NIOS 12th Date Sheet 2026 (Out): Check NIOS Class 12 Exam Dates for April-May Exams

There are two cycles namely Block I and Block II for the NIOS exam Class 12. One in March-April and the other in October/November. The duration of NIOS Class 12 exams are a total of three hours. It is held from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The NIOS 12^th examinations are conducted in April for Block-I and in October for Block-II. The NIOS results will be released in June and January for Block I and Block II respectively.

NIOS Class 12 public examinations are conducted twice in a year. The first exam is held in March/April and 2nd exam in Oct/Nov.

NIOS 12th board exams are held twice in a year. The NIOS 12th exam will be held in April-May (block I) and Oct-Nov (block II). Students can register in any block for the exam.

NIOS has divided subjects for class 12 into six groups. They are Group A, B, C, D, E and F. Group A consists language subjects while other groups include subjects from Science, Commerce, Humanities and others. Each student has to select a minimum 5 subjects in total while applying for NIOS admission. It is mandatory to choose one language subject from group A and other subjects can be chosen from any group. At Senior Secondary level, subjects are divided into Group A and Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E and Group F.

NIOS 12th date 2026 was released. NIOS 12th exam 2026 were held from April 10 to May 6, 2026. The board released the NIOS 12th date sheet 2026 on the official website - nios.ac.in March 2026. 

NIOS released the NIOS 12th admit card 2026 for theory exams on the official website in April 2026 at sdmis.nios.ac.in/search/hall-ticket in. Students can download the NIOS 12th Admit card 2026 from the official website.

The NIOS 12th exam is generally considered to have moderate level difficulty. Students can prepare for the NIOS 12th exam by solving through the previous years' question papers. They should be thorough with the syllabus.

The NIOS Class 12 exam 2026 block 1 were held from April 10 to May 6, 2026. NIOS Class 12 exams 2026 date sheet for April exam is released on the official website -sdmis.nios.ac.in/. Students can visit the official site and download the same in the PDF format. 

The duration of NIOS 12th exam is 3 hours. The NIOS 12th board exam is held from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. 

Making a study schedule helps in covering each subject and the important topics. Students can attend tuition classes. Solving previous years’ NIOS 10th question papers prepares the students in completing the paper on time. Make notes while learning diagrams, formulae and important points. It helps in learning faster and notes come handy in revision. Students must follow their study plan and keep themselves motivated. They must cover the entire syllabus thoroughly and also the NIOS 10th exam pattern. 

Students are advised to solve as many sample question papers as they can for the NIOS 12th exam. There is no fixed number of sample papers that should be solved for the NIOS 12th board exam. 

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) conducts the NIOS 12th exam. NIOS Class 12th exams are held 2 times in a year. The NIOS 12th exam will be held in April-May (block I) and Oct-Nov (block II). Students can register in any block for the exam.

NIOS date sheet 2026 for practical exam March was released in Feb 2026. NIOS Class 10th and Class 12th practical exam was held from March 17 to April 1, 2026. Students can download the NIOS 12th date sheet 2026 for practical exam from the official website nios.ac.in/. They can also download the NIOS practical exam date sheet 2026 from our NIOS dates page. 

Students have to enter their enrollment numbers to check the NIOS result 2026. They are advised to keep the NIOS admit card 2026 handy to check the NIOS Result 2026. It will be released online at results.nios.ac.in. Students can check the NIOS Result 2026 via SMS and digilocker.