The Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines for principals and heads of affiliated faculties relating to the submission of the List of Candidates (LOC) for the Class 10 second board examination 2026.
The examination fee payment for Phase 1 will happen from round midday on April 16, 2026, to April 20. During Phase 2, each LOC submission and fee payment might be accomplished between April 16 and April 20. For those that miss the sooner deadlines, Phase 3 will permit LOC submission and fee payment with a late fee from April 21 to April 22, 2026.
Board’s key directions relating to the second examination
Students who missed the primary section nonetheless have the chance to use and pay the required fee, whereas these already registered solely want to finish the payment.
Candidates can also withdraw in the event that they select to not seem. A change in Mathematics is permitted, from Standard to Basic and vice versa, however no different topic modifications are allowed. Students can enhance their efficiency in as much as three topics, whereas these within the ER class are usually not eligible.
Compartment candidates can seem as per current guidelines by way of their faculties. CWSN college students will proceed to obtain current advantages, although no new registrations shall be accepted. If a pupil is absent within the second examination, the results of the primary examination shall be thought-about ultimate. The syllabus will stay the identical because the Main Exam 2026, and no modifications shall be permitted after the submission of the LOC.
“It is expected that the schools will read the guidelines carefully, collect the correct data of the students and submit the same correctly and strictly as per schedule,” CBSE talked about in an announcement.
Second Board examination
In line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Class 10 college students can have the chance to boost their scores in as much as three topics by way of a second board examination scheduled for May.
As the the Class 10 first examination outcomes had been declared on April 15, Wednesday, college students can now determine whether or not they want to seem for the second board examination. As per the March 17 discover, faculties will submit the record of candidates for all college students. Those opting for the second examination ought to notice that altering topics is not going to be permitted. Additionally, the Board is not going to permit any corrections in a pupil’s knowledge between the primary and second examinations.
The CBSE applied the Two Board Examination coverage ranging from the 2026 examination session, following a notification issued on June 25 final 12 months.
Who is eligible?
According to CBSE, the next college students are eligible to seem for the second Board examination:
“Candidates of the session 2024-25 who’ve been positioned in compartment. (Third Chance Compartment). Candidates of the session 2024-25, who’re eligible however didn’t seem in Board’s Main Examinations 2026. (Third Chance Compartment).”
According to the official document, all students who have passed and are eligible can improve their performance in up to three subjects chosen from Science, Mathematics, Social Science, and languages.
Who is not eligible?
Students who did not appear in three or more subjects in the 2026 main examination, those who failed in three or more subjects in the first exam, and students placed in the ER category are not eligible.
Meanwhile, as per the official document, candidates opting for the second board examination are required to pay an examination fee of ₹320 per subject, which amounts to ₹960 for three topics per pupil.
