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1. The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations:
The Council for the Indian School Certificate
Examinations was established by the University
of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
in 1958, with a view to adapting the latter's
curriculum and examinations systems to cater
to the educational needs of the local context.
The Council's Mission:
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations is committed to serving the nation's children through high quality educational endeavours, empowering them to contribute towards a humane, just and pluralistic society, promoting introspective living, by creating exciting learning opportunities, with a commitment to excellence.
 Dhirubhai
Ambani International School offers the Indian
Certificate of Secondary Education Examination
(ICSE) Programme to students in classes IX
and X. The ICSE class VIII at Dhirubhai Ambani
International School serves as a preparatory
year for the ICSE Programme in classes IX
and X.
2. The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ICSE):
- Has been designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 1986, through the medium of English;
- Will ensure a general education where all candidates are required to take seven subjects and are also graded in 'Socially Useful Productive Work';
- Is an all-India board examination that is taken at the end of class X.
3. Subjects included
in the (ICSE) Programme:
At Dhirubhai Ambani International School,
the following subjects are offered for external
examination at the end of class X:
Group I
(Compulsory) |
Group II
(Compulsory) |
Group III
(Any one of the
following subjects) |
| English |
Mathematics |
Computer Applications |
| Second Language |
Science
(Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
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Art |
Social Studies
(Geography, History & Civics)
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Physical Education |
| Environmental Education |
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Technical Drawing
Applications |
 As
part of the ICSE programme, students are also
required to undertake 'Socially Useful Productive
Work'.
The School also offers Physical Education,
Visual Art, Yoga and other performing arts
including Drama, Indian Music, Western Music,
Indian Dance; and Personal, Social and Health
Education (PSHE).
4. ICSE Results
In the board examinations held in 2011,
all the 29 students of our sixth batch of
ICSE Class X have achieved impressive results:
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- 7 students have scored 95%
and above
- 17 students have scored
between 90 and 95%
- 4 students have scored between
85 and 90%
- Our topper has scored 96.60%
- Our second highest score
is 96.00%
- Our third highest score
is 95.60%
- The school's average score
is 92.41%
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| A significant percentage
of our students have scored 91 to 100
marks (Grade 1), compared to the all-India
position. The following graph gives a
glimpse of our students’ subject-wise
performance. |
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