By Ruchika Kumari
Copyright timesnownews
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the class 10 and 12 board examinations, the examination for sports students, the second examination for class 10, and the class 12 supplementary examination between February 17 and July 15. The board on September 24 has released a tentative schedule on the official website, cbse.gov.in. Students, parents and teachers should note that the date sheet released is tentative in nature. Final date sheet will be released later by the board upon submission of the final list of candidates by the schools. This year, the board has released the schedule ahead of its usual timeline to ensure that students can prepare structured study plans to enhance their performance. The board has also issued a general guideline that the evaluation of answer sheets will begin just 10 days after the conduct of each examination and must be completed within 12 days. Check complete datesheet below. CBSE Class 10 Date Sheet 2026 February 17- Mathematics Standard and Mathematics BasicFebruary 18- Retail, banking, data science, health care and other optional subjectsFebruary 20- Beauty and wellness, marketing and sales, and other examsFebruary 21- English Communicative and Language and Literature February 24- Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi and other regional subjectsFebruary 25- ScienceFebruary 26- Home ScienceFebruary 27- Computer Applications, AI and ITFebruary 28- Sanskrit, Rai, Urdu Course B and other subjectsMarch 2- Hindi Course A and BMarch 5- PaintingMarch 6- Sindhi, Odia, Malyalam…March 7- Social ScienceMarch 9-Arabic, Russian and other foreign languagesCBSE Class 12 Date Sheet 2026 (Main Subjects) February 18: Physical EducationFebruary 20: PhysicsFebruary 21: Business Studies/Business AdministrationFebruary 23: PsychologyFebruary 26: GeographyFebruary 28: ChemistryMarch 9: MathematicsMarch 12: English Elective/English CoreMarch 16: HindiMarch 18: EconomicsMarch 23: Political Science March 25: Computer ScienceMarch 27: BiologyMarch 28: AccountancyMarch 30: HistoryApril 4: Sociology As per data released by CBSE, around 45 lakh candidates will appear in the class 10, 12 board exams. The notice reads, “Alongside the conduct of examinations, several other activities, such as practical evaluation and post-result processes will be undertaken to ensure timely declaration of results.” The second examination for class 10 will be conducted between May 15 and June 1. For more details, one can refer to the PDF attached above.
