CBSE Class 10 board exams to be held twice a 12 months beginning 2026, finest rating to be retained


The Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) has authorized the rules for conducting board exams twice a 12 months for Class 10. This resolution has been made in mild of the brand new Nationwide Training Coverage (NEP). Scroll right down to know extra.

New Delhi:

In a big transfer, the Central Board of Secondary Training (CBSE) has determined to conduct class 10 exams twice a 12 months beginning in 2026.  Based on the officers, the primary section of the examination, which will probably be carried out in February, will probably be obligatory for sophistication 10 college students, whereas the second section examination, scheduled in Might, will probably be elective for college students who want to enhance their efficiency. The inner evaluation will probably be carried out solely as soon as in the course of the educational session.

“The primary section will probably be carried out in February, and the second in Might. The outcomes for the 2 phases will probably be introduced in April and June, respectively,” CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj stated, reported PTI. “It will likely be obligatory (for college students) to look for the primary section, whereas the second section will probably be elective. College students will probably be allowed to enhance their efficiency in any three topics out of science, arithmetic, social science and languages,” he added.

What do officers say about winter-bound faculties?

Based on the authorized norms, college students of sophistication tenth from winter-bound faculties will get the choice to look for the board exams in any of the phases. 

The CBSE introduced the draft norms in February, which have been put within the public area for stakeholders’ suggestions. The brand new NEP really helpful that to eradicate the “high-stakes” facet of the board exams, all college students will probably be allowed to take the exams on as much as two events throughout any given college 12 months.

(With Inputs from PTI)