This is a private, non-governmental board of school education in India. The CISCE was set up in 1956 at the meeting of the Inter-State Board for Anglo-Indian Education a proposal was adopted for the setting up of an Indian Council to administer the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate’s Examinations in India. It is an all-India, but not a government sponsored board (unlike the CBSE and NIOS). It is based in New Delhi. Students need to take up a basket of 11 compulsory/optional subjects of study: English Literature, English Language, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Computer Applications, French, Art, Economics, Hindi, Commercial Studies, Physical Education and Commercial Applications. All children in Middle & High school follow the Community Service programme and where they are engaged in community service which, research shows, can improve student achievement, enhance self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth and decrease alienation and discipline problems among young adolescents.