Elections push ISCE, ISC exams to March

New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISEC), which conducts Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) examinations, has revised the schedule for Classes 10 and 12. The dates have been postponed due to the Assembly elections in five states, including Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

According to an official statement, the ICSE Class 10 exam, which was earlier scheduled to begin on February 27 and end on March 31, will now commence on March 10 and conclude on April 21. Similarly, the ISC exam for Class 12, which was scheduled to begin on February 6 and conclude on April 5, will now begin on January 30 and conclude on April 26.

“Consequent to the dates for Assembly elections being announced for the states of Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, the dates for ICSE and ISC examinations had to be rescheduled,” said Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of the CISEC. “As a result of rescheduling of the examination, the candidates will now have the benefit of added study time. The schedule of entrance examinations for admission to professional courses has been taken cognisance of,” Mr Arathoon added.

A total of 2,50,871 candidates are registered for the examinations in 2017, with 1,76,327 candidates registered for ICSE examinations and 74,544 for the Indian School Certificate  examinations. However, Delhi has only three schools in total affiliated to the ICSE and ISC, as majority of the schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).