CISCE - Mission & Ethos

Mission

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations is committed to serving the nation’s children, through high-quality educational endeavours, empowering them to contribute towards a humane, just and pluralistic society, promoting introspective living, by creating exciting learning opportunities, with a commitment to excellence.

The Ethos of the Council

• Trust and fair play
• Minimum monitoring 
• Allow schools to evolve own niche – progressive institution
• Needs of the children – renew their objectives
• Freedom to experiment with new ideas and practices – The Schools must continuously evolve – ‘You won’t skid if you stay in a rut’
• Diversity and plurality – the basic strength for evolution of idea
• Schools to motivate pupil towards the cultivation of:
  • Excellence – The Indian experience
  • Values – Spiritual and cultural – to be the bed rock of the educational experience
• Schools to have ‘Indian Ethos’ and strong roots in the national psyche. Be sensitive to national aspiration
• Be sensitive to national aspiration.
• The Work