PSEB Board Exams 2026: 12th & 10th Date Sheet (Soon), Pattern (Revised), Syllabus, Sample Papers

Headquartered in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, PSEB is a school education board for the state of Punjab. The board was founded in 1969 under a legislative act of the Government of Punjab. The board is headed by a Chairman whose term lasts three years. The Chairman reports to the Secretary of School Education in the Government of Punjab. Currently, the Chairperson of the Board is Dr. Satbir Bedi.

The responsibility of the Board includes setting syllabus, exam pattern, deciding on the exam dates, conducting examinations, publishing results, and then granting certificates to the students who clear the examinations. As many as 5667 governments, 454 government-aided and 3,125 unaided schools are affiliated with The Punjab School Education Board. 

PSEB revised the Punjab Board Exam Pattern 2026 Class 10, 12. According to the new paper pattern, three major changes have been made in PSEB 10th, 12th paper pattern. These are listed below:

Reduction in Objective Questions (MCQs) - The share of objective-type questions has been reduced from 40 per cent to 25 per cent.

Questions From Within the Chapter - Earlier, 100 per cent of questions were taken only from the exercises at the end of the textbook chapters. Now, at least 25 per cent of questions will come from within the chapter content itself, while the remaining 75 per cent will be from the exercises. This will require students to study the entire chapter in depth.

Increase in Difficulty Level - There has been a change in the distribution of difficulty level. Earlier, the PSEB exams were 40 per cent easy, 40 per cent average and 20 per cent difficult. After the introduction of changes, it will be 30 per cent easy, 40 per cent average and 30 per cent difficult.

The Board released the PSEB Class 10, 12 exam pattern 2026 for all subjects on the official website. Students must note down the PSEB exam pattern thoroughly as this will make them familiar with the marking scheme, weightage of marks to particular chapter, duration of exam and more. Students can plan to answer the question papers if they are thorough with the PSEB exam pattern 2026. Click below to know more:

Punjab Board is expected to release the PSEB date sheet 2026 Class 10, 12 in December 2025 on the Board's website. Punjab Board will likely conduct the PSEB 10th, 12th exams 2026 between March 10 and April 4, 2026. Students can check the detailed date sheet by clicking on the links below.

The Board releases the PSEB date sheet 2026 Class 10, 12 on the official website- pseb.ac.in. The exams will likely be held in February and April 2026 in pen and paper format. 

Punjab Board released the PSEB 10th, 12th syllabus 2026 on the official website. Students can click on the links below to download them and start studying.,

Students must know the PSEB 10th, 12th syllabus 2026 for better preparation for the board exams. The syllabus mentions all the topics covered in the 10th and 12th classes for all subjects from which questions are framed for the exam. The syllabus mentions all the chapters and topics to be studied to score well.

Punjab board releases PSEB question papers for the previous year on its official website every year. Students can click on the links below to download the Punjab Board 10th, 12th previous years' question papers and PSEB 10th, 12th sample papers 2026 for better preparation of the exams from the links provided below. They must solve and practice all the questions mentioned therein and get their doubts cleared as and when they arise. It is advised that students solve the PSEB question papers within the stipulated time to learn time management skills.

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