The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has set different passing marks criteria for class 10 and 12 students. Those students who want to get complete details regarding the CISCE Board 10th 12th Passing Marks Criteria 2025, then read this blog post till the end.
CISCE Board will complete the class 10th board exam on 27 March, while the board exam of class 12 students will be completed on 5 April 2025 and as soon as the board completes the class 10th 12th board exam, after that all the students want to know about the result and passing marks.
To pass the CISCE Board Exam 2025, all class 10th to 12th students have to pass the theory paper and practical paper separately only then will they be considered to have passed the board exam. The exam-conducting board has set the passing marks criteria for all class 10th to 12th students separately for the theory paper and practical paper.
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CISCE Board 10th 12th Passing Marks Criteria 2025 Overview
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 |
ISC Class 12 Exam Dates | 13 Feb to 5 April 2025 |
Mode of Exam | Pen Paper Mode |
Exam Types | Theory and Practical |
ICSE Class 10 Result Date | May 2025 |
Official Website | cisce.org |
CISCE Board 10th Passing Marks Criteria 2025 Subject-Wise
All the class 10th students who have appeared in the CISCE board exam 2025 and want to know how many marks they should score in which subject to be considered as passed. For such candidates, a table has been given below through which all the candidates will be able to know how many marks they have to score in the theory paper and practical paper of which subject to pass the board exam.
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% |
CISCE Board 12th Passing Marks Criteria 2025 Subject-Wise
All the students who have appeared in the CISCE 12th annual board exam 2025 and want to know how many marks they should score in which subject to be considered as passed. For such candidates, a table has been given below through which all the candidates of class 12 will be able to know how many marks they have to score in the theory paper and practical paper of which subject to pass the board exam.
Major Subject | Theory Paper Exam % | Internal Assessment/Practical Paper % | ISC Passing Marks for Class 12th 2025 |
English Language | 100 | – | 40% |
English Literature | 100 | – | 40% |
History | 80 | 20 | 40% |
Geography | 70 | 30 | 40% |
Economics | 80 | 20 | 40% |
Commerce | 80 | 20 | 40% |
Accountancy | 80 | 20 | 40% |
Mathematics | 80 | 20 | 40% |
Physics | 70 | 30 | 40% |
Chemistry | 70 | 30 | 40% |
Biology | 70 | 30 | 40% |
Aggregate ICSE Passing Marks | 35% |
How to Check CISCE Board 10th 12th Scorecard 2025?
- Visit the official CISCE Education Board portal at cisce.org for the result in 2025.
- Toward the right upper corner of the official website homepage, the CISCE 10th 12th Result 2025 link is shown.
- Now, the login window for CISCE 10th 12th Board Result 2025 will be opened on the screen.
- Enter all the details asked on the CISCE Result login window, like the Index number, UID, and the Captcha code, and click on “show result”.
- The result for the CISCE 10th and 12th Board Exam 2025 will be displayed on the screen.
- Take a print of the CISCE Board Exam Result 2025 Class 10, 12 in PDF format and keep it safe for future use.
We hope that all the CISCE 12th class final board exam students who have read this blog post completely have all the important information related to CISCE Board 10th 12th passing marks criteria 2025, as well as all the latest updates. Apart from this, if you want to know something, you can write your question related to passing marks in the comment box below.
To know all the upcoming official updates related to the CISCE Board 10th 12th Passing Marks Criteria 2025, students can visit the official CISCE Board website of the board frequently or can get all the latest updates by joining our WhatsApp group, which all the candidates have to join our WhatsApp group, the link of which is given at the top of this blog post.

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