ICSE BOARD
Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) is a private board of school education in India, upto 10th grade.Set up in the year 1958 with the purpose of replacing the Cambridge school Certification Examination and replacing it with an All India Examination,ICSE council was registered in 1967 as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; it was listed in 1973 under the Delhi School Education Act of 1973, as a body that conducts public examinations. According to the new education policy adopted in India, in the year 1966, the ICSE board has been granted the privilege to conduct examinations in India, in the English medium.Bhavana Tutors have been providing home tuitions for ICSE in Mumbai for many years.
SUBJECTS AND COURSE STRUCTURE
Group I
This consists of four compulsory subjects, the students can choose either a foreign language or an Indian language as their second language.
English (1 & 2) :
English one involves the teaching of two books on short stories by famous international classical authors like; Victor Hugo and Anton Chekov.
Second Languages – Indian Languages:
The knowledge of one Indian language is known to be mandatory for ICSE courses, this is the reason why they stress on the knowledge of Hindi, Marathi or any one of the local state languages.
Modern Foreign Language – Group 1 :
Knowledge of one foreign language is a must for the ICSE syllabus. Hence, languages such as German, French and Spanish are taught at school level.
History and Civics :
Usually the history of India is studied in depth as well as the constitution of India is included in the syllabus.
Geography :
The geography of the Asian Subcontinent as well as that of three other subcontinents is deemed compulsory.
Environmental Education :
This isn’t a compulsory subject but is taught in various schools only to provide the relevant information about the protection of the environment.
Group II :
This group consists of the following subjects and the students need to choose any two from the following
Mathematics :
Mostly the syllabus of mathematics involves the study of quantitative abilities, algebra as well as geometry.
Physics :
Courses such as the laws of motion and certain physical theories are taught in this.
Chemistry :
Basic understanding about chemical phenomenon and its history is taught in this subject.
Biology :
Revolves around plant and animal biology, involves studying the various biological phenomenon in the human and plant body.
Economics :
It is the introduction into the huge micro and macro economics as well as some theorists such as: Adam Smith.
Environmental Science :
The aim is to provide information and rules of protection of the environment in general.