ICSE syllabus to align with CBSE’s
In a bid to standardize education and to align with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) board has revamped its syllabus, infrastructure and training methods.
Why has ICSE made the changes
- Enabling students to tackle competitive exams conducted by the CBSE : Specimen question papers on recall, understanding, application, analysis and evaluation in the subjects physics, chemistry, biology, and maths have been prepared on the CBSE pattern.
- Ensuring conformity to current educational trends and to make the syllabus relevant, flexible, and meaningful in content: Class X (ICSE) syllabi for history, civics, geography, maths and physics have been reviewed for 2018 exams.
- Standardization of requirements for University and Allowing the subjects to be regarded as electives : The breakup of marks of the theory and practical components at the Icse level, for some subjects like computer science and fashion designing has been revised. The existing mark breakup of 50% theory and 50% practical has now been changed to 70% theory and 30% practical. This change will be effective from the ISC Year 2016 Examination onwards. This is also consistent with the requirements of many Universities for higher education after Class XII.
What does it mean for Zee School students?
Basically nothing. Usually, any news about changes related to education results in propagation of wrong information leading to unnecessary confusion. This is a point-by-point analysis of the changed ICSE rules, and how we are placed in the light of the new development.
- Our School already follows the CBSE pattern.
- We are perfectly aligned with the standard CBSE syllabus.
- Our students are in an advantageous position to tackle any competitive conducted by CBSE.
- The question paper patterns of the CBSE are already being followed, which protects our students against any last-minute surprises.
- Following the CBSE board also means meeting the criteria for education set by various universities.
- Following CBSE means our students stand a greater chance of acceptance by Universities.
- We are perfectly aligned with current educational trends.
- We are well equipped to bridge the gap, if any, between present and future educational trends.