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    CISCE Full Form - Know Full Form, Subjects Offered, Marking Scheme Here
    • CISCE Full Form - Know Full Form, Subjects Offered, Marking Scheme Here

    CISCE Full Form - Know Full Form, Subjects Offered, Marking Scheme Here

    Dinesh GoyalUpdated on 25 Sep 2025, 02:56 PM IST

    CISCE Full Form - The full form of CISCE is “Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations”. CISCE is a private, non-governmental board of education in India. In 1952, under the leadership of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the Minister of Education, an All India Certificate Examinations Conference was organised. The conference's primary goal was to discuss the possibility of replacing the international Cambridge School Certificate Examination with an All-India Examination. Hence, the CISCE council was established.

    This Story also Contains

    1. CISCE Ethos
    2. CISCE Recognitions
    3. CISCE Divisions
    4. CISCE Previous Year Question Papers
    CISCE Full Form - Know Full Form, Subjects Offered, Marking Scheme Here
    Full form of CISCE

    The CISCE has more than 2,300 schools both in India and overseas. It is mainly responsible for holding two examinations: the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Examination for Class 12th and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination for Class 10th. Read the entire article for more details on CISCE.

    CISCE Ethos

    • Trust and fair play.

    • Minimum monitoring.

    • Allowing schools to evolve their own niche.

    • Catering to the needs of the children.

    • Giving freedom to experiment with new ideas and practices.

    • Diversity and plurality - the basic strength for the evolution of ideas.

    • Schools to motivate pupils towards the cultivation of:

    • Excellence - The Indian and Global experience.

    • Values - Spiritual and cultural - are to be the bedrock of the educational experience.

    • Schools to have an 'Indian Ethos', strong roots in the national psyche and be sensitive to national aspirations.

    CISCE Recognitions

    The CISCE council is recognised by various government entities, some of which have been mentioned below:

    • Council of Boards of School Education in India (COBSE)

    • State Education Departments

    • Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

    • National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT)

    • Ministry for Human Resource Development

    • Planning Commission

    CISCE Divisions

    The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is mainly divided into three divisions, which are as follows:

    • Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination - ICSE (Class 10th)

    • Indian School Certificate Examination - ISC (Class 12th)

    • Certificate of Vocational Education Examination (CVE) (Year 12)

    Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination - ICSE (Class 10th)

    Indian students who have just finished Class 10th take the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Examination, a K–10 public board exam (equivalent to the first two years of the 4-year high school programme). For ICSE examinations, candidates must enrol in a minimum of six subjects, of which three are compulsory.

    Indian School Certificate Examination - ISC (Class 12th)

    For students finishing Class 12th, the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Examination is a K–12 public board exam (equivalent to the end of the 4-year high school programme). All candidates for the Examination must enter for English (compulsory), with three, four or five elective subjects. A candidate may not enter more than six subjects, including the compulsory subject English.

    Certificate of Vocational Education Examination (CVE) (Year 12)

    Candidates may take this test after completing a two-year programme of studies in English that goes beyond the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Year 10) examination or its equivalent.

    The goal of the CVE programme is to train students for particular professions. Private applicants are not allowed to show up for these exams.

    Important - Check the Complete List of Full Forms

    CISCE Previous Year Question Papers

    The previous year's question papers for the class 10th ICSE and class 12th ISC examinations have been given below. Click on the desired year and download the respective question paper for each class.

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the full form of CISCE?
    A:

    CISCE stands for “The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations”.

    Q: What is ICSE's full form?
    A:

    ICSE stands for “Indian Certificate of Secondary Education”.

    Q: What does ISC stand for?
    A:

    ISC stands for “Indian School Certificate”.

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