CBSE board exams to start after Holi

NEW DELHI: The Class X and XII board exams for schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will start after Holi. According to CBSE sources, the exams likely to start from March 5.

“The exams are going to start after Holi, which is on March 2, 2018. Generally the exams start on March 1 or 2 provided they are not holidays. The 2018 exams are likely to start from March 5, which is a Monday, for both the classes,” said a senior CBSE official.

The board is likely to declare the exams dates in the first week of January, 2018. The registration process was completed in the third week of December, this year. Sources said while the Class XII exams will continue till April, Class X exams are likely to be over in March itself. There will be over 4,200 exam centres for close to 16,500 schools this time.


From this year all the Class X students will be appearing for the board exam. Till March 2017, Class X students used to sit for either the board exam or school-based exam under the continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) scheme.

According to CBSE sources, around 18 lakh students have registered for the Class X exams, while for Class XII the number of registration has crossed 11 lakh for the first time.