CISCE Issues Timetable
The guidelines were issued on Tuesday with the release of the CISCE classes 10 and 12 timetables. ICSE or class 10 exams will be held from Feb 15 to March 31 and ISC or class 12 exams from Feb 9 to April 8, nearly two months. AI is scheduled on April 3 While robotics and applied maths papers are both slated for Feb 12.
TOI had earlier reported that CISCE had advanced the ICSE exam timings by nearly an hour, moving the time to 10.15 am so that schools get enough time to be ready for ISC exams, slated from 2 pm.
A school head said, “The thoughtful changes in the revised timetable reflect the council’s commitment to continuous improvement, effective exam management and maintenance of the highest standards of fairness and transparency. Joseph Emmanuel, chief executive and secretary of CISCE, said, “The credibility of an exam system rests on its fairness, integrity of its administration and the confidence it inspires among students, parents and institutes. If the council has included frisking this year, they may have encountered something that prompted them to allow school heads to take a call,” said the principal of a school. A comprehensive list is provided to deter misuse,” said a council official.
But the council left it up to the centre heads to use their discretion. To curb cheating using technology, CISCE has prohibited wearable and smart gadgets, including AI-assisted glasses, smart rings, Bluetooth spectacles and recording or translation pens. This will be the first ISC batch to appear for AI, robotics and applied mathematics subjects. The instructions attached to the timetables state: “Heads of exam centre schools may frisk candidates to ensure they are not in possession of items not permitted to be carried into the exam hall/room. CCTV camera surveillance is also mandatory. At CISCE, we remain steadfast in upholding these principles. School principals pointed out that authorising frisking was a new clause. We trust our students well enough and know they follow our instructions. But the CISCE guidelines are for all schools, not a specific one. The council has also issued a list of prohibited items, most of them gadgets, some of them AI-enabled. “The new generation is tech savvy and they can easily cheat with the help of AI-supported devices.
Kolkata: Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has authorised board exam centre heads to frisk candidates before the start of exams. “We would usually tell our examinees to check their pockets before the tests started.
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