The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced the schedules for the ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) Year 2027 examinations, which will see 379,980 candidates appear across India and overseas.

The ICSE examination will be conducted from February 15 to March 31, 2027, with 270,000 candidates from 3,106 affiliated schools appearing across 2,835 examination centres. The examination will cover 76 subjects.

The ISC examination will begin on February 9 and conclude on April 8, 2027. A total of 110,025 candidates from 1,651 schools will appear across 1,477 centres. The examination will cover 60 subjects.

CISCE has also revised the ICSE examination timings. Reading time will begin at 10 am, followed by writing time at 10.15 am, instead of the earlier timings of 10.45 am and 11 am, respectively. Candidates must be seated in their examination halls by 9.45 am.

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of candidates for both examinations, with 51,168 appearing for ICSE and 34,702 for ISC.

CISCE Chief Executive and Secretary Dr Joseph Emmanuel said the council remains committed to ensuring fairness, transparency and integrity in the examination process. He added that its assessment approach would continue to focus on conceptual understanding, critical thinking, problem-solving and the application of knowledge, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Distribution of admission cards for the 2027 examinations will begin in mid-December 2026. The subject-wise timetables are available on the official CISCE website, cisce.org.

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