CBSE datesheet released: Check full schedule for class 10 and 12 board exams

The schedule is released 110 days before commencement of the exams and is designed to avoid conflicts among more than 40,000 subject combinations.

Published on: Oct 30, 2025, 21:07:54 IST

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday released the final schedule for the 2026 board examinations for classes 10 and 12.

Both 10th and 12th board exams are scheduled to commence on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. (PTI file photo)

The academically crucial exams are scheduled to commence on February 17, 2026.

CBSE, which announced the date sheet 110 days prior to the commencement of the exams, said in its official circular that the schedule 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.

Here is the schedule for class 10 exams:

February 17, Tuesday, 10.30 am- Mathematics standard and Mathematics basic
February 18, Wednesday, 10.30 am- Home science
February 20, Friday, 10.30 am- Multi-media, data science, marketing and sales, multi skill foundation course, physical activity trainer, beauty and wellness
February 21, Saturday, 10.30 am- English(Language and Literature) and English(Communicative)
February 23, Monday, 10.30 am- Urdu course A, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, Manipuri, Telugu Telengana
February 24, Tuesday, 10.30 am- Urdu course B and elements of business
February 25, Wednesday, 10.30 am- Science
February 26, Thursday, 10.30 am- Retail, security, automotive, introduction to financial markets, introduction to tourism, agriculture, food production, front office operations, banking and insurance, health care, apparel, electronics and hardware, foundation skill for sciences, design thinking and innovation
February 27, Friday, 10.30 am- Computer applications, information technology artificial intelligence
February 28, Saturday, 10.30 am- Arabic, Sanskrit(Communicative), Sanskrit, Rai, Gurung, Tamang, Sherpa
March 2, Monday, 10.30 am- Hindi course A, Hindi course B
March 3, Tuesday, 10.30 am- Tibetan, German, national cadet corps, Bhoti, Bodo, Tangkhul, Japanese, Bhutia, Spanish, Kashmiri, Mizo, Bahasa Melayu, elements of book keeping and accountancy
March 5, Thursday, 10.30 am- Sindhi, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Kannada, Kokborok
March 6, Friday, 10.30 am- Painting
March 7, Saturday, 10.30 am- Social science
March 9, Monday, 10.30 am- Telugu, Russian, Persian, Nepali, Limboo, Lepcha, Carnatic music (vocal), Carnatic music mel ins, Carnatic music per. ins, Hindustani music vocal, Hindustani music (mel ins), Hindustani music (per ins), Thai.
March 10, Tuesday, 10.30 am- French

Following is the the board exam schedule for class 12:

February 17, Tuesday, 10.30 am- Biotechnology, entrepreneurship, shorthand(English) and shorthand (Hindi)
February 18, Wednesday, 10.30 am- Physical education
February 19, Thursday, 10.30 am- Cost accounting, engineering graphics, Horticulture
February 20, Friday, 10.30 am- Physics
February 21, Saturday, 10.30 am- Automotive and fashion studies
February 23, Monday, 10.30 am- Mass media studies, design thinking and innovation
February 24, Tuesday, 10.30 am- Accountancy
February 25, Wednesday, 10.30 am- Typography and computer application
February 26, Thursday, 10.30 am- Geography
February 27, Friday, 10.30 am- Painting, Graphics
February 28, Saturday, 10.30 am- Chemistry
March 3, Tuesday, 10.30 am- Legal studies
March 5, Thursday, 10.30am- Psychology
March 6, Friday, 10.30 am- Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Manipuri, Malayalam, Odia, Kannada, Telugu Telengana, Mizo, Kashmiri
March 7, Saturday, 10.30 am- Electronics and hardware
March 9, Monday, 10.30 am- Mathematics and applied mathematics
March 11, Wednesday, 10.30am- Design
March 12, Thursday, 10.30am- English core and english elective
March 14, Saturday, 10.30 am- Home science
March 16, Monday, 10.30am- Hindi core and Hindi elective
March 18, Wednesday, 10.30am- Economics
March 20, Friday, 10.30am- Marketing
March 23, Monday, 10.30 am- Political science
March 25, Wednesday, 10.30am- Computer science
March 27, Thursday, 10.30am- Biology
March 28, Saturday, 10.30am- Business studies
March 30, Monday, 10.30am- History
April 2, Thursday, 10.30am- National cadet corps(NCC)
April 4, Saturday, 10.30am- Sociology
April 8, Wednesday, 10.30am- Sanskrit core
April 9. Thursday, 10.30am- Multi-media, data science

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