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CBSE Board Exam 2026: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the final datesheet of the board examinations of 2026. CBSE class 10th and 12th examinations will start from 17 February 2026. Class 10 exams will be held from 17 February to 10 March and Class 12 exams will be held from 17 February to 9 April 2026. All examinations will be held from 10:30 am to 12:30 or 1:30 pm, timings are fixed according to the subject.
10th board exam will be held twice
CBSE said that from session 2026, there will be board exams for class 10th twice a year, as suggested in the New Education Policy (NEP 2020). The board had released the tentative datesheet for the first time on 24 September 2025 so that students and schools could prepare in advance. Now that all the schools have sent the data of their subject combinations, the final datesheet has been released 110 days before the exam.
See 10th datesheet (CBSE Class 10 Date Sheet)
Tuesday, February 17 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 041 / 241 – Mathematics (Standard / Basic)
Wednesday, February 18 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 064 – Home Science
Friday, February 20 – 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM – 407, 412, 415, 416, 418, 419 – Beauty & Wellness, Marketing & Sales, Multimedia, Multi-Skill Foundation, Physical Activity Trainer, Data Science
Saturday, February 21 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 101 / 184 – English (Communicative/Language & Literature)
Monday, February 23 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 003–011, 089 – Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu
Wednesday, February 25 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 086 – Science
Thursday, February 26 – 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM – 401–422 – Retail, Security, Automotive, Banking, Health Care, etc.
Friday, February 27 – 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM – 165, 402, 417 – Computer Applications, IT, Artificial Intelligence
Monday, March 2 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 002 / 085 – Hindi (Course A / B)
Saturday, March 7 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 087 – Social Science
Tuesday, March 10 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 018 – French
CBSE Class 12 Date Sheet
Tuesday, February 17 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 045, 066 – Biotechnology, Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, February 18 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 048 – Physical Education
Friday, February 20 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 042 – Physics
Saturday, February 28 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 043 – Chemistry
Thursday, March 12 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 001, 301 – English (Elective/Core)
Monday, March 16 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 002, 302 – Hindi (Elective/Core)
Wednesday, March 18 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 030 – Economics
Monday, March 23 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 028 – Political Science
Wednesday, March 25 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 065, 083 – Informatics Practices, Computer Science
Thursday, March 27 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 044 – Biology
Saturday, March 28 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 054 – Business Studies
Monday, March 30 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 027 – History
Saturday, April 4 – 10:30 AM to 01:30 PM – 039 – Sociology
Thursday, April 9 – 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM – 821, 829, 844 – Multimedia, Textile Design, Data Science
• All examinations will start from 10:30 am.
• Students must reach the examination center at least 30 minutes before.
• Final datesheet is available on CBSE website cbse.gov.in.
• It is mandatory for students to carry admit card and school ID card during the examination.
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