ISC EXAM CLASS 12TH LATEST UPDATE

Finally, wait is over and The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has officially released the date sheet for ISC (Class 12) board examinations for 2025. This year class 12th board exam will be started from 13 February 2025 and will last upto 05 April 2025, it will take around 52 days to complete the class 12th board exam. The first exam will be held on 13 February 2025 for Environmental Science subject and the last exam will be held on 05 April 2025 for Art subject. The Indian School Certificate Examination results will be declared in the month of May.

Official Syllabus

There will be two papers in the subject :

Paper I- Theory : 3 hours……80 Marks

Paper II- Project Work…….20 Marks 

PAPER I (THEORY): 80 Marks

There will be one paper of three hours duration, which will consist of two sections:

Section A: Language (40 marks)

Section B: Prescribed Textbooks (40 marks)

SECTION A LANGUAGE – 40 Marks

This section will consist of three questions, all of which will be compulsory.

1. Composition: One composition of 400 words approximately, in the language, to be written out of a choice of 6 topics set within the experience and mental maturity of the age group of the candidates. (15 Marks) 

2. Comprehension: An unseen passage of about 300 words to be set with questions and/or summary (with a heading to test the ability to summarise and/or to expand an idea given in the passage). (15 Marks)

3. Grammar: Functional grammar-correction of sentences and using words/idioms in sentences, viz. correct structure with the proper agreement of the subject and verb according to the number, gender, case, tense, and voice. (10 Marks)

SECTION B PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS – 40 Marks

Candidates will be required to answer four questions from any three of the prescribed textbooks.

NOTE: The Class XII - ISC Examination paper will be set on the entire syllabus prescribed for the subject

The Council has not prescribed a bifurcation of the syllabus prescribed for this subject.

PAPER II (PROJECT WORK): 20 Marks

In addition to the syllabus prescribed, candidates are also required to be assessed in Project Work.

PROJECT WORK FOR CLASS XII

Project Work in Class XII comprises the assessment of candidates in three projects, one each on Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills.

Listening and Speaking skills are to be assessed internally, by the School in Class XII.

Writing Skills are to be assessed externally by the Visiting Examiner, appointed locally, and approved by the Council.

Details of assignments for Project Work are given below:

Listening Skills (to be internally assessed by the subject teacher)

An unseen passage of about 500 words or a poem (of appropriate length) may be read aloud, twice, the first time at normal reading speed and the next time at a slower speed. The passage/poem may be taken from any book, newspaper, magazine, journal, and so on but not from an ICSE or ISC textbook. A suitable audio clip may also be used.

Students may make brief notes during the readings/playing of the audio clip, followed by answering objective-type questions based on the passage/poem/audio clip, on the paper provided.

Speaking Skills (to be internally assessed by the subject teacher)

Students are to be assessed through an individual presentation, e.g. extempore speaking, declamation, recitation, or debate, of about three minutes followed by a discussion with the subject teacher, for another two or three minutes.

List of suggested assignments for Project Work:

1. Narrating an experience

2. Giving directions or instructions on how to make or operate something

3. Providing a description

4. Giving a report

5. Expressing an opinion or a theme-based conversation

6. Giving a speech on a selected topic

7. Reading out, after correcting, a grammatically incorrect passage/s of suitable length (150 - 200 words) based on the grammar syllabus prescribed for Classes XI and XII.

Writing Skills (Literature): to be assessed externally by the Visiting Examiner

Candidates will be required to undertake one written assignment of 1000-1500 words on a text/texts studied in the Literature syllabus.

The objective is to produce original, creative, and insightful perspectives on a literary text or set of texts which may be from the short stories/ poems/ drama/ novel from the syllabus.

List of suggested assignments for Project Work:

1. Writing a short story based on a poem.

2. Writing a poem based on a story.

3. Analysing the relevance of a selected story/couplets in the present-day context.

4. Imagining an alternate outcome or ending or extension of the chosen text and its impact on the plot/setting/characters/mood and tone.

5. Providing an alternate title to a given text and giving a justification for the same.

6. Imagining oneself as one of the main characters of the story/novel/drama and describing what one would like to change in the story/novel/drama, giving reasons for the same.

7. Analysing the theme of the story/poem/novel and expressing one’s opinion on the same.

8. Summarising/paraphrasing the chosen text.

9. Preparing a scrip

ISC EXAM CLASS 12TH LATEST UPDATE

Finally, wait is over and The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has officially released the date sheet for ISC (Class 12) board examinations for 2025. This year class 12th board exam will be started from 13 February 2025 and will last upto 05 April 2025, it will take around 52 days to complete the class 12th board exam. The first exam will be held on 13 February 2025 for Environmental Science subject and the last exam will be held on 05 April 2025 for Art subject. The Indian School Certificate Examination results will be declared in the month of May.

Official Syllabus

There will be two papers in the subject :

Paper I- Theory : 3 hours……80 Marks

Paper II- Project Work…….20 Marks 

PAPER I (THEORY): 80 Marks

There will be one paper of three hours duration, which will consist of two sections:

Section A: Language (40 marks)

Section B: Prescribed Textbooks (40 marks)

SECTION A LANGUAGE – 40 Marks

This section will consist of three questions, all of which will be compulsory.

