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NATIONAL AWARDS FOR TEACHERS FOR THE YEAR 2013

The following persons from the Council’s affiliated schools have been conferred with the National Award for Teachers on 5th September, 2014 at New Delhi.

Mr. Kuldip Singh Heran Mr. Paramjit Singh Kalra Ms. Justine Jessica Simoes Principal Principal Principal Tashi Namgyal Academy Guru Nanak Academy Wisdom World School P.O- Raj Bhawan Raipur Road Survey Road, Park Street Gangtok Dehradun Aundh Chest Hospital Road Sikkim- 737 103 Uttarakhand- 248 001 Pune-411 057

FR. George Mathew Karoor Ms. Sulochana Susan Philip Principal Junior School Headmistress Sarvodaya Vidyalaya IDA Scudder School Mar Ivanios Vidya Nagar, No.1 Kalingur Main Road Nalanchira. P.O Viruthampet Thiruvananthapuram Vellore- 632 006

National Award to teachers for using ICT for Innovations in Education for the year 2013 Mrs. Swarnali Chattopadhya Delhi Public School Action Area 1 Block - DG/3, New Town Rajarhat, Kolkata West Bengal 700 156

PRIZE WINNERS OF THE ALBERT BARROW MEMORIAL ALL-INDIA INTER-SCHOOL CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION OF 2014

CATEGORY I (Senior Group)

1st Rubina Singh Hill Top School, Jamshedpur 2nd N. Gomathy Aarthy Holy Angels’ ISC, Kerala 3rd Archita Mittra Calcutta Girls’ High School, Kolkata

CATEGORY II (Junior Group)

1st Bhavya Goradia Avalon Heights International School, Mumbai

2nd Pooja Harish The Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore

3rd Muskan Mascharak Loyola School, Jamshedpur

PRIZE WINNERS OF THE FRANK ANTHONY MEMORIAL ALL-INDIA INTER-SCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION OF 2014

CATEGORY I (Senior Group)

Individual

1. Best Speaker: Druta Bhatt S.N. Kansagra School, Rajkot, Gujarat.

2. 1st Runner Up: Aditya P. Bhattacharya St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, Kolkata

3. 2nd Runner Up: Kiran S. Bishop Cotton Boys’ School Bangalore Team Event

1. Best Team: Druta Bhatt & Aalok Thakkar S.N Kansagra School, Rajkot, Gujarat.

2. 1st Runner Up: Siddharth Jayaprakash Bishop Cotton Boys’ School & Kiran S. Bangalore

3. 2nd Runner Up: Oishik Ganguly & Aditya P. St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, Bhattacharya Kolkata

CATEGORY II (Junior Group)

Individual

1. Best Speaker: Sujay Choksey Campion School, Mumbai

2. 1st Runner Up: Joybeer Datta Gupta La Martiniere for Boys School, Kolkata

3. 2nd Runner Up: Ishaan Srivastava Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai

Team Event

1. Best Team: Sujay Choksey & Pratyush Campion School, Mumbai. Ghosh

2. 1st Runner Up: Satyajit Bose & Joybeer Datta La Martiniere for Boys School Gupta Kolkata.

3. 2nd Runner Up: Shaurya Garg & Ishaan Dhirubhai Ambani International Srivastava School, Mumbai.

NOMINATION OF SUPERVISING EXAMINERS AND INVIGILATORS

The Committee appointed by the Council to frame rules for the conduct of the ICSE/ISC Examination has decided that:

(i) The Supervising Examiner is the Presiding Examiner who is responsible for the proper conduct of the Examination at each centre not exceeding 120 candidates. In the event of a centre exceeding 120 candidates, additional Supervising Examiner/s need to be appointed.

In case a Centre has two or more Supervising Examiners, one of the Supervising Examiners should be designated as the ‘Chief Supervising Examiner’, who will be overall responsible for the proper conduct of the examination at his/her centre.

(ii) The Supervising Examiner should be a responsible, competent and impartial person, teaching an academic subject at the level of examination, who has normally nothing to do with the candidates under examination, and not a member of the staff of the school at which the Centre is located.

(iii) The appointment of Conveners and Supervising Examiners shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Executive and Secretary of the Council. The approval may be assumed unless there is any communication to the contrary.

(iv) The Invigilators should be school teachers, but will not invigilate over candidates of their own schools.

