GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

OOTACAMUND - 643 004, INDIA

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The Indian Certificate ofSecondary Education Examination (ICSE)

The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ICSE) is administered by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, India.

Designed as a Course of General Education it requires students to appear for seven subjects and a programme of Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW).

The school course is of ten years’ duration followed by an external examination.

ICSE at GSIS

Part One : It is mandatory for a student to have satisfactorily completed these compulsory courses:

Third Language* (from Class V to Class VIII)Art Socially Useful and Productive Work and Community Service (SUPW)Physical Education Education in Moral and Spiritual Values Environmental Education

* Candidates who offer Hindi as a Second Language will have to offer an Indian language approved by the Council as the Third Language. Candidates who offer an Indian language other than Hindi as the Second Language will have to offer Hindi or any other Indian Language as the Third Language.

The Indian Certificate ofSecondary Education Examination (ICSE)

Part Two : Subjects for the Examination at the end of Class X

• Group 1 : Compulsory Subjects

External Examination Internal Assessment

English 80 % 20 %

Second Language** 80 % 20 %

History, Civics and Geography 80 % 20 %

Environmental Education 80 % 20 %

• Group 2 : Any TWO Subjects

External Examination Internal Assessment

Mathematics 80 % 20 %

Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

80 % 20 %

Commercial Studies 80 % 20 %

Economics 80 % 20 %

• Group 3 : Any ONE Subject

External Examination Internal Assessment

Computer Applications

Art

50 % 50 %

50 % 50 %

** Note on Second Language

Candidates of Indian nationality must offer an Indian language approved by the Council.

GSIS has the provision to teach Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Gujarati as Second Languages.

All the languages listed above except French, are also offered as Third Languages.

Assessment in ICSE :

The Board Examination in each subject will consist of a written component (External Examination) of 80% and Project Work (Internal Assessment) of 20 %.

A Pass Certificate will be awarded to those candidates who obtain a Pass in at least FIVE subjects which must include English. A Pass Certificate and a statement of marks will be issued to all successful candidates. A Pass in the Second Language is compulsory to present the candidate for the Plus Two ISC Examination.

For more information on the academic programme andany further details contact

GOOD SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLM. PALADA P.O., OOTACAMUND - 643 004, TAMIL NADU, INDIA.

PHONE : 91 - 423 - 2550371 (30 LINES) ; 2550901 (15 LINES)

FAX : 91 - 423 - 2550386

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