The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) published the date sheets and timetables for class 10 and 12 board exams. This year Class 12 board exams will be held from February 15 to April 3 and Class 10 board exams from February 21 to March 29. The results are expected in the first week of June.
As opposed to previous years, this year, the exams commence from mid-February. Till last year, the CBSE board exams were held from March. Students and parents can visit the CBSE website (www.cbse.nic.in) for the exam time table.
This year, the CBSE has released the schedule seven weeks before the exam date giving students more time to plan and prepare for their exams. They have advanced the commencement of exams to avoid clashes with other competitive exams.
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Last year, the board had to reschedule the Class 12 physics paper because it clashed with the JEE Main exam date.
"While preparing the date sheet, the admission schedule of Delhi University has also been considered," said Dr Sanyam Bhardwaj, Controller of Examinations.
Earlier, the Delhi High Court had asked the Delhi University to fix the cut-off dates for admission to under graduate courses only after CBSE results are declared including result for re-evaluation.
The CBSE offers 40 vocational subjects in Class 12 and 15 in Class 10. The exams for vocational subjects will be held earlier.
(With PTI inputs)
Exams for core academic subjects will begin in March. Out of 240 subjects it offers, this year students have opted for 30,000 combinations of subjects in both the classes.
