The ICSE council has told heads of schools that it will activate the “online mode for submission” of marks obtained by Class XII students for project work on December 18.

No last date to submit marks has been mentioned in a circular addressed to the heads of schools on Monday.

The project is evaluated by an external or visiting examiner and a viva is conducted after which marks are uploaded by the external examiners, at least two principals said. “...all candidates confirmed to appear for the ISC Year 2021 Examination will have to submit projects in the concerned subjects offered by them for the Examination. Kindly ensure that the Project Work is submitted to the School by all the candidates within the stipulated time fixed by the school,” said Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), in the circular.

“The online module for the submission of project marks/SUPW grades will be activated on December 18,” he added in the circular.

Since there is still no certainty as to when physical school can resume, several principals are anticipating that the evaluation by the external examiner could be conducted online, depending on the situation.

The council has said if candidates are allowed to visit school to take viva, social distance should be maintained and viva must be conducted in a staggered way. Candidates who are unable to take viva at school, it may be conducted virtually or over phone.

The CISCE in the circular has mentioned a list of subjects with a component of project work for the ISC 2021 examination.

Principals of several schools said that since projects for some subjects were announced recently the council will give sufficient time to students to complete the projects and submit to the school.

The CISCE has said that the project work could be submitted to the school in any of the formats which include handwritten projects or typed projects(in the hard copy or soft copy format) or scanned copy of the handwritten projects or power point presentation.

“The visiting examiners should be provided with the projects of the candidates either in hard copy format or through electronic mode,” said the circular.

The instructions by the council says : " The visiting examiners are required to evaluate the projects of the candidates in the school assigned."