The ISC (Class XII) exams begin on Thursday and ICSE (Class X) on February 18. The CBSE Class X and XII exams start on February 15.
Metro lists some of the things that the examinees should know:
Except for art, ICSE papers start at 11am and ISC at 2pm.
The CBSE exams start at 10.30am. Students are to be seated in the exam hall 30 minutes before the start of each day's test.
The ICSE and ISC examinees write their papers in their respective schools. In the CBSE exams, the students of one school write their papers in another school.
“There has to be adequate CCTV coverage of students appearing for the exams. We have installed CCTV cameras in the rooms where students will write their papers," said Loveleen Saigal, principal, Birla High School for Boys, a CBSE school.
Keya Sinha, principal, National Gems Higher Secondary School, said students have been told about CCTV surveillance.
“We have trained our students in competency-based questions and told them that they should be prepared for more analytical questions,” said Terence John, director of education and development, Julien Day Schools (ICSE/ISC).
“The first 15 minutes is for reading the questions. We have told our students they could take 10 more minutes to read the questions thoroughly instead of jumping into writing the answers. It is important that they comprehend the analytical questions well because they have to think and answer instead of reproducing the text,” he said.