The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the schedule for the Class 10 second examination, which will begin on May 15 with the Mathematics (Basic and Standard) paper and conclude on May 21 with the Social Science exam.
According to the date sheet, the details on the number of students sitting for these examinations will be announced on Friday. Admit cards for Class 10 second board exams will be uploaded on the official website soon.
Under CBSE's two-board examination policy, only students who appeared in the first main board exam are eligible to sit for the second exam to improve their performance in any three subjects out of science, mathematics, social science, and languages.
The main board examination results were announced on April 15, with a marginal improvement of 0.04 percentage points in overall Class 10 performance, with 93.70% of students passing this year compared to 93.66% in 2025.
Class 10 students who appeared in the 2026 board examinations are among the first batch to be assessed under CBSE's new two-board-exam system for Class 10, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) aimed at reducing the 'high-stakes' nature of board examinations.
