Archive · 25 Jan 2026
CISCE Introduces Entrepreneurship, Renames Commerce
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced some big changes for students.
Starting from the year 2028, they will add a new subject called entrepreneurship.
This means students can learn about starting their own businesses.
Also, the subject commerce will now be called business studies.
This change makes it sound more like a subject and less like a stream.
The new subject will be available to students in Class XI from 2026.
Schools are excited because they think many students will be interested in learning about entrepreneurship.
Teachers are also looking at the new syllabus to understand the changes better.
CISCE introduces entrepreneurship as a new subject at the ISC level from 2028.
Commerce subject is renamed to Business Studies.
Changes are administrative and include syllabus revisions for multiple subjects.
Entrepreneurship will be available in Class XI from 2026.
Schools expect strong student interest in the new entrepreneurship subject.
- Who
- Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)
- What
- Introduction of entrepreneurship subject and renaming of commerce to business studies
- When
- Implementation from exam year 2028, available in Class XI from 2026
- Where
- ISC and ICSE levels
- Why
- To expand the scope of choice of subjects for students and make commerce more subject-oriented
- Organization
- Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE)
- New Subject
- Entrepreneurship
- Implementation Year
- 2028
- Renamed Subject
- Commerce to Business Studies
- Impacted Levels
- ISC and ICSE
- Subject Availability
- Class XI from 2026
- Changes
- Administrative and syllabus revisions