CBSE Board Exam Date Sheet for Class 10th And 12th

CBSE Board Exam Date Sheet for Class 10th And 12th

CBSE Board Exam Date Sheet for Class 10th And 12th

Date Sheet for CBSE Class X and XII for Board Examinations-2026

केन्द्रीय माध्यमिक शिक्षा बोर्ड
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

CBSE/Date Sheet/X-XII/2025-26
Date 30/10/2025

Subject: Date Sheet for Class X and XII for Board Examinations-2026-reg
Madam/Sir,

When declaring the results of examinations 2025, CBSE announced that the examinations of both Class X and XII In 2026 will commence from 17.02.2026. It was also informed that in 2026, CBSE will conduct two Board examinations for Class X as per the recommendations made in NEP-2020.
Based on the registration data of Class IX and Class XI, CBSE, for the first time released a tentative Date Sheet for 2026 examinations on 24.09.2025 i.e. 146 days before the start of examinations so that stakeholders could make their preparations accordingly.
As all schools have submitted their LOC and CBSE now has final data of subject combinations offered by the students, hence, CBSE has prepared the Date Sheet for the examinations to be scheduled from 17.02.2026 onwards i.e. 110 days prior to start of the examinations. While preparing the Date sheet, the following have been taken into consideration: –

1. A sufficient gap has been given between two subjects generally offered by a student in both classes.
2. The date of conduct of entrance examinations meant for the students of Class XII have been taken into consideration and efforts have been made to complete the examinations much before the entrance examinations. This will help the students in better time management for both the Board and entrance examinations.
3. During evaluation, teachers of all subjects will not stay away from their school simultaneously and for a longer period.
4. 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.
5. The time of the start of the examinations will be at 10.30 AM (IST).
   For the first time, the date sheets have been issued nearly 110 days before the start of the examinations. This could have been possible because of the timely submission of LOC by the schools. An early release of the date sheet will have the following benefits: –
6. Students will be able to start their examination preparations well in advance which will help them overcome examination anxiety and improve their performance in the examinations.
7. Families of the students appearing for the examinations and the teachers will be able to plan their visits during the summer vacations keeping in view the examination dates and the evaluation schedule.
8. Teachers will not be away from their school for a longer time, hence, the studies of non-board classes will not be hampered.
9. The schools will be able to plan well for the Board classes.
10. The schools fixed as an examination centre will have sufficient time to plan activities of their schools accordingly.
11. To ensure that the JEE (Main) and CBSE examinations of the students do not coincide, NTA will require the Registration number of the student of Class XI to be filled in the JEE (Main) application. Accordingly, all the schools are requested to provide the registration number of Class XI to their students applying for JEE(Main).
    Date sheets can be accessed and downloaded from the CBSE’s official website,

(Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj) Controller of Examinations