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Pros

Course curriculum is wide, covering a range of topics to explore overall growth of students.
ICSE prefers to give more practical knowledge and focus more on analytical skills.
Subject selection options available to students to follow their liking for a particular subject.
Due to the emphasis laid on English ICSE, students may hold a slight edge over other students in exams like TOEFL
Students interested in careers of management and humanities find the curriculum to be more interesting and challenging, not to mention fruitful.

Cons

Students may find the syllabus to be too extensive and a bit cumbersome.
The syllabus of ICSE is more detailed and requires the student to remember a lot.
Since ICSE offers a lot of choices in terms of the subjects, it at times gets stressful for the student.
Pursuing further education may prove to be a problem due to a lack of leniency in evaluating papers after an ISC examination.
Higher Fees