The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has revealed the ICSE Class 10 passing marks criteria for 2025 on its official website. Candidates who want to get complete details about the passing marks criteria for the ICSE Class 10 Board Exam 2025 are advised to read this blog post till the end.
The ICSE Class 10 board exam will be conducted from 18th February to 27th March by the CISCE Board. All the students who are appearing in the CISCE Board Exams now want to know how many marks they will get in their board exams; only then will they be considered passed.
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The CISCE Board has released different passing marks criteria for both the theory paper and practical paper; all candidates should know about this. If the candidates read this blog post completely, they will know how many marks they will have to score on the theory paper to pass and how many marks they will have to score on the practical paper to pass.
ICSE Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 Overview
All the latest updates and important information regarding ICSE Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025 are explained in this blog post. Candidates can check all the important information regarding the CISCE Board Passing Marks Criteria 2025 mentioned on this page.
| Name of Board | Indian Certificate of Secondary Education |
| Board Examination Name | ICSE Class 10 Board Exam 2025 |
| Total Number of Students Enrolled | 15 Lakhs (Approx) |
| Main Subjects | Hindi, English, Science, Social Science, Mathematics, etc. |
| ICSE Class 10 Exam Dates | 18 Feb to 27 March 2025 |
| Mode of Exam | Pen Paper Mode |
| Exam Types | Theory and Practical |
| ICSE Class 10 Result Date | May 2025 |
| Official Website | cisce.org |
Subject-Wise ICSE Class 10 Passing Marks Criteria 2025
All the ICSE Class 10 students who have appeared in the board exams this time and want to know the subject-wise passing mark criteria should check the details in the table below.
After checking the information given in the table below, all class 10th students will be able to know how many marks are required to pass the theory paper of which subject and how many marks are required to pass the practical exam. You will get to know all these details by looking at the table below.
| Subject | Theory Exam % | Internal Assessment/Practical Exam % | ICSE Passing Marks for Class 10th |
| Group I Passing Marks Criteria – (All Compulsory Subjects) | |||
| English | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Second Language | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| History, Civics, and Geography | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Group II Passing Marks Criteria – (Any 2 or 3 Subjects) | |||
| Mathematics | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Physics, Chemistry, Biology | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Economics | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Commercial Studies | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Modern Foreign Language | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Classical Language | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Environmental Science | 80% | 20% | 35% |
| Group III Passing Marks Criteria – ( Any 1 Subject) | |||
| Computer Applications | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Economic Applications | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Commercial Applications | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Art | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Performing Arts | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Home Science | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Cookery | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Fashion Designing | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Physical Education | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Yoga | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Technical Drawing Applications | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Environmental Applications | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| A Modern Foreign Language | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| Aggregate ICSE 10th Passing Marks | 33% | ||
ICSE Class 10 Exam 2025 Grading System
All those students who have appeared in ICSE Class 10 Board Exams this time and want to know the grading system of this board exam should check the information in the table given below so that they can know what is the grading system in the board exams.
| Grade | Standard |
| 1 | Excellent |
| 2 | Very Good |
| 3 | Good (Pass with Credit) |
| 4 | Credit (Pass with Credit) |
| 5 | Credit (Pass with Credit) |
| 6 | Pass |
| 7 | Pass |
| 8 | Fail |
| 9 | Fail |
How to Check ICSE Class 10th Result 2025 Online?
Students who want to download the CISCE Board 10TH Result 2025 through the official website should follow the steps given below so that they can check their CISCE Board Exam Result easily.
- Candidates are advised to go to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, cisce.org, for results in 2025.
- Towards the upper right corner of the official website homepage, the ICSE Class 10 Board Result link is shown.
- Click on the link showing the ICSE Class 10 Result 2025.
- Now, the login window for ICSE 10th Class Result 2025 will be opened on the screen.
- Enter all the details asked on the login window like the Index number, UID, and the Captcha code, and click on ‘show result’
- The result for the CISCE Board Exam 2025 Class 10 will be displayed on the screen.
- Take a print of the ICSE Board result 2025 Class 10 in PDF format and keep it safe for future use.
For all those class 10 students who have appeared in two ICSE Class 10 board exams, their board exam results can be released anytime in the month of May 2025.
As soon as the board releases the result on its official website, all the students will be able to check their board exam result through the official website of the boar,d and if the candidates score the same or more marks as per the passing criteria set by the board, they will be considered as passed.
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