Class 8
No board syllabus — CISCE prescribes none for Class 8 and the school sets everything. Most use Selina Concise.
The year to make algebra automatic and chemical notation routine, while it is still cheap to do.
ICSE — CISCE
ICSE tuition — Class 8, 9 and 10
ICSE asks for more written science than any other Indian board, in shorter papers, with longer answers. That is a specific skill set, and it is built over three years rather than in the last term. Pick the class below.
Class 8Class 9Class 10Selina & DalalPhysics, Chemistry, Maths1-to-1 at home
Mira Road East · Bhayandar East · Bhayandar West · or online
Pick the class
Each year has its own page
Chapter lists, the paper pattern and the specific things students lose marks on.
Class 9
A real CISCE syllabus examined by a friendly school paper — which is exactly how gaps hide. Gas laws, bonding, mid-point theorem, logarithms.
Class 10 assumes every bit of it and reteaches none.
Class 10
Three 80-mark science papers, two hours each. Maths in two and a half. Section B gives whole-question choice, and choosing well is worth marks.
Mole concept, electrolysis, machines, calorimetry, loci, matrices.
What is distinctive about ICSE, concretely
People say ICSE is "harder" without saying how. Here is how, for my three subjects.
More examined science. Physics, Chemistry and Biology are three separate 80-mark papers, so 240 marks of written science against CBSE's single 80-mark paper. The three scores are then averaged into one Science mark for the result, which means strong Physics and Chemistry genuinely pull up a weaker Biology.
Shorter papers. Two hours for Physics and Chemistry, two and a half for Maths. CBSE gives three. Pace is a real and separate skill.
More numerical. Mole concept and stoichiometry sits in the ICSE Class 10 board syllabus with full volumetric calculation, where CBSE treats it lightly in Class 9. Electrolysis, metallurgy processes and analytical chemistry have no CBSE Class 10 equivalent at all. In Physics, Machines, Calorimetry and Radioactivity are ICSE-only.
Different maths. ICSE Class 10 has Matrices, Loci, GST, Banking, Shares and Dividends and Geometric Progression. And ICSE Class 9 teaches Logarithms, which CBSE does not teach in Class 9 or 10 at all.
Longer answers. ICSE rewards descriptive answers with explicit reasoning, and in Chemistry expects balanced equations written with conditions and reagents. CBSE marking is more keyword-driven. Writing a complete ICSE answer is a trained habit, not a natural one.
What is included
On every ICSE year
All in the fees, on all three classes.
- Chapter notes written against the CISCE syllabus, printed
- Selina exercises worked completely, and Dalal for chemistry drill
- Numericals written out in full with units, because ICSE marks the working
- Practical and internal-assessment preparation — 20 marks per science subject
- Previous ICSE board papers, timed at two hours, marked by hand
- Section B question-selection practice for Class 10
- Doubt-solving on WhatsApp between classes
- A weekly honest progress message to you
Where I teach
Home classes in Mira Road East, Bhayandar East and Bhayandar West, and online for students elsewhere in India or abroad — a lot of Indian families overseas follow ICSE and that works well over video.
If your child is on the Cambridge system instead, see IGCSE tuition; for the IB Middle Years Programme, IB MYP tuition. Comparing boards for a younger child, the Class 10 tuition page puts SSC, CBSE and ICSE side by side. And an ICSE student aiming at JEE or NEET should read the foundation pages, because the ICSE syllabus leaves a specific set of gaps against NCERT.
Questions parents ask
ICSE tuition — what parents ask me
Which books do you use?
Selina Concise for all three subjects, and Dalal's Simplified Chemistry alongside for equation and objective drill. That is the standard ICSE combination — Selina for theory, Dalal for practice — although CISCE itself prescribes no textbook for any subject. If your school uses something different, we use that.
Is ICSE being changed this year?
Not for Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics in any way I can confirm from a CISCE document. There has been no syllabus reduction announced for 2026-27. The twice-a-year Class 10 board exam that is in the news is a CBSE change; CISCE has announced nothing of the kind and ICSE remains a single annual board examination.
Is ICSE a disadvantage for JEE and NEET?
A small one, and it is manageable. Those exams follow the NCERT line, so a CBSE student is already reading the right books. But ICSE students usually arrive stronger in numerical work, in writing out a full solution and in a few topics CBSE skips — mole concept, electrolysis, machines. The gaps against NCERT are identifiable and we teach them separately. It is not a reason to change schools.
What are your fees?
Fees depend on the class, how many subjects you want and how many classes a week we run. All the material — notes, worksheets, question banks and the weekly marked test — is included, so the number I quote is the number you pay. Call or WhatsApp on 79774 75848 with your child's class, board and subjects and I will give you the exact figure.
Is the demo class really free?
Yes, and it is a real class on a real chapter — not a sales meeting. Tell me what your child is stuck on and we will do exactly that. At the end you will know whether my teaching suits your child, which is the only question worth answering.
Also taught here
Other classes and exams
A free class, on the chapter that is hurting
Name the class and the chapter — mole concept, loci, gas laws, logarithms — and that is what we will do.