CBSE Announces Schedule For Class 10, 12 Practical Board Exam 2026

 

The practical exams, project works and internal assessment for the 2025-26 academic session will be held from January 1, 2026 for all the CBSE-affiliated schools in India and abroad.

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the schedule for Class 10 and Class 12 practical examination for the 2026 board exams.

The practical exams, project works and internal assessment for the 2025-26 session will be held from November 6 to December 6, 2025 for winter-bound schools, and from January 1, 2026 for all the CBSE-affiliated schools in India and abroad.

The CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 theory exams will start on February 12, 2026.

All the schools following the winter-bound sessions have been instructed to prepare the final list of candidates and ensure that no student of the school whose name has not been submitted in the online LOC to the CBSE is allowed to appear for these practical examinations, project or internal assessment.

Class 10 internal assessment will only be conducted once, hence all schools should fill the marks for all candidates during the time schedule mentioned.

The CBSE has asked the schools to contact the regional offices for the appointment of external examiners and observers and make sure that the practical examination, project work and internal assessment are held in time.

CBSE Practical Exam Schedule 2025-26

Event	Schools	Dates
Practical exams, project work, internal assessments	Winter-bound schools	Nov 6–Dec 6, 2025
Practical exams, project work, internal assessments	All CBSE-affiliated schools	From Jan 1, 2026
Theory exams (Class 10 and 12)	All students	Starting Feb 12, 2026

The school need to create batches of 30 students each in every subject. Accordingly, the schools will conduct the practical/project assessment of 30 students of one batch together for better management of practical/project assessment and uploading of marks.

To ensure fair and proper assessment, Practical Examinations/Project Assessment should be conducted in two or three sessions in a day if the number of students is more than 30.

It may be noted that since the size of batch/group is 30, therefore examination/assessment of each batch/group shall be conducted in one session.

All students must appear for practical examination or project assessment strictly as per the scheduled dates, CBSE said, adding that if a student is unable to attend on the assigned day for any reason, their exam or assessment may only be re-conducted within the officially notified schedule.

No requests for extensions or special permissions beyond these dates will be accepted.

If a student remains absent for the practical examination, project, or internal assessment in the current session, their status should be recorded as ‘Absent’ in the online system.

However, if the student’s examination or assessment is to be held on a different date within the approved schedule, they should be marked as ‘Rescheduled’.

Schools will be permitted to re-conduct the examination or assessment only for students marked as ‘Re-scheduled’ and strictly within the prescribed timeframes.