ISC Class 12 Environmental Science Syllabus 2026-27

ISC Class 12 Environmental Science Syllabus 2026-27 (Exam Year 2027)

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) syllabus for Environmental Science (subject code 877) for the Indian School Certificate (ISC), Class XII, Examination Year 2027 is set out below. The paper is worth 100 marks in total: Paper I Theory, 3 hours, 70 marks, and Paper II Practical and Project Work, 30 marks.

A note on what this document is

This is the standing CISCE syllabus document for Examination Year 2027, published in February 2025 — not a newly released paper. It is presented here as the ISC 2027 syllabus. The ISC examinations run from 9 February to 8 April 2027, as per the live ISC Class 12 date sheet on this site; the exam dates are context only and are not part of the syllabus document itself.

Syllabus — 7 units in 3 sections

Section A: 1. Human Beings and Nature; 2. Population and Conservation Ecology; 3. Monitoring Pollution. Section B: 4. Third World Development; 5. Sustainable Agriculture. Section C: 6. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; 7. International Relations and the Environment.

Practical and project work (30 marks)

Candidates must complete one project from the prescribed categories: a study of a current environmental problem; an environmental impact assessment; monitoring a local environmental issue for at least six months; at least one month of fieldwork or training with a relevant organisation; or a plant population study by the quadrat method. The project is done under teacher supervision and evaluated by an approved visiting examiner. CISCE sets no separate question paper for the practical component.