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The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), whih runs ICSE schools across the country, has revised its 10+2 syllabus to enable students prepare better for new national-level common entrance test for professional courses from 2014.

There is a general feeling among that the current ICSE syllabus does not support students in preparing for competitive exams effectively when compared with the CBSE or Board of Intermediate Education.

For this reason, many ICSE students in the state either shift to CBSE or BIE after completing Class X. This has led to poor enrolment at 10+2 level in ICSE schools.

While there are about 32 ICSE schools in the city, only 12 schools offer courses at 10+2 level indicating a poor enrolment of less than 800.



ISCE TO REMAIN SEPARATE FROM OTHER BOARDS

The council of Indian School Certificate Examination has revised the 10+2 syllabus, effective from this academic year, in science, maths and commerce subjects so that the students are better prepared for the new entrance tests across the country from 2014.

Students at 10+2 level will have to face new entrance tests such as JEE (main) and JEE (advanced) for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs, etc., and Neet for admission to MBBS and BDS courses from Next year.

A national common test for admission to commerce courses at graduation level from 2014 is also planned by Uior HRD ministry.

However, CISCE will continue to maintain its identity separate from other Boards,with more topics in the syllabus at 10+2 level. ISCE syllabus already enjoys a special advantage over other Boards as it is recognised by many other Boards as it is recognised by many other countries. ISCE students are not required to clear the Test of English as a Foreign Language (Toefl).