CBSE Board 2026 Date Sheet: Major Changes From Dual Exam Approach to Regional Language

CBSE Board 2026 Date Sheet: Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE Board 2026 Major changes announced for 10th 12th Class. These all changes will be done to implement the national education policy 2020. Students who will get admission in 10th class and 12th class board classes for the session of 2025- 2026 should check all the important guidelines by the CBSE for upcoming CBSE Board 2026 Date Sheet which will not only change exam pattern but will also revise the module of the CBSE Board examination 2026, revision in CBSE regional languages, revision in exam schedule etc. To get all the details about CBSE Board 2026 Date Sheet Major changes announced for 10th 12th, please check the complete article.

Provision to improve marks

Candidates are currently only permitted to take the board exam once for the 10th and 12th grades, according to CBSE.. If the candidate qualify in the examination then will get certificate automatically. But if students who fail in few subjects get opportunity to appear in the CBSE Board supplementary Exam 2026. 

But now the CBSE board is allowing candidates to appear in the improvement exam after the main examination. So, students who pass in the specific subject but want to increase their mark for performance then will get option to appear against under the improvement exam.  So it will increase over all result of the candidates and will help them to score good marks in specific subjects.

CBSE Board 2026 Date Sheet – Major Changes

Refine regional and foreign language group

Students have to opt for the regional or foreign language in CBSE board examination in 10th class and 12th class where they can choose any of the language according to their preferences. Many regional languages, including Russian, Malayalam, Nepali, Limboo, Assamese, Lepcha, Sindhi, Odia, Kannada, Kokborok, Telugu, Arabic, and Persian, are currently offered in the CBSE board exam. Now board has announce that Punjabi language will also be included in the regional language group of CBSE where students who want to opt to the Punjabi language as a regional language can study it in the academic year of 2025-2026.

Group wise exam 2026

The CBSE 10th and 12th exams are administered by the board on various dates. The board has already announced that the examination for the session of 2026 will start from 15 February 2026 onwards for 10th class and 12th class. In the next year, the board will administer the CBSE exam in two groups: the regional language group and the course subject group, which includes subjects like science, math, and social science. In the second group of the examination, the board will conduct second and third languages exams including Punjabi, Sanskrit, Persian, German etc .

The examination for core subjects will be conducted on different dates so students can appear in the examination according to their subject preferences. But if you are appearing in the regional language examinations then you will not get opportunity to appearing all the examination as board will conduct group 2 subject on same days so it will reduce a long duration of board exams in 2026.

Level based examination

At the moment, CBSE is creating a generalized paper for every subject in which students with varying skill levels must take the same test. But now CBSE is proposing to conduct 2 levels of examinations. Which will be divided into standard level and higher level exams. Candidates who are not good in their studies can up for the standard level exam and students who have interest in the specific subject can off for the higher level examination. So it will allow students to reduce their burden and score good marks in the board examination. 

Short term tests

CBSE following summative assessment and formative assessment program where candidates have to face 4 FA exams in the academic year and after that have to appear in the SA exams in the end of the session. But now they are focusing to make it more flexible for students and proposing to conduct module tests after completing each unit. So it will help the teacher as well as student to evaluate their performance and reduce the extra burden of the study. 

Term based examination

The SA 1 exam scores are determined by CBSE using the student’s final grade for the 10th and 12th grade boards. But most of the portion are based on final term marks. Now CBSE is preparing to start conductor examination into 2 terms including first term and 2nd term. 

The half portion of the book will be asked in the first term in the rest portion of the book will be asked in the second term.

Currently the authority is asking half portion of the book in the first term but in the second run they are asking the complete book again in the final examination. Now students will see relaxation in exams and can score good mark in both terms.

So these are the provisions which are discussed in the recently conducting committee meeting by CBSE to implement new changes in the academic year of 2026 for board students in 10th class in 12th class. If the committee approve these proposals then, it will be finally implemented by uploading the official notification.

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Draft CBSE Class 12 Date Sheet for 2026

• February 17, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-1)
• February 18, 2026: Major Subject (Exam-2)
• February 19, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-3)
• February 20, 2026: Major Subject (Exam-4)
• February 21, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-5)
• February 23, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-6)
• February 24, 2026: Major Subject (Exam-7)
• February 25, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-8)
• February 26, 2026: Major Subject (Exam-9)
• February 27, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-10)
• February 28, 2026: Major Subject (Exam-11)
• March 2, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-12)
• March 5, 2026: Major Subject (Exam-14)
• March 6, 2026: Minor Subject (Exam-15)