CBSE: Board exams can be conducted twice a year; New draft to be made public for suggestions, Read here

CBSE: In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to make changes to the exam pattern to relieve students from exam stress.

Starting from the academic session 2025-26, CBSE’s 10th and 12th exams will be conducted twice a year. The key aspect of this change is that the draft for the board exam, to be held twice a year, will be made public for suggestions from teachers, students, and educators. 

The feedback received will help shape the final structure of the exams. According to a senior official, the CBSE presented the plan to conduct board exams twice a year to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday.

The new academic session for the CBSE will begin this April, and around the same time, the board will issue the exam notification. Minister Pradhan mentioned that creating a stress-free learning environment for students has been the government’s focus. 

This step is a significant move towards exam reforms. It is also a crucial step toward implementing the key provisions of NEP 2020.

 

Creating a stress-free learning environment for students has been an important focus of the Government. Examination Improvement and Reform is a key step towards this.

Taking this a step forward, held detailed deliberations with Secretary School Education, CBSE Chairperson and… pic.twitter.com/Ph5wxSjNcp

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) February 18, 2025

According to the post shared on X, “Creating a stress-free learning environment for students has been an important focus of the Government. Examination Improvement and Reform is a key step toward this.

Taking this a step forward, detailed deliberations with The secretary of School Education, the CBSE Chairperson, and other officials of the Ministry and CBSE over the “Conduct of CBSE examinations twice a year”. The draft schema of these deliberations will be placed soon for public consultation by CBSE.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will launch a global curriculum for foreign students for the academic session 2026-2027. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. 

In a high-level meeting with officials including the representatives of CBSE global schools, Pradhan discussed in detail the modalities of setting up and implementing the global curriculum.

 

Today the Hon’ble Minister of Education, Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan, chaired a high level meeting with Secretary, DoSEL, Secretary ER, MEA, heads of CBSE, NCERT, KVS, NVS along with representatives of global schools.

The modalities of establishing and implementing the CBSE Global… pic.twitter.com/jdJ94Q6ULF

— CBSE HQ (@cbseindia29) February 18, 2025

According to a post shared on X, “Today the Hon’ble Minister of Education, Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan chaired a high-level meeting with the Secretary, DoSEL, Secretary ER, MEA, heads of CBSE, NCERT, KVS, and NVS along with representatives of  global schools.”

  

“The modalities of establishing and implementing the CBSE Global Curriculum were discussed in detail and CBSE was directed to launch CBSE Global Curriculum for Foreign Schools from 2026-2027 and to prepare a detailed action plan accordingly.”