All about CBSE Board: Date Sheet, Revised Syllabus, Sample Paper & Admit Card

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducts the CBSE 10th, 12th examinations every year. The CBSE 10th, 12th examinations 2021 will be conducted between May 4 and June 11, 2021, this year. The delay at the beginning of the session is due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. The CBSE date sheet for the theoretical exams has been released on February 2 and the admit cards will be made available to students 10-15 days before the examinations. The CBSE 10th exams 2021 are scheduled between May 4 and June 7 while CBSE 12th exams 2201 are to be held between May 4 and June 11. The Board will conduct CBSE practical exams 2021 from March 1.

Due to the pandemic and resulting lockdowns, the academic session 2020-21 started late and is being conducted online. In view of this, the Board had decided to reduce the CBSE syllabus 2021 for Classes 10th and 12th by 30 percent. The CBSE Result 2021 for 10th, 12th will be released by July 15.

Latest Updates

• • February 2: CBSE 10th, 12th Datesheet 2021 announced; check links below
  • December 31: CBSE Board exams 2021 to begin from May 4; check all exam dates here
  • December 17: CBSE Date Sheet 2021 for 10th, 12th to be announced in January; know more here

Last year, CBSE class 10^th exams were scheduled from February 15 till March 20, while CBSE class 12^th exams 2020 were scheduled between February 15 and March 30. Some of the examinations that got postponed due to outbreak of novel coronavirus were finally cancelled. The Board declared the CBSE 10th Result 2020 on July 15 and the CBSE 12th Result on July 13 at 12:40 pm. Students can check their CBSE Results 2020 for classes 10 and 12 through the official website of the CBSE. Students can check their CBSE Results using roll number, date of birth, admit card number along with the school centre number. The pass percentage at class 10, 12 was recorded at 91.46 per cent, and 88.78 per cent respectively.

In 1952, the CBSE was given its present name ‘Central Board of Secondary Education’, and in the year 1962, the Board was reconstituted. The Board provides affiliations to various schools and all of them have to follow the NCERT curriculum. The CBSE jurisdiction stretches all over India as well as beyond the national geographical boundaries of the country. The CBSE Board has seen rapid growth and expansion at the level of Secondary education resulting in improved quality and standard of education in institutions. From 309 schools under it back in 1962, the Board now has 21,271 schools in India, 228 schools in 25 foreign countries. There are 1,138 Kendriya Vidyalayas, 3,011 Government/Aided Schools, 16,741 Independent Schools, 595 Jawahar Novodaya Vidyalayas, and 14 Central Tibetan Schools, as of May 1, 2019.

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CBSE’s main aim is to serve the educational institutions more effectively and wants to be responsive to the educational needs of those students whose parents were employed in the Central Government and had frequently transferable jobs. Through the regional offices that are set up by the CBSE, the body maintains educational standards across the country by monitoring the activities of these regional offices on a regular basis. These regional offices in various parts of the country take care of the day-to-day administration of the affiliated schools. The Board conducts centralized examinations for classes 10th and 12th every year in the months of February and March.

The CBSE Class 10 Board Exams are called All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE) and the Class 12 Board exams are called – All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE). CBSE made the Class X board exams optional in 2010-2011, however, from 2018 onwards the exam has been made compulsory for all the students.

What's new in CBSE Exams 2021

The Board has reduced the CBSE Syllabus 2021 by 30 per cent due to COVID19 pandemic followed by extended lockdowns leading to delay in the commencement of the academic session. It is planning to further slash the syllabus.

CBSE Board Important Dates 2021

According to the data shared by CBSE, a total of 1,46,604 students appeared for Class 10 Compartmental Exams of which 82,903 students cleared the exam in 2020. The overall pass percentage for CBSE 10th Compartmental Exam Result 2020 was 55.56%.For Class 12th, a total of 105847 students appeared for the Compartment examinations of which 62904 students cleared the. The overall pass percentage was 59.43.

Other exams conducted by CBSE

The Central Board of Secondary Education also conducts entrance exams. Some of the popular national level entrance tests conducted by CBSE are mentioned below: Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Selection Test (JNVST) is designed, developed, and conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education annually to shortlist meritorious students for Class VI admission in each Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV). It also conducts the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) among others.
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Entrance Exams for College Admissions

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Choose the right college after Class XII
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