CBSE announces final datesheet for class 10, 12 board exams; to begin from February 17
New Delhi (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct class 10 and 12 board exams from February 17, 2026, officials announced on Thursday.
While the class 10 exams will conclude on March 10, class 12 exams will end on April 9, 2026, according to the final datesheet.
This is the first time that the CBSE released the final datesheet nearly 110 days in advance.
The board had announced a tentative datesheet last month. The final datesheet has certain changes including adding an extra day for class 10 exams.
This is the first time that board exams for class 10 will be conducted twice in an academic session. The second edition of class 10 board exam is scheduled from May 15 to June 1, 2026.
"A sufficient gap has been given between two subjects generally offered by a student in both classes. The dates of conduct of entrance examinations meant for the students of Class 12 have been taken into consideration and efforts have been made to complete the examination much before entrance exams.
"This will help the students in better time management for both the Board and entrance examinations," said Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj.
While in class 10, dates for subjects like Data science, French, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Retail, Security and Automotive have been altered, in class 12 subjects including Business Studies, Business administration, Psychology and Accountancy have also been changed from the schedule listed in tentative datesheet.
Bhardwaj explained that the date sheet has been prepared by avoiding more than 40,000 subject combinations to ensure that no two subjects' examinations offered by a student fall on the same date.
"To ensure that JEE (Main) and CBSE examinations of the subjects do not coincide, NTA will require the registration number of students of class 11 to be filled in JEE-Main application. Accordingly, all teh schools have been requested to provide registration number of lass 11 to their students applying for the engineering entrance exam," he said.
For class 10, the second phase of Board exams in May will be optional for students who wish to improve their performance. In case a student appears for both phases, the best score of the two will be retained.
Both the examinations will be conducted on the full syllabus meant for the year and the scheme of studies and scheme of examinations will remain the same.
The CBSE has clarified that no separate supplementary exams will be conducted under this system. Instead, the second session of the board exam will serve as the supplementary exam for those who wish to improve their scores.
At present, students have an opportunity to improve their scores in supplementary exams.
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Youth Congress demands Pradhan's resignation over NEET question paper leak
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Youth Congress activists on Friday staged a protest here demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET question paper leak.
Holding posters, banners and party flags, the Youth Congress activists took out a protest rally in Bhubaneswar from the state Congress office to Master Canteen Square and burnt effigies of Pradhan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The education system has collapsed during the tenure of the BJP-led NDA government, Youth Congress leader Laxmipriya Nayak alleged.
During the past 12 years of Modi's rule, there have been 89 paper leaks and 48 examinations retested, she claimed.
"About 2 crore youths have been affected by the question paper leaks in the last 7-10 years. And, 24 lakh students have been affected by the recent NEET question paper leak incident," another protester, Shilpishree Harichandan, claimed.
"The Union government is playing with the future of the youths of the country. So, Pradhan has no moral right to continue in his position. He should step down," Harichandan said.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) had cancelled the NEET-UG exam, held on May 3, after a paper leak. The Union education minister on Friday announced that the NEET-UG re-exam will be conducted on June 21.
