New Delhi: The much awaited news is here for students across the country! The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the dates for the Class 10 and 12 Board Examinations to be held in March this year.

The Class XII Board Examination, for the mainstream papers, will start from March 1 and for Class X from March 2, 2012.

For Class 12, starting from March 1, the first paper will be English followed by Political Science and Physics. The Class 10 exams will also commence on March 1 with the Painting paper. However, the first mainstream paper will be Mathematics and Language paper on March 2, 2012.


The CBSE Class 12 Examinations will end on March 29, 2012 and the CBSE Class 10 Examinations will end on March 26, 2012.

About 8 lakh students across the country will take the CBSE Board Exams 2012.

A total of 181 papers will be taken by students from Class 12, whereas 55 papers will be taken by students at the Class 10 level.

NNE wishes all students, Best of Luck!