The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has officially released the final date sheet for the Class 10 and Class 12 board exams 2026. Students can download the CBSE final timetable from the board’s official website, cbse.gov.in. No login credentials are required to access the PDF.
According to the official schedule, the CBSE Class 10 board exams (Phase 1) will be held from 17 February to 10 March 2026, while the Class 12 board exams are scheduled from 17 February to 9 April 2026. The exams will be conducted in the traditional pen and paper mode across various centres in India and abroad.
CBSE Class 10 Date Sheet 2026
CBSE will hold the Class 10 exams in two phases. The dates below apply to Phase 1 of the 2026 exams.
| Date | Subject |
|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2026 | Mathematics Standard, Mathematics Basic |
| 18-Feb-2026 | Home Science |
| 20-Feb-2026 | Beauty and Wellness, Marketing and Sales, Multi Skill Foundation Course, Data Science |
| 21-Feb-2026 | English |
| 23-Feb-2026 | Urdu Course A, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati |
| 24-Feb-2026 | Element of Business |
| 25-Feb-2026 | Science |
| 26-Feb-2026 | Security, Automotive, Agriculture, Food Production, Banking and Insurance, Healthcare, Apparel, Design Thinking, Foundation Skill for Science |
| 27-Feb-2026 | Computer Applications, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence |
| 28-Feb-2026 | Arabic, Sanskrit, Rai, Gurung, Tamang, Sherpa |
| 02-Mar-2026 | Hindi (Course A), Hindi (Course B) |
| 03-Mar-2026 | Tibetan, German, Japanese, Spanish, Kashmiri, Mizo |
| 05-Mar-2026 | Sindhi, Malayalam, Odia, Kannada |
| 06-Mar-2026 | Painting |
| 07-Mar-2026 | Social Science |
| 09-Mar-2026 | Telugu, Russian, Limboo, Lepcha, Nepali |
| 10-Mar-2026 | French |
The CBSE Class 12 exams will begin on 17 February 2026 and continue till 9 April 2026, with papers scheduled from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
| Date | Subject |
|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2026 | Biotechnology, Entrepreneurship, Shorthand (English), Shorthand (Hindi) |
| 18-Feb-2026 | Physical Education |
| 19-Feb-2026 | Engineering Graphics, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Kathakali, Horticulture, Cost Accounting |
| 20-Feb-2026 | Physics |
| 21-Feb-2026 | Automotive, Fashion Studies |
| 23-Feb-2026 | Mass Media Studies, Design Thinking and Innovation |
| 24-Feb-2026 | Accountancy |
| 25-Feb-2026 | Beauty & Wellness, Typography & Computer Application |
| 26-Feb-2026 | Geography |
| 27-Feb-2026 | Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Applied Art (Commercial Art) |
| 28-Feb-2026 | Chemistry |
| 02-Mar-2026 | Urdu Elective, Sanskrit Elective, Carnatic Music (Vocal/Mel/Per), Kathak, Urdu Core, Front Office Operations, Insurance, Geospatial Technology, Electrical Technology |
| 03-Mar-2026 | Legal Studies |
| 05-Mar-2026 | Psychology |
| 06-Mar-2026 | Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Sindhi, Marathi, Gujarati, Manipuri, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Kannada, Arabic, Tibetan, German, Russian, Persian, Nepali, Limboo, Lepcha, Telugu (Telangana), Bodo, Tangkhul, Japanese, Bhutia, Spanish, Kashmiri, Mizo |
| 07-Mar-2026 | Yoga, Electronics & Hardware |
| 09-Mar-2026 | Mathematics, Applied Mathematics |
| 10-Mar-2026 | Food Production, Office Procedures & Practices, Library & Information Science, Early Childhood Care & Education |
| 11-Mar-2026 | Hindustani Music Mel Ins, Hindustani Music Per Ins, Health Care, Design |
| 12-Mar-2026 | English Elective, English Core |
| 13-Mar-2026 | Tourism, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration |
| 14-Mar-2026 | Home Science |
| 16-Mar-2026 | Hindi Elective, Hindi Core |
| 17-Mar-2026 | Hindustani Music Vocal |
| 18-Mar-2026 | Economics |
| 19-Mar-2026 | Physical Activity Trainer |
| 20-Mar-2026 | Marketing |
| 23-Mar-2026 | Political Science |
| 24-Mar-2026 | Retail, Artificial Intelligence |
| 25-Mar-2026 | Informatics Practices, Computer Science, Information Technology |
| 27-Mar-2026 | Biology |
| 28-Mar-2026 | Business Studies, Business Administration |
| 30-Mar-2026 | History |
| 01-Apr-2026 | Financial Market Management, Agriculture, Medical Diagnostics, Salesmanship |
| 02-Apr-2026 | National Cadet Corps (NCC), Food Nutrition & Dietetics |
| 04-Apr-2026 | Sociology |
| 06-Apr-2026 | Knowledge Tradition & Practices of India, Bhoti, Kokborok, Banking, Electronics Technology |
| 07-Apr-2026 | Web Application |
| 08-Apr-2026 | Sanskrit Core, French, Taxation |
| 09-Apr-2026 | Multi-Media, Textile Design, Data Science |
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