Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) established in 1958 and is a national level, private; Board of School education in India to conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education and the Indian School Certificate examinations for Class X and Class XII respectively.

It is committed to serve children, through high quality educational with a commitment to excellence.

It is so constituted as to secure suitable representation of: Government of India, State Governments/Union Territories in which there are Schools affiliated to the Council, the Inter-State Board for Anglo-Indian Education, the Association of Indian Universities, the Association of Heads of Anglo-Indian Schools, the Indian Public Schools’ Conference, the Association of Schools for the ISC Exam and members co-opted by the Executive Committee of the Council.

Ethos of the Council
• Trust and fair play.
• Minimum monitoring.
• Allowing schools to evolve own niche.
• Catering to the needs of the children.
• Giving freedom to experiment with new ideas and practices.
• Diversity and plurality - the basic strength for evolution of ideas.
• Schools to motivate pupils towards the cultivation of:
o Excellence - The Indian and Global experience.
o Values - Spiritual and cultural - to be the bed rock of the educational experience.
• Schools to have an 'Indian Ethos', strong roots in the national psyche and be sensitive to national aspirations.

Examinations

It conducts three exams, namely, the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE –Class X); The Indian School Certificate (ISC – Class XII) and the Certificate in Vocational Education (CVE - Year 12).

The subject choices and syllabuses prescribed for these examinations are varied and aimed at nurturing the unique gifts of individual pupils