonstrated commendable performance. Among 1,184 candidates with learning difficulties for the Class X exams, 112 scored above 90% while 13 of the 48 visually challenged candidates also achieved the same. In the ISC exams, 29 of the 257 candidates with learning challenges scored above 90% as did six of the 17 visually challenged students.


Regionally, the western zone recorded the highest pass percentage in ICSE at 99.83%, followed by the southern zone at 99.73%. For ISC, the southern region led with a pass rate of 99.76%, narrow- ly ahead of the western region’s 99.72%.


The exams started on Feb 18 and concluded on March 27 for Class X, and on Feb 13 and April 5, respectively, for Class XII. The Class X exams were held for 67 written subjects, including 20 Indian and 14 foreign languages, and one classical language. The Class XII exams covered 47 subjects, comprising 12 Indian and four foreign languages, and two classical languages.


This year, CISCE introduced a range of innovative interventions to strengthen the transparency, fairness and efficiency of its examination process. ExamEye, a centralised AI-enabled surveillance system, is one such step, which provided real-time monitoring of examination centres, enhancing logistical security and deterring malpractices. This intervention came in the wake of examinations such as UGC and NEET being under the scanner last year over allegations of paper leaks and other irregularities. All exam centres also had continuous CCTV surveillance. The measures to secure confidential materials were fortified through better coordination with custodians and logistics agencies.