Under the two-board system, those who are not satisfied with their scores can appear for the second board, which will be conducted from May 15 to June 1, 2026. The syllabus remains the same for the next session. A student can appear for improvement in a maximum of three subjects in the second examination. Those who have failed in two subjects in the first examination will be placed in the compartment category and can appear in the second one. However, those who have failed or did not appear in three or more subjects will not be eligible for the second examination. They will be able to appear in the main Board examinations in 2027.
QR codes in CBSE question papers: The board clarified that such outputs are algorithm-driven and have no link to its examination processes (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav/ representative)
Last year, 23,71,939 students appeared for the exams. Among them, 22,21,636 students successfully passed, resulting in an overall pass percentage of 93.66%. 24.12 lakh CBSE Class 10 students appeared for the exams in 84 subjects in 2025. In 2024, a total of 22,38,827 students took the CBSE Class 10 board exams, and the overall pass percentage was 93.60%, which was a rise of 0.48% points from 2023.
