Cheating during ISC, ICSE Board Exam 2026: Punishment, Penalty for cheating in CISCE 10th, 12th Exams

Students planning to use unfair means during ICSE, ISC Board Exams 2026 are advised to once go through the punishments, penalties and repercussions if caught cheating during ICSE Board Exam 2026, ISC Board Exam 2026. ICSE Board Exams 2026 and ISC Board Exam 2026 are expected to be conducted from February to April 2026.

Penalties and Punishments against cheating and using unfair means in ISC, ICSE Board Exams 2026

ISC, ICSE Board Exam 2026: What if you get caught cheating during CISCE Board Exams? Students preparing for CISCE Board Exams 2026 must note that the Board has released some important instructions regarding using Unfair Means in ICSE, ISC Board Exam. It must be noted that all the examination halls will be under CCTV surveillance and strict action will be taken against the students caught cheating during the board exams 2026. The Board released a list of Barred Items in ICSE board Exam/ ISC Exam. 

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is expected to release ICSE Date Sheet 2026 and ISC Date Sheet 2026 in November 2025.

Punishments against Use of Unfair Means during ISC, ICSE Board Exam 2026

Students planning to use unfair means during ICSE, ISC Board Exams 2026 are advised to once go through the punishments, penalties and repercussions if caught cheating during ICSE Board Exam 2026, ISC Board Exam 2026.   

1. Unfair help in connection with ISC, ICSE Answer Sheet 2026

If the Awarding Committee is satisfied that a candidate has made arrangements to obtain unfair help in connection with the question papers from any person connected with the examination centre or any agency within or outside the examination centre, the candidate is liable to have his/her results in the  examination as a whole cancelled.

2, ISC, ICSE Answer Sheet will be Confiscated

(i) Candidates who are detected in giving or obtaining, or attempting to give or obtain, unfair assistance, or who are otherwise detected in any dishonesty whatsoever, relating to the examination will be reported to the Chief Executive and Secretary of the CISCE and may be expelled from the examination hall / room forthwith and refused admission to subsequent examination papers.

(ii) The Supervising Examiner or any member of the supervisory staff shall confiscate the answer scripts in which the use of unfair assistance is detected/suspected.

(iii) The Supervising Examiner shall send the confiscated answer scripts with a report giving the details of the evidence and the explanation of the candidate/s concerned to the Chief Executive and Secretary of the CISCE without delay and, if possible, on the day of the occurrence.

(iv) In case the candidate/s concerned refuse to give explanatory statements, they should not be forced to do so, only the fact of refusal shall be recorded by the Supervising Examiner and attested by one /two member(s) of the supervisory staff on duty at the time of the occurrence, as the case may be.

(v) The Supervising Examiner has the discretion to permit such candidates to answer the remaining part of the question paper but on answer sheets that are separate from those in which the use of unfair means was detected/suspected.

3. Candidates found in violation of:

(i) bringing in answer sheets; or

(ii) taking out or attempting to take out answer sheets; or

(iii) substituting answer scripts or getting answer scripts replaced during or after the examination with or without the help of any person connected with the examination centre, or any agency within or outside the examination centre, shall be reported to the Chief Executive and Secretary of the CISCE and their results in the examination as a whole will be cancelled.

4. If it is subsequently discovered and the Awarding Committee is satisfied that candidate/s has/have either copied from other candidate/s or given opportunity to other candidate/s to copy from them or communicated dishonestly with other candidate/s, their results in the paper or subject or subjects in question or their results in the examination as a whole will be cancelled.

5. Candidate/s detected in approaching directly or indirectly an examiner or any member of the staff of the CISCE with the object of influencing them regarding any candidate's examination result shall have their result in the examination as a whole cancelled.

6. Candidate/s found in violation of disorderly conduct or causing disturbance in or near the examination hall/room are liable to be expelled from the examination hall/room forthwith and will be refused admission for subsequent examination papers.

7. Barred Items in CISCE Examination Hall

(i) Candidates are not permitted to have in their possession, while in the examination hall/room, any book, memorandum or pocketbook, notes, paper, calculator, mobile phones or wireless devices, except the correct question paper. Candidates using slide rules as permitted by the Regulations must see that any information (formulae or other data) shown on them is securely covered. They must also return any incorrect question paper to the Supervising Examiner immediately.

(ii) Candidates are not permitted to have in their possession any weapon, object or instrument which may be used as a weapon during the course of the Examination.

(iii) Candidates disregarding the above cautions are liable to have their results in the examination as a whole cancelled.

8. Punishment for Impersonation during CISCE Exam 2026

(i) Persons obtaining admission to the examination on false representation shall be expelled from the examination hall/room forthwith and will be reported to the Police.

(ii) Candidates who are involved in the acts of impersonation shall be reported to the Chief Executive and Secretary of the CISCE and their results in the examination as a whole will be cancelled.

9. ISC, ICSE Result 2026 of Students caught using Unfair Means during exams

(i) The decision in respect of the results of candidates who are detected/suspected of using unfair means may be delayed considerably and their results may not be issued with the results of other candidates.

(ii) Candidates whose results in the examination as a whole have been cancelled may be debarred from entry to any subsequent examination.

10. A person who commits an offence under these Regulations, but is not a candidate, shall be dealt with as under:

(i) The Chief Executive and Secretary of the CISCE may, if he so decides, handover the case to the Police.

(ii) In the case of a teacher or a person connected with an institution, his/her misconduct shall be reported to the Governing (or Managing) Body of the institution for necessary action.

11. Entries for subsequent examinations may not be accepted from a school where any member of the staff has at any time committed any offence under these Regulations.

12. If the Awarding Committee is satisfied that the use of dishonest means in a paper or papers has been widespread at a centre, the Awarding Committee reserves the right to cancel the results of all candidates of that centre in the paper or papers concerned, or of the entire examination as a whole at the centre, if several papers are involved.

13. For cases of use of unfair means not covered by these Regulations, the Awarding Committee may impose penalties according to the nature of the offence.

ICSE Date Sheet 2026

Once released ,we will update the ICSE time table 2026 below. 

ISC 2025 Exam Date 2026

Once released we will update the ISC time table 2026 below.