Avg marks of best 3 subjects to decide your CISCE result

Avg marks of best 3 subjects to decide your CISCE result

Shradha.Chettri@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:  04.06.2020

Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Friday finally ended the anxiety of students and parents by releasing the formula for calculating the results of ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) exams.

The formula was arrived at after consulting statisticians of premier institutions in the country and analysing the results of the board examinations from 2015 to 2019, as well as the unfinished 2020 session.

The remaining examinations scheduled from July 1 were cancelled by CISCE after parents moved court. The exams couldn’t be conducted owing to the Covid-induced lockdown.

Emulating the formula followed by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the average marks of the best three subjects for which the students have appeared in the board exams would be taken to compute the final score. While practical project marks would be taken for ISC students, which varies from 20 to 30 marks, for Class X internal assessment marks would be taken.

A three-step algorithm would be used to arrive at the final marks, which would include the sum of the subject’s board results and the practical/project marks. The subject’s result would be the sum of the board marks percentage and their weightage (for example, 0.7 whose theory is 70 marks and 0.8 for 80 marks). The final score would include the average of the best three marks, subject marks and project practical marks.

“The components used to arrive at the formula to award the marks in the subjects that have project and practical work component is limited to the project and practical work and the performance of the candidates in the board examination of the subjects for which they have already appeared measured through average marks obtained in the best three subjects. While the former measures the subject proficiency of the candidates, the latter is a measure of their general academic ability,” said a CISCE circular.

However, for Elective English and Art in Class X, a separate formula has been followed.

While the parents and students were a relieved lot, they said internal assessment marks, at least for Class X, might vary according to the schools. “The internal marks are subjective and not really known on how the school computes it. But considering the situation, anything is better than uncertainty and having to send the children to write the exams,” said a parent.