Open Schooling System (OSS)

International Council for Senior Secondary Education (ICSSE) has introduced Open Schooling System (OSS) for those students who are unable to attend regular classes including drop out students and students residing in remote and distant places. Meritorious students who had to discontinue with their studies due to financial and other constraints will get the opportunity to continue with their studies under the Open Schooling System (OSS). There by giving the facility to the students 'Education for All'. The students studying under the Open Schooling System (OSS) will be provided with comprehensive good quality study materials which can easily be studied and understood by the students without attending regular classes.

Under the Open Schooling System (OSS) International Council for Senior Secondary Education (ICSSE) will provide education to the students of Secondary and Senior Secondary level courses. On completion of the courses from Open Schooling System (OSS) run by ICSSE the students will be eligible to continue with their further studies in Vocational/ Technical/ Professional and Higher Studies.

The exams for Open Schooling would be conducted twice a year, that’s June & July, December & January.

SCHEME FOR OPEN SCHOOLING EXAMINATION

International Certificate for Secondary Examination

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Language 1	1	100	3
2	Language 2	1	100	3

Language: English, French, German, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, etc languages.

Note: You may opt maximum two languages from the above lists

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Mathematics	1	100	3
2	Science	1	80+20*	3
3	Social Science	1	80+20**	3

* Stands for Practical Examination.

** Stands for Multiple Choice Questions.

Additional Subjects

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Data Entry Operators	1	60+40*	3

* Stands for Practical Examination.

** Stands for Multiple Choice Questions.

Important: For obtaining a pass certificate, the candidate is required to pass in all five subjects including one or maximum of two languages with 40% marks in each subject in theory and practical and also 40% marks in aggregate.

International Certificate for Senior Secondary Examination

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Language 1	1	100	3
2	Language 2	1	100	3

Language: English, French, German, Japanese, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi languages.

Note: You may opt maximum two languages from the above list.

A. Arts and Humanities Section

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	History	1	100	3
2	Political Science	1	100	3
3	Economics	1	100	3
4	Sociology	1	100	3

Note: You may opt any three subjects from the above list, if required.

B. Commerce stream

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Business Studies	1	100	3
2	Economics	1	100	3
3	Accountancy	1	100	3
4	Mathematics	1	100	3

Note: You may opt any three subjects from the above list, if required.

C. Non -Medical Stream

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Physics	1	80+20*	3
2	Chemistry	1	80+20*	3
3	Mathematics	1	100	3
4	Data Entry	1	60+40*	3

Note: You may opt any three subjects from the above list, if required.

D. Medical Stream

Sr. No.	Subject	No. of Paper	Max. Marks	Duration(Hours)
1	Physics	1	80+20*	3
2	Chemistry	1	80+20*	3
3	Biology	1	80+20*	3
4	Data Entry	1	60+40*	3

Note: You may opt any three subjects from the above list, if required.

Important: For obtaining a pass certificate, the candidate is required to pass in all five subjects including one or maximum of two languages with 40% marks in each subject in theory and practical and also 40% marks in aggregate.