CBSE Exam Dates 2025 for Class 10th & 12th: Practical & Theory Exam Dates

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The Central Board of Secondary Education has recently released the practical exam dates for the students of class 10th and class 12th in its latest circular and is also expected to release the official timetable for the board examinations on its official website. Candidates appearing for the examinations in the year 2025 must start the preparations and get their projects and submissions ready before the due date approaches. This article brings you the expected CBSE exam dates for both class 10th and class 12th along with the practicals and submissions due sates. 

CBSE Exam Dates 2025

cbse exam dates 2025

The board examinations conducted by the CBSE for the year 2025 will be in pen-and-paper format but there is no clarification or any announcement about the two-board exam format which was followed in the previous year on account of the outspread of Covid 19. Whether this format will be continued by the board for the new academic year 2024-24 is yet to be cleared by an official notification from the board. 

CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Tentative Exam Dates

The notifications of the exams for the academic year 2023-24 came out in the month of December and the exams commenced in the month of February lasting up to the second week of April. The exams for the academic year 2024-25 are also expected to commence around the same dates. In order to provide the students appearing for the board exams with a rough idea of the dates on which the exams will be commenced so that they can prepare accordingly, the following is a tentative schedule for both classes 10th and 12th which is based on the schedule of the board examinations conducted last year. 

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CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Tentative Exam Dates for Class 10th 

The exams for class 10th will most probably commence in February and the official announcement of the exam timetable will be in December. The tentative exam schedule for the class 10th board examinations curated for students to facilitate better preparation is given below. 

Subject Dates
Painting, Tamang, Sherpa, Thai, Rai, Gurung15th February 2025
Retail, Security, Automotive, Introduction to Financial Markets, Beauty and wellness, Agriculture, Food Production, Front Office Operation, Banking & Insurance, Marketing & Sales, Health Care, Apparel, MultiMedia, Physical Activity Trainer, Data Science16th February 2025
Hindustani Music (Melodic Instruments), Hindustani Music (Percussion Instruments), Elements of Book Keeping & Accountancy, Hindustani Music (Vocal)17th February 2025
Sanskrit19th February 2025
Urdu Course-A, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Manipuri, Urdu Course-B20th February 2025
Hindi21st February 2025
National Cadet Corps, Telugu-Telangana, Bodo, Tangkhul, Japanese, Bhutia, Spanish, Kashmiri, Mizo, Bahasa Melayu23rd February 2025
Punjabi, Sindhi, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Kannada24th February 2025
English Language and Literature26th February 2025
Elements of Business, Healthcare28th February 2025
Science2nd March 2025
Home Science, Multi Skill Foundation Course, Tibetan4th March 2025
Arabic, Russian, Persian, Lepcha, Persian, Nepali, Limboo, German, French, Carnatic Music (Melodic Instruments), Carnatic Music (Vocal), Carnatic Music (Percussion Instruments)5th March 2025
Social Science7th March 2025
Mathematics Standard, Mathematics Basic11th March 2025
Computer Applications, Information and Technology, Artificial Intelligence13th March 2025

CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Tentative Exam Dates for Class 12th (Science Stream)

The exams for class 12th will most probably commence in February and the official announcement of the exam timetable will be in December. The tentative exam schedule for the class 12th (Science Stream)  board examinations curated for students to facilitate better preparation is given below. 

Subjects Dates
Biotechnology17th February 2025
Electronics Technology 17th February 2025
Chemistry27th February 2025
Physics 5th March 2025
Maths/Applied Maths 10th March 2025
Biology21st march 2025
Computer Science/ Informatics Practices 2nd April 2025

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CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Tentative Exam Dates for Class 12th (Commerce Stream)

The exams for class 12th will most probably commence in February and the official announcement of the exam timetable will be in December. The tentative exam schedule for the class 12th (Commerce Stream)  board examinations curated for students to facilitate better preparation is given below. 

Subjects Dates 
Entrepreneurship 15th February 2025
Accountancy 26th March 2025
Economics 20th March 2025
Business studies/ Business administration 28th March 2025
Maths/Applied maths 10th March 2025
Computer Science/ Informatics Practice2nd April 2025

CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Tentative Exam Dates for Class 12th (Arts Stream)

The exams for class 12th will most probably commence in February and the official announcement of the exam timetable will be in December. The tentative exam schedule for the class 12th (Arts Stream)  board examinations curated for students to facilitate better preparation is given below. 

Subjects Dates 
English Elective/Core22nd February 2025
Hindi Elective/Core19th February 2025
Geography 3rd March 2025
Political science 25th March 2025
History29th March 2025
Sociology1st April 2025
Psychology 18th March 2025

CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Tentative Exam Dates for Class 12th (Vocational  Subjects)

The exams for class 12th will most probably commence in February and the official announcement of the exam timetable will be in December. The tentative exam schedule for the class 12th (Vocational Subjects)  board examinations curated for students to facilitate better preparation is given below. 

Subjects Dates 
Physical activity trainer 15th February 2025
Early Childhood Care & Education 17th February 2025
Horticulture 18th February 2025
Food Production 20th February 2025
Healthcare 21st February 2025
Fashion Studies 24th March 2025
Beauty and wellness1st March 2025

CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Timings of Exams

The board exams conducted by CBSE usually start with the students reaching the exam centre by 9:30 AM and the answer sheets in which the students will be writing their exams are distributed at 10 AM. The question papers are distributed fifteen minutes after the answer sheet at 10:15 AM. Students are then provided 15 minutes to read the paper. This time is provided only for reading the paper and the students are allowed to start answering the questions only at 10:30 AM. The exam lasts for two hours till 1:30 PM and till 12:30 for some of the elective papers. It is necessary for students to report to the exam centre on time in order to avoid unnecessary stress. 

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CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Practical Exam & Project Submission DatesĀ 

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The practical exam dates for schools that are winter-bound have already been announced by the board. As per the instructions of CBSE, the schools that are located in areas that face extreme climate conditions will be conducting their practicals between the 5th of November and the 5th of December. The subjects that will have practical exams include biology, chemistry, physics, computer applications, physical education, and home science. The board has also directed the schools to complete their project submissions by the 5th of December 2024 along with all the assessments that have to be conducted like the oral exams. The board has also issued guidelines for schools ordering them to conduct the practicals according to the set of procedures specified so that the exams are fair and without any hiccups. 

CBSE Exam Dates 2025: Steps to Download the Official Exam Schedule 

The official exam schedule will be declared soon on the official website of the board and the candidates who will be appearing for the board examination may follow the following set of steps in order to download the official PDF. 

  • Step 1: Go to the official website of the board.Ā 
  • Step 2: From the homepage of the official website the candidate will have to spot the ā€œCBSE 10th and 12th Date Sheet 2025ā€.
  • Step 3: The candidate will then have to click on the link and it will direct you to the PDF version of the exam schedule for class 10th and class 12th.
  • Step 4: The students then have to download the PDF and may also print a hard copy for their own future reference.Ā 

Conclusion

The CBSE Exam Dates 2025 will be out on the official website probably by December and the candidates must start their preparations accordingly and also submit all the projects within the due date as they make up a substantial part of the overall scores, especially in subjects like English and Maths. The board examinations often decide the future of the students. Hence, the candidates must ensure that they start focussing on their studies and perform well. The students are advised to keep themselves up-to-date with all the new announcements and notifications released by the board on its official website regarding the examinations.

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