Students in many ICSE and ISC schools have opted to write in-person improvement examinations to better their scores because they felt the “imputed marks” did not do justice to their board results.

In most schools, ISC-cleared students have opted for improvement tests and most of them are academically strong, principals said.

The schools assessed the request of candidates for improvement exams before forwarding it to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE).

The number of applications for improvement exams at the ISC level is seven in Don Bosco School, Park Circus, four each in La Martiniere for Boys, St Xavier’s Collegiate School, St James’ School, Sri Sri Academy, five in Delhi Public School New Town, two in Our Lady Queen of the Missions School in Salt Lake and one in Calcutta Girls’ High School.

Two students opted for the improvement exam at the ICSE level in Assembly of God Church School, Park Street.

“Some good students did not score as we expected them to but not all of them have opted for improvement,” said Sister Sherly Sebastian, the principal, Our Lady Queen of the Missions School in Salt Lake.

School marking is “strict” and many students put in their best efforts after the pre boards. But they did not get an opportunity to write the exams this time, she said.

The council had cancelled the ICSE and ISC exams this year because of the pandemic.

“Some students are not satisfied with their imputed marks,” said John Stephen, the acting principal of La Martiniere for Boys.

Schools, however, did not forward all the requests that came from students

“When students came to us wanting to apply for an improvement exam we studied their results in the past two years (XI and XII). We noticed a huge deviation from the marks they have scored in school,”said Sri Sri Academy principal Suvina Shunglu.

The council had extended the date to apply for improvement tests from August 1 to August 4. Candidates “who are not satisfied with the result awarded to them using the CISCE’s Scheme for ICSE & ISC Year 2021 Examinations, may get themselves registered” for the improvement exams, it said.

On Friday, the council published the timetable for both improvement and compartment exams scheduled from August 16.

Many ISC students of various schools have also applied for “dispute resolution” to check any calculation error in their marks.

“Students have been enquiring as to when they will receive the marks because the college applications have started,” said Sonali Sen, the principal of Delhi Public School New Town.