Draft proposing CBSE tenth Board Examination 2026 twice a 12 months ready as per NEP 2020 suggestions: Board Chairperson

Central Board of Secondary Schooling has issued a draft scheme for conducting the CBSE tenth Board Examination 2026 twice a 12 months.
The Board Chairperson, Rahul Singh, has knowledgeable that the CBSE has issued the draft coverage for the conduct of the CBSE Class 10 board examinations twice a 12 months, per the suggestions of the NEP 2020. The draft coverage has been framed after detailed deliberations.
The draft issued by the Board continues the present examination scheme whereas offering a possibility to look within the second board examinations in as many topics as the coed wishes. The goal is to supply college students with one other alternative to enhance their efficiency.
As per a press release launched by CBSE, the Board presently affords 16 educational topics, 23 ability topics and 45 languages in lessons ninth and tenth. College students could provide any 02 languages and 03 elective topics from the listing of educational topics. As well as, college students also can provide any ability topic because the sixth topic and 01 extra language because the seventh topic. Accordingly, a pupil can provide a most of seven topics in Class X. This scheme of topics and the alternatives shall additionally stay unchanged for the 2026 board examinations.
“The most important departure from the present dispensation of conducting examinations can be that examinations of some topics are proposed to be performed 2 to three instances in order that college students can accommodate their decisions of topics. This would scale back the length of examinations”, the official press assertion reads.
College students with particular wants will proceed to avail themselves of the identical amenities as they’re prolonged presently.
CBSE has requested for suggestions from the stakeholders and the general public. As soon as the suggestions is acquired, the Board will refine the scheme.