The 2026 board exams in India will see major changes, especially in the national board, CBSE. From 2026, Class 10 students will have the option to appear for two exam sessions in a year—the first between mid-February and early March, which will be compulsory for all, and the second in May, which will serve as an optional improvement attempt. For Class 12, the CBSE board exams are expected to run from mid-February to early April 2026 in a single session. Tentatively, the Class 10 exams will begin on February 17 and conclude by March 6, while the optional improvement exams will take place between May 5 and May 20. The Class 10 results are likely to be declared by April 20, followed by Class 12 results around May 20.
Like CBSE, MP Board and Chhattisgarh board will also conduct 2 board exams. Karnataka is already doing this since the last year.
Meanwhile, state boards have also begun preparations. Maharashtra has announced that its Class 10 exams will be held in February 2026, the Uttar Pradesh Board has extended registration and fee submission deadlines till September 2025, and the Bihar Board has opened Class 10 and 12 registrations with a late fee option available until September 3.
Students who appeared for the second-chance exams can check and download their scorecards online via the official result portal--mpbse.mponline.gov.in.
According to the schedule, the Class 12 examination will start with Hindi and end with History, while the Class 10 examination will commence with Urdu and conclude with Sanskrit.
The Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) is likely to declare the results of the Intermediate Public Examination (IPE) Supplementary exams in the third week of June.
Students who are dissatisfied with their marks can apply for re-evaluation of their answer scripts. As per NIOS guidelines, requests for re-evaluation can be submitted online through the student portal within 15 days of the declaration of results.
All candidates who receive an allotment must report to the allotted school along with their parent or guardian, the Kerala DGE has said in its notice; the first page of the allotment letter must be signed by both the student and parent.
The results are published on the official website mpbse.nic.in. Apart from that, the results are also available on Digilocker and the MPBSE mobile app.
This year, the board conducted the second set of Class 10 examinations in line with its revised assessment structure, aimed at reducing exam stress and providing students with multiple opportunities to perform.
Candidates who have applied for scrutiny, reevaluation, and photocopy of their answer sheets can now check their results on the website mentioned above.
Among the signatories are former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, former Health Secretary K Sujatha Rao, former Punjab Police chief Julio Ribeiro, former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa and former Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung.
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