Academics



Curriculum & Course Of Studies

Boys are prepared for examinations conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. The Council is recognized by both houses of Parliament and has the assent of the President Of India. The syllabus of the Junior School and Middle School is based on the recommendation of the Inter State Board for Anglo-Indian Education and Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. The course of studies includes Moral Instruction, Reading, Writing, Mathematics (Integrated), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General Science, History, Geography, Craft, Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, English Language and Literature, Physical Training, Commerce and SUPW. Computers is being introduced from classes K. G. to X w. e. f. June 2000. Great stress is placed on co-curricular activities and character building programmes. The medium of instruction throughout is English with Hindi being the 2nd language.

Language Pattern In School

Exemption from the compulsory study of the regional language Marathi (Hindi being compulsory). Note : A three-language pattern is imposed by Government throughout India and hence, if exempted from Marathi, your son will have to study Sanskrit upto the end of Std. VIII. A copy of the resolution of the Government of Maharashtra follows. If your son is eligible for exemption please apply for the same, through the Principal. To: The Inspector of Anglo-Indian Schools, Maharashtra State Topiwala School Bldg. Topiwala Lane Grant Road Mumbai Note : In your own interest you are advised to make your case as strong as possible, quoting the section or sections under which you claim the exemption; being casual and brief will not help your case. Your son/sons will be required to study Marathi until the exemption letter is received from the Inspector. Government Of Maharashtra Education Department Resolution No. 55N-1957-E, Old Secretariat, Bombay, 12th February, 1958. Resolution : Government is pleased to direct that the following categories of pupils should be exempted from compulsory study of the Regional Language (Marathi). (i) Children of Government of India Servants provided they are not permanent residents of the State and provided they study Hindi. (ii) Children whose parents are only temporarily in the state, provided they study Hindi. (iii) Children joining school in a class higher than class VI, the School Certificate or Leaving Examination being taken in class XI and coming from a school where the regional language is not taught. (iv) Any other pupil whose parents are not residents in the state and in whose case the State Education Department has sanctioned exemption. Exemption under para (i) & (ii) above should be granted by the school in which the pupil is studying, subject to the production of a Certificate from the Educational Inspector of the District concerned, that the pupil satisfies the requisite conditions laid down therein. By order and in the name of the Governor of Bombay. Note : The Inspecting Officer of this school is the Inspector of Anglo-Indian Schools, Off. of the Dy. Dir. of Education, Maharashtra State, Topiwala School Bldg., Topiwala lane, Grant Road, Mumbai, to whom your application must be made through the Principal.

Home Work

Home work is set each day, according to subjects appearing in the daily time table. Std. III & IV have three home work subjects a day, and all other classes four home work subjects. Each boy must have a School Diary for copying in his home work and for following the day to day programme of the school. (Classes 3 & 4 - 1 hour, Classes 5, 6 & 7 - 1 1/2 hrs. and Classes 8, 9 & 10 - 2 hrs.) Day Scholars - Parents are requested to make time for a boy to cover his home work, to see that it is done and to sign the calendar every year.

Progress Marks & Promotion

Promotions to new classes will be made in April. Tests are given and marks are prepared periodically. There are 4 sets of tests in August, December and April. Report Cards are not presented till the bill is paid in full. Promotions are indicated in the full report submitted to parents in April, and boys are promoted to their new classes in April each year. Boys absenting themselves frequently during the year or missing the Final Examination are liable to lose their promotion. Boys who are over age for their class and fail to get promotion will be asked to leave the school. Boys who fail consecutively twice in the same class will have to leave the school. They will not be taken back under any circumstances.

College & Career Requirements

To obtain admission into a good Junior College, your boy must be encouraged to work for more than 70% in those subjects which he will have to take, to fulfill your plans for him and his ambitions.

Internal Examination

The assessment in "Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service" will be made by the school and the result will count towards the award of the certificate. The school will be required to follow the instructions sent by the Council in the matter of keeping records of the work and the assessment of each candidate in "Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service".

Second Language

Candidates of Indian nationality must offer one of the languages listed below : Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu or any other language of an Indian community approved by the council. Candidates of other nationalities must offer either one of the languages listed above, or one of the following for which provision is made by the school : French, German, Spanish, or any other foreign language approved by the Council.

Subjects For The Examination At The End Of Class X

Groups	Percentage Marks
	External Examination		Internal Assessment
Group I (Compulsory)
English Second Language Civics, History & Geography		80% 80% 80%	20% 20% 20%

Group II (Any two or three of the following subjects)

Mathematics Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) Commerce Economics Accounts Business Studies Technical Drawing A Modern Foreign Language A Classical Language Computer Science Environmental Science Agricultural Science		80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%	20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20%

Group III (Any one subject for candidates offering two subjects from Group II)

Art Music Home Science Cookery Fashion Designing Physical Education Yoga		50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%	50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%

Note : It is expected that candidate will normally offer both Science and Mathematics from Group II. If they choose to take any other combination of subjects, Heads of Schools must apprise them of the implications. For the I. S. C. XII course, all combinations of subjects will be accepted.

Choice Of Subjects

All candidates for the examination must enter and sit for six subjects namely - English, a Second Language, Civics, History and Geography and three of the subjects listed above under Group II & Group III and must have been examined by the school in practicals/project work in English, the Second Language, Civics, History and Geography, the three subjects of their choice and in Socially Useful Productive Work an Community Service. Provided that candidates reappearing for the examination without attendance at School, in accordance with the provision given in Chapter 1, B, 3 (ICSE Syllabus) will have to enter and sit for all the written papers of all the six subjects. A School may not enter candidates for subjects, for the teaching of which no provision is made by the school. Note : The responsibility for the correct selection of subjects to meet university or professional requirements of a candidate or candidates will be that of the school.

Awards & Condition For Awards

Pass Certificates will be awarded to candidates who attain the pass standard in at least five subjects which must include the subject English and a minimum of 25% marks in the 6th subject. Provided that no candidate, except as otherwise exempted by the Council, shall be awarded a Pass Certificate unless in addition to fulfilling the conditions above he has attained a pass grade in SUPW and Community Service as examined/assessed internally by the school. Supplementary Pass Certificates will be awarded to candidates who have obtained Pass Certificates and who appear in a subsequent examination and reach the pass standard in one or more subjects. Statement Of Marks will be issued to all candidates who appeared for the examination. The pass mark for each subject is 35%.

Issue Of Results

All results will be issued through the Heads of Schools to whom results will be sent as soon as possible after the award has been completed. The result sheets show the result in the examination as a whole and also indicate the standard reached in each subject taken, except Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service, by grades from 1 to 9, 1 being the highest and 9 the lowest. Very Good is indicated by grades 1 & 2. Grades 3, 4 & 5 indicate a pass with credit, 6 & 7 indicate a pass and 8 or 9 a failure.