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Can a ICSE student attempt for JEE or medical examination? What is the minimum criteria required for the same? Can you please give me the complete information on this as soon as possible as I want to apply for the exam and get the admission. Thank you!

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education is recognized board of India. Students who pursue 10+2 from ICSE board are eligible to get admission in engineering as well as medical courses.

After completing 10+2 from ICSE board, you can apply for following entrance exams of engineering and medical courses:

1. JEE, State Level Engineering Entrance exam and Private institute entrance exam for admission in engineering colleges.

2. Medical entrance exams like NEET, JIPMER and AIIMS MBBS entrance examination.

Yes, candidates passed or appearing for 12th examination from a recognised board are eligible to appear for JEE and NEET or other medical entrance test.

ICSE is a recognised board. The required eligibility to appear in JEE is candidate must have pursue 12th with PCM as main paper.

For medical course it is necessary to have PCB ( Physics, Chemistry and Biology ) as main paper.

So, you can appear in examination as according to your stream in which you have passed or pursuing 12th.

One who has completed 12th standard from ICSE board is definitely eligible to appear in whatever exam she or he wants to appear.

So you are eligible to appear in the exam.

ICSE refers to Indian Council of Secondary Education and same is one of the three Central board of education apart from CBSE and NIOS which offers admission upto higher secondary school degree in English medium.

Now as far as you are concerned about the eligibility of ICSE student for appearing in examinations like JEE and NEET then I would like to let you know that ICSE student are certainly eligible if they satisfy other requirements too as ICSE certificates is accepted for any degree or any examination.

Now JEE ( Joint Entrance Examination ) and NEET ( National Eligibility cum Entrance Test ) are national level entrance examination held by CBSE once every year. JEE is held for offering admission in undergraduate technical degree course i.e; B.Tech/B.Arch in premier technical college of India like IIT, NIT, IIIT, etc. while NEET is held for offering admission in MBBS/BDS degree course in any medical college India.

Further for appearing in JEE you are required to have completed your Class 12th with PCM group with at least 45% marks from a recognized board. In case of admission in CFTIs marks in the Class 12th must be at least 75% marks ( 65% marks in case of SC/ST and PH category candidates ).

Also for appearing in NEET you are required to have completed your Class 12th in PCB group with at least 50% marks ( 40% marks for candidates belonging to reserved category ) from a recognized board.

For more details JEE you can refer to the link www.jeemain.nic.in where as for details regarding NEET you can refer to the link www.cbseneet.nic.in.

ICSE is a recognized board of India. Students passing 12th from ICSE board can apply for Joint Entrance Examination as well as medical entrance exams like NEET and others.

1. For any engineering entrance exams, PCM subjects in 12th is compulsory.

2. For medical courses, PCB subjects are necessary.