CBSE Board Exam Datesheet 2026: Complete Schedule for Classes 10 and 12

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has officially released the datesheet for the 2026 board examinations for classes 10 and 12.

The exams are set to begin on February 17, 2026, giving students ample time to prepare. The schedule was issued 110 days prior to the exams to prevent any clashes among the over 40,000 subject combinations offered.

Class 10 Exam Schedule:

• February 17, Tuesday, 10:30 AM - Mathematics Standard and Basic
• February 18, Wednesday, 10:30 AM - Home Science
• February 20, Friday, 10:30 AM - Multimedia, Data Science, Marketing and Sales, among others
• February 21, Saturday, 10:30 AM - English (Language and Literature) and English (Communicative)
• February 23, Monday, 10:30 AM - Urdu Course A, Punjabi, Bengali, etc.
• 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 - Various vocational subjects
• February 27, Friday, 10:30 AM - Computer Applications and Information Technology
• February 28, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Arabic, Sanskrit, etc.
• March 2, Monday, 10:30 AM - Hindi Course A and B
• March 3, Tuesday, 10:30 AM - Tibetan, German, and more languages
• March 5, Thursday, 10:30 AM - Sindhi, Malayalam, Odia, etc.
• March 6, Friday, 10:30 AM - Painting
• March 7, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Social Science
• March 9, Monday, 10:30 AM - Various regional languages and music
• March 10, Tuesday, 10:30 AM - French

Class 12 Exam Schedule:

• February 17, Tuesday, 10:30 AM - Biotechnology, Entrepreneurship, Shorthand (English & 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
• February 24, Tuesday, 10:30 AM - Accountancy
• February 25, Wednesday, 10:30 AM - Typography and Computer Applications
• February 26, Thursday, 10:30 AM - Geography
• February 27, Friday, 10:30 AM - Painting and Graphics
• February 28, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Chemistry
• March 3, Tuesday, 10:30 AM - Legal Studies
• March 5, Thursday, 10:30 AM - Psychology
• March 6, Friday, 10:30 AM - Various regional languages
• March 7, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Electronics and Hardware
• March 9, Monday, 10:30 AM - Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
• March 11, Wednesday, 10:30 AM - Design
• March 12, Thursday, 10:30 AM - English Core and Elective
• March 14, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Home Science
• March 16, Monday, 10:30 AM - Hindi Core and Elective
• March 18, Wednesday, 10:30 AM - Economics
• March 20, Friday, 10:30 AM - Marketing
• March 23, Monday, 10:30 AM - Political Science
• March 25, Wednesday, 10:30 AM - Computer Science
• March 27, Thursday, 10:30 AM - Biology
• March 28, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Business Studies
• March 30, Monday, 10:30 AM - History
• April 2, Thursday, 10:30 AM - National Cadet Corps (NCC)
• April 4, Saturday, 10:30 AM - Sociology
• April 8, Wednesday, 10:30 AM - Sanskrit Core
• April 9, Thursday, 10:30 AM - Multimedia, Data Science