CISCE to set question papers for classes IX, XI

Two sets of question papers will be prepared for each of these levels, one for tests in hill schools to be conducted in November/ December, and the other for exams in schools in the plains to be conducted in February/ March.

Arathoon added that such a move was to “ensure a proportionate portion of the syllabus is duly covered in each of the two-year course, and that there is no over-burdening of the students at any one particular level. As due weightage will be given to all chapters/ units in the bifurcated syllabus, this will discourage cramming.”

Currently, 2,161 schools hold the ICSE exam, and 1,034 schools hold the ISC. While more than 1,80,000 students take the Class X exam every year, nearly 80,000 appear for the Class XII exam.

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