Against this background, the Conveners are requested to nominate Supervising Examiners and Invigilators as per the guidelines given below:

1. Where there are many schools affiliated to the Council in one city, teachers from the affiliated schools are to be selected in such a way that they do not Supervise/Invigilate over their own school candidates.

2. The Supervising Examiner and Heads of Schools are asked to make absolutely certain that the Invigilators appointed are not teachers of the subject(s) under examination.

3. Where there is only one school in a locality, the Convener is requested to nominate reliable persons, other than from the school, known for their integrity and educational standing as Supervising Examiners and Invigilators.

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

Examination (Year -10)

1. CALENDAR FOR ICSE EXAMINATION OF Certificate Examinations, immediately after the paper MARCH 2015 has been taken. A script envelope must be used and the words “UNDER PROTEST” must be written on it. The 15th December 2014 : Last date for receipt of script must be sent with a note explaining the error and a applications for transfer of statement showing which alternative papers, if any, centers. within the subject the candidate has taken.

15th February 2015 : Last date for receiving Full details of “Under Protest” entries giving reason withdrawal applications. for such entries and the action taken on them must be sent with the necessary fee to the Chief Executive and Secretary, Council for the Indian School Certificate 2. CHANGE OF SUBJECTS NOT TO BE Examinations, New Delhi. PERMITTED (b) The “Under Protest” scripts, provided the Change of subjects will not be permitted once the appropriate fee has been paid and are approved by the entries for the ICSE Examination have been confirmed Council, will be marked separately. The results will not by the schools. Heads of Schools should therefore, necessarily be issued at the same time with the main ensure that all candidates are entered for the correct batch of results. subjects on the entry form and should make it clear to the candidates that no change of subjects will be (c) The Chief Executive and Secretary reserves the permitted. right to refuse to issue results to candidates in cases which he does not consider to be valid.

3. UNDER PROTEST ENTRIES (d) The special fee to be paid for an UNDER PROTEST entry is Rs.1000/- per subject. This fee must In extraordinary circumstances, the Council may be sent to the Chief Executive and Secretary, Council for permit a candidate to take a subject Under Protest the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. following the usual Under Protest procedure. The results of such candidates will not be issued with the result of the school and may be delayed considerably. 4. NUMBER OF CANDIDATES AT EACH CENTRE Heads of Schools are reminded that subjects may be taken “Under Protest” only by school candidates (in 1. Individual schools, having their own centres, and regular attendance at school) entered for the presenting a large number of candidates, may examination. arrange to have two (or three) separate examination halls. This will entail separate The following details are given for the attention of supervising examiners and invigilators for each Heads of Schools sending candidates for the Indian of the examination halls. Certificate of Secondary Education Examination. “Under Protest” entries can only be accepted where the 2. Where two or more schools combine to form Head of the School has made an error in the entry of a one centre and the total number of candidates is School candidate. The procedure given below must be large, arrangements may be made to divide and followed if the candidate is allowed to sit for an form two or three separate examination halls, additional subject for which he/she is not shown as each having its own supervising examiner. entered on the Attendance List. 5. WITHDRAWALS FROM THE ICSE 2015 (a) Answer scripts written by a candidate who is not EXAMINATION entered for the subject must be sent to the Chief Executive and Secretary, Council for the Indian School Heads of schools presenting candidates for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination 5

March 2015 are requested to note that the last date for 7. ICSE MARCH 2015 INTERNAL withdrawals is 15th February, 2015. ASSESSMENT

Heads of schools are reminded that the regulation Heads of schools concerned are hereby informed that the regarding withdrawals reads as follows: Council will activate the template for online submission of internal assessment marks by 16th January 2015, for Withdrawal of Candidates SUPW, Science Practical’s, and internal assessment work in various subjects by the Heads of Schools. Candidates may be withdrawn prior to the commencement of the examination provided that due SUPW notice is given to the Council. In the case of candidates whose names are submitted in the registration form of In the template the result of each candidate in SUPW the school, the notice of withdrawal must be sent to the should be given in terms of a grade, namely A, B, C, D Council online by the Head of the school: or E based on the five point scale as follows:

Provided that, once the entries have been accepted by the Grade Standard Council, Heads of schools may only withdraw candidates: A Very Good

B Good (a) on account of illness of the candidates certified by a registered medical practitioner; or C Fair D Satisfactory (b) at the express written request of the E Unsatisfactory parent/legal guardian of the candidate. Grade E is a fail grade and candidates Examination charges are not refundable. (Under awarded this grade will not be eligible for the award the heading ‘Refunds’ on page 11 of the 2015 ICSE of a Pass Certificate. Regulations).

