CBSE Class 10 Second Board Exam 2026 Datesheet Released

Attention, Class 10 rockstars! The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has just dropped the official datesheet for the Second Board Examinations for the 2026 session. If you have been waiting to lock in your final revision strategy, the timeline is officially set.

The exams are scheduled to kick off on May 15, 2026, and will wrap up in exactly a week on May 21, 2026. It is a compact and action-packed week, which means smart planning starting right now is your golden ticket to success.

📅 The Official Schedule at a Glance

Here is how your exam week is going to look. Make sure to pin this to your study board!

• May 15 (Friday): Mathematics Standard / Mathematics Basic (10:30 AM – 1:30 PM)

• May 16 (Saturday): English Communicative / Language & Literature (10:30 AM – 1:30 PM)

• May 18 (Monday): Science (10:30 AM – 1:30 PM)

• May 19 (Tuesday): Regional/Foreign Languages (10:30 AM – 1:30 PM) | Hindustani Music, Home Science, Retail, Tourism (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM)

• May 20 (Wednesday): Sanskrit (10:30 AM – 1:30 PM) | IT, AI, Painting (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM)

• May 21 (Thursday): Social Science (10:30 AM – 1:30 PM)

🚀 How to Plan Your Strategy

With back-to-back exams, endurance and pre-planning are going to be your best friends. Here is how we recommend tackling this schedule:

1. Front-Load the Heavy Hitters You are starting strong with Mathematics on Friday and English on Saturday. Since you won't have gap days between these two, you need to ensure your English revision is 100% complete before the math exam even begins. Use the night before the English exam purely for format reviews and light reading.

2. The Science Advantage You get Sunday to reset and dive into Science for Monday, May 18th. With our fresh new Class 10 Science tuition batches kicking off in the first week of April, we are going to have the perfect runway to conquer those tricky physics numericals and complex biological processes just in time. The timeline aligns perfectly to hit peak performance!

3. Navigate the Final Sprint The last three days are a rapid-fire round of Languages, IT/AI, and Social Science. Keep short, crisp summary notes for Social Science ready well in advance. Since it is the very last exam on May 21st, fatigue will try to set in—your concise notes will save the day.

The Final Word

A datesheet is not just a timetable; it is a roadmap. You now know exactly where the finish line is. Take a deep breath, organize your desk, map out your April and May calendars, and let’s get to work. You have got this!