This school is permanently affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi (vide No. PU-020) and prepares students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Class-X CISCE) and (Class XII ISC). The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate with the assistance of Inter State for Anglo-Indian Education established the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations in 1958. In 1973 the Govt. of India recognized the Council as a body to conduct Public Examinations in India through an Act of the Parliament and the council was appointed as one of the Indian Examination bodies. Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (CISCE) and ISC examinations are recognized by all the Education Boards in the country and by many overseas too. The preference for the C.I.S.C.E students during the competitive examination is widely acknowledged. This is a co-educational school which prepares students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (Class X-CISCE) and Indian School Certificate Examination (Class XII-ISC).
The CISCE Section (Classes Nursery to X) prepares the students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education in the following subjects:
English (compulsory to get pass-mark for obtaining the pass certificate.)
Punjabi (compulsory till the 10th standard)
Hindi (being the National language of India), is compulsory up to 8th standard for all students). Those students who wish to get a pass certificate in Hindi subject should continue to take Hindi as an optional language, also in the 9th and 10th std. along with Punjabi which is compulsory for all up to 10th std. The school will make the necessary arrangements to engage a teacher, monitored by the Principal, to teach Hindi on request and on payment of an extra fee.
Mathematics.
Science (Physics, Chemistry & Biology)
History, Civics, Geography
Physical Education/ Computer Application.
Socially Useful Productive Work & Community Service
CISCE pass certificate will be awarded to candidates who attain the pass mark for all subjects. However, it is compulsory to secure a pass grade in English & S.U.P.W.
ISC Section (Classes XI-XII) accepts students who have passed ICSE or its equivalent, and prepares them for the Indian School Certificate Examination of the Council, in the following streams:
i) Science Stream (Med. & Non-Med.) and
ii) Commerce Stream

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS (A) ENGLISH (B) S.U.P.W

MEDICAL STREAM (A) PHYSICS (B) CHEMISTRY (c) BIOLOGY
Optional Subjects - Computer/Physical Education

NON - MEDICAL STREAM(A) PHYSICS (B) CHEMISTRY (c) MATHEMATICS
Optional Subjects - Computer/Physical Education

COMMERCE STREAM(A) ECONOMICS (B) COMMERCE (c) ACCOUNTS
Optional Subjects - Computer/Physical Education

SELECTION CRITERIA:

1. Admission to ISC is entirely at the discretion of the school authorities even for the students who have completed the ICSE at St. Jude’s Convent School, Nakodar
2. Admission is mainly based on merit.
3. Provisional admission will be granted on the basis of marks obtained in the Pre-Board Examination with a nominal provisional fee which will not be returned in case a student withdraws later.

Pass mark in English is compulsory.

STREAM:
Required percentage for the students of this institution
Commerce : More than 65% and above in total (Marks in Math will also be considered)
Medical : More than 70% and above in total (Marks in Science will also be considered)
Non-Medical : More than 70% and above in total (Marks in Science & Math will also be considered)