6. EXTRACT FROM THE REGULATIONS CHAPTER I

C. Minimum Attendance Required

Candidates whose attendance is below 75% of the working days are ordinarily not eligible to sit for the examination. However, the Chief Executive and Secretary has the authority to condone the shortage of attendance in the case of candidates whose minimum attendance is not less than 60% of the working days in each year of the two year course. This is inclusive of absence due to illness and other special circumstances. Heads of Schools may represent, to the Chief Executive and Secretary, cases of candidates who deserve special consideration for condonation of shortage of attendance in Class IX and / or X, provided that the attendance of such candidates is not less than 60% of the working days, during each year of the two year course.

The last date for computing attendance at school is February 15, of each of the two years.

INDIAN CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION, MARCH 2015

TIMETABLE - DRAFT DAY & DATE TIME SUBJECT DURATION Saturday 09.00 a.m. Art Paper I (Still Life) 3 hrs. February 28 Monday 11.00 a.m. Literature in English – ENGLISH Paper 2 2 hrs. March 2 Tuesday 11.00 a.m. English Language – ENGLISH Paper 1 2 hrs. March 3 Wednesday 11.00 a.m. History & Civics - H.C.G. - Paper 1 2 hrs. March 4 Saturday 09.00 a.m. Art Paper II (Nature Drawing/ Painting) 3 hrs. March 7 Monday 11.00 a.m. Mathematics 2½ hrs. March 9 Tuesday 11.00 a.m Economics (Group II Elective) 2 hrs. March 10 Wednesday 11.00 a.m. Geography - H.C.G. - Paper 2 2 hrs. March 11 Second Languages: Ao-Naga, Assamese, Bengali, Dzongkha, Garo, Gujarati, 3 hrs. Hindi, Kannada, Khasi, Lepcha, Mizo, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil, Friday Tangkhul, Telugu, Urdu 11.00 a.m. March 13 Modern Foreign Languages: 3 hrs. Arabic, Bhahasa Indonesia, Bhahasa Malaysia, Chinese, French, German, Kiswahili, Korean, Modern Armenian, Spanish, Thai, Tibetan Saturday 09.00 a.m. Art Paper III (Original Composition) 3 hrs. March 14 Monday 11.00 a.m Physics - SCIENCE Paper 1 2 hrs. March 16 Commercial Studies (Group II Elective) Tuesday 11.00 a.m. 2 hrs. March 17 (Group II Elective) French / Portuguese Wednesday 11.00 a.m. Chemistry - SCIENCE Paper 2 2 hrs. March 18 (Group III-Elective) 2 hrs. Carnatic Music, Commercial Applications, Computer

Applications, Cookery, Drama, Economic Applications,

Environmental Applications, Fashion Designing, French, Friday 11.00 a.m German, Hindustani Music , Home Science, Indian March 20 Dance, Physical Education, Spanish, Western Music,

Yoga

3 hrs. Technical Drawing Applications

7 Saturday 09.00 a.m. Art Paper IV (Applied Art) 3 hrs. March 21 Monday 11.00 a.m Biology - SCIENCE Paper 3 2 hrs. March 23 Wednesday 11.00 a.m. Environmental Science (Group II Elective) 2 hrs. March 25 Thursday 11.00 a.m. Punjabi 3 hrs. March 26

Note: 1. In addition to the time indicated on the Timetable for writing the paper, 15 minutes time is given for reading the question paper.

2. The question paper may be distributed to candidates at 10:45 a.m. to enable them to start writing at 11:00 a.m.

IMPORTANT

Kindly ensure that no currency notes/loose postage stamps are sent to the Council’s office to facilitate return of the documents to the Schools. Only Bank Drafts drawn in favour of ‘Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations’, payable at New Delhi are accepted for return of documents by Speed Post/Courier.

STARTING CLASS XI

Heads of Schools must not admit candidates to class XI if the Council has not granted permission to the School to Start Class XI of the ISC course.

SCHOOL CODE

Heads of Schools are requested to print the school code on the school letterheads and use the School Code in all their correspondence with the office of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. The School Codes are given in the List of Affiliated Schools booklet.

