The CBSE board will now allow the class 12 students who are participating in sports and olympiads to appear for the board exam on the new dates after the main exam is conducted. The CBSE class 12th date sheet 2026 will be announced this year in November (tentative).

The CBSE class 12 registration 2026 started from September 16, 2025. Students must have 75% attendance in their respective schools to appear for the exam.

The CBSE exam class 12 2026 will be conducted for 3 hours, with a question paper having MCQ, short answer questions, and long answer questions. According to the tentative datesheet released by the board, the theory exams will be conducted from February 17 to April 9, 2026. The CBSE 12th practical exam 2026 will be held in January 2026 (tentative).

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the syllabus and exam pattern for the CBSE class 12th exam 2026, which students can review while preparing for the board exam. The CBSE 12th admit card 2026 will be issued on the official portal - cbseit.in. 

The results for the CBSE 12th exam 2026 will be released at results.cbse.nic.in. Students must secure 33% overall to pass the class 12 CBSE board exam.

The CBSE class 12 supplementary exam 2026 will be conducted in July 2026 (tentative). The results for the same will be issued in August 2026 (tentative). Students can check the results from the board's website using "Roll Number", "School Number", and "Admit Card ID" details. 

The Central Board of Secondary Education conducts CBSE class 12 exams. It is a national-level education board in India. It emerged in 1952 as a standardized government education system.

Today, the Union Government of India controls CBSE. It has over 19,316 affiliated schools in India and 211 schools in 28 different foreign countries. Around 44 lakh students from 8,000 schools in India and 26 schools abroad will appear for the CBSE board exams in 2026. 

About CBSE Class 12 Exam 2026

The Central Board of Secondary Education will conduct the CBSE Class 12 board exam 2026 for both regular and private candidates. Students who have passed the class 11 exams are qualified to appear for the class 10 examination.

Students will be evaluated on the best of five subjects, which include language subjects and four other subjects from different streams, such as Science, Arts, and Commerce.

The following are the important highlights for the CBSE class 12 exam:

CBSE 12th Exam 2025-26 Important Dates

All information related to all the events of the CBSE class 12th board exam 2026 will be updated on the board's official website. The following are the dates of important events related to the board exam.