CBSE Class 12 Date Sheet to be revised to accommodate JEE Main: truth behind the reports

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the CBSE Class 12 Board Examination 2017 Date Sheet last week. Soon after the date sheet was released, parents and teachers took to the internet to complain about the date sheet. Parents and teachers complained that JEE Main and CBSE Class 12 Board papers were too close and presented how unhappy they were with the date sheet. Such has been the chorus that reports of CBSE planning to revise the Class 12 Date sheet to accommodate JEE Main examination have surfaced. Whether they are rumours or a fact continues to baffle parents, students and teachers. We reached out to sources in the CBSE and hereby confirm that there is no truth behind the alleged reports. CBSE Class 12 date sheet, is in fact, not going to be revised.

ICSE syllabus rejig: Schools fear dilution

CHENNAI: With the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announcing that it will revise the Class 11 syllabus to bring uniformity between ISC and CBSE syllabi, schools have expressed concerns about a possible dilution that would make it less challenging.

CISCE recently said the two syllabi vary slightly in terms of chapter sequence and the board intends to make them standardised. CISCE chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon said the board will rephrase the Class 11 question paper with competitive exams in mind as many students believe CBSE students are better equipped to handle entrance physics, chemistry, maths and biology exams.

Change in the examination pattern for ICSE Class 10

Students who will appear for the ICSE Class 10 examination might be writing seven papers instead of 10. The Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has proposed a single Science paper instead of three and one Social Studies paper that will combine History and Geography. Parents and school principals have argued that this change might damage the quality of the syllabi. They said that it would give away the edge that ICSE students have.
In comparison to CBSE and other state boards, the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Class 10 students write the maximum number of papers. If this proposal is approved then the students will have to take an integrated Science paper, Social Science paper which would combine History and Geography. Those subjects which are compulsory like English I and II papers, a second-language paper, a mathematics paper and an application subject would remain unchanged. These papers would comprise of 100 marks each.
Gerry Arathoon who is the Chief Executive Secretary of the council told Prepsure "This would take the burden off ICSE students."
"Only ICSE students have 10 subjects," said Arathoon.
He also said "We had received requests from different parts of the country to look into this."
In March 2015, more than 15,200 students appeared for the ICSE examination.