COUNTERSIGNING OF DOCUMENTS

Heads of schools who send Transfer Certificates to the Council for countersignature are requested to send a Forwarding Letter and a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return despatch of these documents from the Council. All such documents must be signed only by the Head of the School whose specimen signature has been recorded and maintained in the office of the Council.

Indian School Certificate Examination (Year - 12)

1. CALENDAR FOR ISC (12) the paper has been taken. A script envelope must be EXAMINATION- 2015 used and the words “UNDER PROTEST” must be written on it. The script must be sent with a note explaining the error and a statement showing which 15th December 2014 : Last date for receipt of alternative papers, if any, within the subject the applications for transfer of candidate has taken. centers. Full details of “Under Protest” entries giving 10th February 2015 : Last date for receiving reason for such entries and the action taken on them must be sent with the necessary fee to the Chief withdrawal applications. Executive and Secretary, Council for the Indian

School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. 2. CHANGE OF SUBJECTS NOT TO BE PERMITTED (b) The “Under Protest” scripts, provided the appropriate fee has been paid and are approved by Change of subjects will not be permitted once the Council, will be marked separately. The results the entries for the ISC (Year-12) Examination have will not necessarily be issued at the same time as the been received from the Schools and accepted by the main batch of results. Council. Heads of Schools should, therefore, ensure that all candidates are entered for the correct subjects (c) The Chief Executive and Secretary reserves and should make it clear to the candidates that no the right to refuse to issue results to candidates in change of subjects will be permitted. cases which he does not consider to be valid.

(d) The special fee to be paid for an UNDER 3. UNDER PROTEST ENTRIES PROTEST entry is Rs.1000/- per subject. This fee must be sent to the Chief Executive and Secretary, In extraordinary circumstances, the Council may Council for the Indian School Certificate permit a candidate to take a subject Under Protest Examinations, New Delhi. following the ‘Under Protest’ procedure. The results of such candidates will not be issued with the result of the school and may be delayed considerably. 4. NUMBER OF CANDIDATES AT EACH CENTRE Heads of Schools are reminded that subjects may be taken ‘Under Protest’ only by regular school 1. Individual schools, having their own centres, candidates entered for the examination. and presenting a large number of candidates, may arrange to have two (or three) separate The following details are given for the attention examination halls. This will entail separate of Heads of Schools sending candidates for the supervising examiners and invigilators for Indian School Certificate Examination. each of the examination hall.

‘Under Protest’ entries can only be accepted where 2. Where two or more schools combine to form the Principal of the school has made an error in the one centre and the total number of entry of a School candidate. The procedure given candidates is large, arrangements may be below must be followed if the candidate is allowed made to divide up and form two separate to sit for an additional subject for which he is not examination halls, each having its own shown as entered on the Attendance List. supervising examiner.

(a) Answer scripts written by a candidate who is not entered for the subject must be sent to the Chief Executive and Secretary, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, immediately after 10 5. WITHDRAWALS FROM THE 2015 ISC (a) on account of illness of the candidates (Year-12) EXAMINATION certified by a registered medical practitioner; or Heads of schools presenting candidates for the Indian School Certificate (Year-12) Examination (b) at the express written request of the 2015 are requested to note that the last date for parent/legal guardian of the candidate. withdrawals is 10th February 2015. Examination charges are not refundable. Heads of Schools are reminded that the regulation regarding withdrawals reads as follows: (Kindly refer to the heading ‘Refunds’ on page 10 of the 2015 ISC Regulations and Syllabuses). Withdrawal of Candidates

Candidates may be withdrawn at any time 6. ASSESSMENT OF CRAFTWORK: ART previous to the commencement of the examination PAPER 6 provided that due notice is given to the Council. In the case of candidates whose names are submitted in Heads of Schools concerned are hereby the registration form of the school, the notice of reminded that for the ISC (12) 2015 Examination, withdrawal must be sent to the Council online Craftwork (Art Paper 6) is not required to be sent to through the CAREERS portal by the Head of the the Council for assessment. This will be assessed by school: an examiner to be appointed locally, who will be required to fill in the marks in the format provided Provided that, once the entries have been accepted by the Council. by the Council, Heads of schools may only withdraw candidates:

11 INDIAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, YEAR 2015

DRAFT TIMETABLE

Day & Date Time Subject/Paper Duration Wednesday, February 11 9.00 A.M. Physics Paper 2 (Practical) 3 hrs. Thursday, February 12 9.00 A.M. Indian Music Hindustani Paper 2 (Practical) 20 minutes for each candidate Western Music Paper 2 (Practical) 28 minutes for each candidate Friday, February 13 9.00 A.M. Chemistry Paper 2 (Practical) 3 hrs. Saturday, February 14 9.00 A.M Art Paper 1 3 hrs. Monday, February 16 9.00 A.M. Biology Paper 2 (Practical) 3 hrs. Tuesday, February 17 9.00 A.M. Home Science Paper 2 (Practical) – Planning Session 1 hr. Wednesday, February 18 9.00 A.M. Home Science Paper 2 (Practical) – Examination Session 3 hrs.