1. Composition: One composition of 400 words approximately, in the language, to be written out of a choice of 6 topics set within the experience and mental maturity of the age group of the candidates. (15 Marks) 

2. Comprehension: An unseen passage of about 300 words to be set with questions and/or summary (with a heading to test the ability to summarise and/or to expand an idea given in the passage). (15 Marks)

3. Grammar: Functional grammar-correction of sentences and using words/idioms in sentences, viz. correct structure with the proper agreement of the subject and verb according to the number, gender, case, tense, and voice. (10 Marks)

SECTION B PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS – 40 Marks

Candidates will be required to answer four questions from any three of the prescribed textbooks.

NOTE: The Class XII - ISC Examination paper will be set on the entire syllabus prescribed for the subject

The Council has not prescribed a bifurcation of the syllabus prescribed for this subject.

PAPER II (PROJECT WORK): 20 Marks

In addition to the syllabus prescribed, candidates are also required to be assessed in Project Work.

PROJECT WORK FOR CLASS XII

Project Work in Class XII comprises the assessment of candidates in three projects, one each on Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills.

Listening and Speaking skills are to be assessed internally, by the School in Class XII.

Writing Skills are to be assessed externally by the Visiting Examiner, appointed locally, and approved by the Council.

Details of assignments for Project Work are given below:

Listening Skills (to be internally assessed by the subject teacher)

An unseen passage of about 500 words or a poem (of appropriate length) may be read aloud, twice, the first time at normal reading speed and the next time at a slower speed. The passage/poem may be taken from any book, newspaper, magazine, journal, and so on but not from an ICSE or ISC textbook. A suitable audio clip may also be used.

Students may make brief notes during the readings/playing of the audio clip, followed by answering objective-type questions based on the passage/poem/audio clip, on the paper provided.

Speaking Skills (to be internally assessed by the subject teacher)

Students are to be assessed through an individual presentation, e.g. extempore speaking, declamation, recitation, or debate, of about three minutes followed by a discussion with the subject teacher, for another two or three minutes.

List of suggested assignments for Project Work:

1. Narrating an experience

2. Giving directions or instructions on how to make or operate something

3. Providing a description

4. Giving a report

5. Expressing an opinion or a theme-based conversation

6. Giving a speech on a selected topic

7. Reading out, after correcting, a grammatically incorrect passage/s of suitable length (150 - 200 words) based on the grammar syllabus prescribed for Classes XI and XII.

Writing Skills (Literature): to be assessed externally by the Visiting Examiner

Candidates will be required to undertake one written assignment of 1000-1500 words on a text/texts studied in the Literature syllabus.

The objective is to produce original, creative, and insightful perspectives on a literary text or set of texts which may be from the short stories/ poems/ drama/ novel from the syllabus.

List of suggested assignments for Project Work:

1. Writing a short story based on a poem.

2. Writing a poem based on a story.

3. Analysing the relevance of a selected story/couplets in the present-day context.

4. Imagining an alternate outcome or ending or extension of the chosen text and its impact on the plot/setting/characters/mood and tone.

5. Providing an alternate title to a given text and giving a justification for the same.

6. Imagining oneself as one of the main characters of the story/novel/drama and describing what one would like to change in the story/novel/drama, giving reasons for the same.

7. Analysing the theme of the story/poem/novel and expressing one’s opinion on the same.

8. Summarising/paraphrasing the chosen text.

9. Preparing a script for dramatization, based on the short story/poem chosen.

10. Comparing and contrasting two characters/themes from different short stories/poems of the prescribed texts.

11. Appreciation of literary qualities of the chosen text.

12. Analysing the background (historical, cultural, literary context) and relevance of the works of the writer/poet chosen.

13. Critical analysis of a news story published in four different newspapers.

14. Writing an article for a newspaper (news writing of an event).

EVALUATION

Marks (out of a total of 20) should be distributed as given below:

1. Internal Evaluation by Teacher* Listening Skills (Aural) - 5 Marks

2. Speaking Skills (Oral) - 5 Marks

3. External Evaluation by the Visiting Examiner of Writing Skills - 10 Marks

TOTAL - 20 Marks

NOTE: No question paper for Project Work will be set by the Council.

LIST OF PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOKS

Recommended for background work: Vyakaran Manjusha(I.U.P.)

Any three of  the  following  books  are to be offered:

I. Saara Akash (Novel) : Rajendra Yadav

II. Aashad Ka Ek Din (Drama): Mohan Rakesh

III. Gadya  Sanklan (ISC Collection  of  Short Stories and Essays) Published by: Evergreen Publications – India) Ltd., Delhi

(i) Puthra Prem: Munshi Premchand
(ii) Gauri: Subhadra Kumar Chauhan
(iii) Sharanagat: Vrindavan Lal Verma
(iv) Sati: Shivani
(v) Outsider: Malti Joshi
(vi) Dasi: Jai Shankar Prasad
(vii) Kya  Nirash  Hua  Jai ( Essay):  Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
 (viii) Bhaktin: Mahadevi Verma
(ix) Sanskriti Hai Kya (essay): Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
(x) Majburi - Mannu : Mannu Bhadari

IV. Kavya Manjari (ISC Collection of Poems) – Published by: Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd., New Delhi

(i) Sakhi : Kabir
(ii) Balleela : Surdas
(iii) Ek Phool Ki Chah : Siyaram Sharan Gupta
 (iv) Aah Dharati Kitna Deti Hai : Sumitra Nandan Pant
(v) Nadi Ke Dweep: Agyeya
(vi) Tulsi Das Ke Pad: Tulsi Das
(vii) Jag Tujhko Door Jana Hai : Mahadevi Verma
 (viii) Udyami Nar : Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
(ix) Badal Ko Ghirte Dekha Hai : Nagarjun
(x) Andhere Ka Deepak: Hari Bansh Rai Bachchan

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