The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) released the schedule for payment of exam fee for NIOS exam 2026 April for Learners of Oct/Nov 2025 whose results were withheld under RL tag. Last date to pay the exam fee is Feb 12 with late fee.
NIOS Exam April 2026 Fees: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has released a circular regarding the schedule for registration and payment of exam fee for NIOS Exam 2026 April for learners who had appeared in NIOS October, 2025 Public Examination but the results were withheld under RL tag. They can check the official website and register for the NIOS public exam 2026 April-May. They can pay the exam fee till Feb 12 with late fee INR 1600.
The circular says ' The learners of Senior Secondary Course must ensure compulsory gap of two years from the Block/Session and year of passing the Secondary Examination for the purpose of obtaining passing certificate. If the learner does not have the requisite gap of two years, he/she shall register only in maximum of four subjects (including the subjects already passed) for the forthcoming April, 2026 Examinations. The learners may therefore carefully select the subject(s) accordingly to register for the examinations. The requisite examination fee is to be paid only through online mode by visiting NIOS website: sdmis.nios.ac.in."
NIOS 10th, 12th Exam fees Payment 2026: Important Dates
Schedue for registration and payment of exam fee for all registered learners of Oct/Nov 2025 exam whose results were withheld under RL tag is given below.
| The fee collection |
WITHOUT LATE FEE (Rs. 300 per Subject. Additional fee of Rs. 150 per subject having practical component) |
Feb 2 to 6, 2026 |
| With Late Fee of Rs. 150/- per Subject | Feb 7 to 9, 2026 | |
| With consolidated late fee of Rs. 1600/- per learner | Feb 10 to 12, 2026 |
NIOS 10th and 12th theory exam 2026 will be held in April-May 2026. The board will release the NIOS date sheet 2026 on the official website - nios.ac.in. We will provide the NIOS 10th time table 2026 PDF in our NIOS 10th dates 2026 page.
The NIOS Class 12 exam 2026 block 1 will be held between April-May 2026. NIOS Class 12 exams 2026 date sheet for April exam will be released on the official website -sdmis.nios.ac.in/. Students can visit the official site and download the same in the PDF format. The NIOS Class 12 exam 2025 April session were held from April 9 to May 19, 2025.
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The NIOS 12th Date Sheet 2026 April exam will be published by end of Feb 2026, on the official website. NIOS 12th exam 2026 will be held in April-May 2026. Students have to visit the official website to download the NIOS 12th Date Sheet 2026. They are advised to download and save the NIOS 12th Date Sheet 2026. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will release separate date sheet for practical examination.