Friday, February 20 9.00 A.M. Biotechnology Paper 2 (Practical) 3 hrs. Saturday, February 21 9.00 A.M. Art Paper 2 3 hrs. Monday, February 23 9.00 A.M. Computer Science Paper 2 (Practical) 3 hrs. Planning Session Examination Session Tuesday, February 24 2.00 P.M. Physical Education Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Wednesday, February 25 2.00 P.M. Computer Science Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs.

Thursday, February 26 2.00 P.M. Home Science Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Geom. & Mechanical Drawing 3 hrs. Geom. & Building Drawing 3 hrs. Friday, February 27 2.00 P.M. English Paper 1 3 hrs. Saturday, February 28 9.00 A.M. Art Paper 3 3 hrs. Monday, March 02 2.00 P.M. English Paper 2 3 hrs. Wednesday, March 04 2.00 P.M. Psychology 3 hrs. Saturday, March 07 2.00 P.M. Elective English 3 hrs. Tuesday, March 10 2.00 P.M. Physics Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Wednesday, March 11 2.00 P.M Indian Music - Hindustani Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Indian Music - Carnatic Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Fashion Designing Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Thursday, March 12 2.00 P.M. Commerce 3 hrs. Electricity & Electronics 3 hrs. Friday, March 13 2.00 P.M. Political Science 3 hrs. Saturday, March 14 9.00 A.M. Art Paper 4 3 hrs. Monday, March 16 2.00 P.M. Mathematics 3 hrs. Tuesday, March 17 2.00 P.M. Sociology 3 hrs. Wednesday, March 18 2.00 P.M. Business Studies 3 hrs. Thursday, March 19 9.00 A.M. Art Paper 5 3 hrs. Friday, March 20 2.00 P.M. Chemistry Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Monday, March 23 2.00 P.M. Economics 3 hrs. Wednesday, March 25 2.00 P.M. Biology Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hr s. Thursday, March 26 2.00 P.M. Geography 3 hrs. Biotechnology Paper 1 (Theory) 3 hrs. Friday, March 27 2.00 P.M. Accounts 3 hrs. Monday, March 30 2.00 P.M. History 3 hrs.

12 Tuesday, March 31 2.00 P.M. Indian/Foreign Languages 3 hrs. Classical Languages Wednesday, April 1 9.00 A.M. Fashion Designing Paper 2 (Practical) 3 hrs. 2.00 P.M. Environmental Science Paper 1(Theory) 3 hrs.

IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. In addition to the time indicated on the timetable for writing the paper, 15 minutes time is given for reading the question paper. 2. The Question Papers for practical examinations may be distributed to the candidates at 8.45 A.M. to enable them to start writing at 9.00 A.M. 3. The Question Papers for theory examinations may be distributed to the candidates at 1.45 P.M. to enable them to start writing at 2.00 P.M. 4. Practical Examination of Physical Education Paper 2 may be held on any convenient day after 11th February 2015.

SUGGESTED PROFORMA FOR A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL AFFILIATED TO THE COUNCIL (Affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi) TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

Admission/ TC Serial No...... Registration No......

This is to certify that ...... son / daughter of ...... was admitted into this school on the (date) ...... on a transfer from ...... and left on ...... with a ...... character.

He / She was then studying in the (@) ...... class of the (+) ...... stream, the school year being from (*) ...... to (*) ......

All sums due (#) to this school on his / her account have been remitted or satisfactorily arranged for.

His / Her date of birth, according to the Admission Register is (in figures) ...... …………….. (in words) ...... Promotion has been ($) ...... Date: Signature ...... (Head of the School) COUNTERSIGNED School Rubber Stamp @ to be given in words + mention whether ICSE /ISC stream * Insert month and year # sums due to the school include payments for which provision is made in the rules supplied to the parent/guardian when the scholar was admitted into the school $ granted / refused / not applicable