CBSE 2027 board exams begin 16 February; Class 10 ends 9 March, Class 12 on 9 April

VARANASI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the timetable for its 2027 Class 10 and Class 12 main board examinations, which begin on 16 February for both classes. Class 10 papers end on 9 March and Class 12 papers on 9 April.

For students in CBSE schools across Varanasi, the early schedule gives more than three months to plan revision paper by paper. In Class 10, the board has left a gap of four days between the Mathematics and Science papers.

When and which paper: All papers begin at 10:30 am. For Class 10, Mathematics (Standard and Basic) is on 17 February, Science on 22 February, English on 26 February, Hindi on 3 March and Social Science on 8 March. For Class 12, Physics opens the schedule on 16 February, followed by Chemistry on 27 February, Mathematics on 9 March and Biology on 25 March. The full subject-wise date sheet is on the board's website, cbse.gov.in, and students should check their own subject codes against it.

This time the board has drawn up papers in 83 subjects for Class 10 and 121 subjects for Class 12.

Details are from the CBSE date sheet released on 6 November, as reported by Amar Ujala's Varanasi edition.