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BSEB's Class 10 compartment papers run May 2 to 6 and Class 12 compartment papers May 2 to 11, with practicals on May 13 and 14. The exam is the easy part. The 14 days around it — admission decisions, college choices, repeat-class calls — are where families stumble. Here is the practical playbook.
CBSE released its Parenting Calendar for the 2026-27 session on April 29 with an expanded 4R framework and new sections on inclusion and coping with change. The PDF is on the CBSE site, but most parents will not read 60 pages of guidance. Here is what the calendar actually says, and the four things to do at home this term.
The Class 8 Social Science textbook NCERT was forced to withdraw in March after a Supreme Court order is being reissued in revised form within the week. The chapter on the judiciary has been redrafted and cleared by an expert committee. Here is what schools, teachers, and parents should plan for in the next two weeks.
India's K-12 edtech market has corrected from a peak $22 billion valuation bubble to a roughly $3 billion sustainable Direct-to-Consumer base. Funding fell 56% in 2025. The survivors are leaner and more outcomes-focused. For school leaders, this is the right moment to renegotiate, consolidate, and rethink which platforms actually belong in the building. Here is a practical buying guide.
Maharashtra's HSC result was declared on May 2 with an 89.79% pass rate. The SSC Class 10 result is expected within the next two weeks, with about 15 lakh students waiting. The 7-10 days before a result are when good decisions get made — and bad ones get rushed. Here is the practical brief for SSC families.
CBSE has codified the NEP 2020 ask of 50 hours of Continuous Professional Development per teacher per year. The clock for the 2026 calendar year is already running, hours cannot be carried forward, and principals will verify in December. Here is the working playbook for teachers and school heads — the categories that count, the modes that fit a teaching week, and the common mistakes to avoid.
Bengaluru parents are seeing 5-15% fee hikes as 2026-27 admissions open. The Karnataka School Parents Association (KASPA) is preparing a public interest litigation in the High Court demanding statutory fee regulation, modelled on Tamil Nadu's. Here is what is on the table, what the law in Karnataka actually says, and what parents and school admins should do this term.
CISCE declared ICSE Class 10 (99.18% pass) and ISC Class 12 (99.13% pass) results on April 30, 2026. The recheck window closed yesterday. Now the real work — Class 12 college applications, Class 10 stream-and-school transitions — runs over the next 14 days. Here is the playbook.
Maharashtra has moved Class 11 (FYJC) admissions for 2026-27 to a single statewide online merit process at mahafyjcadmissions.in. Part 1 closed April 30 with the SSC result still pending; Part 2 begins as soon as the SSC result is declared. Here is what changes for parents, what to do this week, and how the four CAP rounds actually work.
Delhi's new fee regulation law applies from 2026-27. Every private school must form a School Level Fee Regulation Committee with five parent representatives. Fees for the next three-year block run through these committees, with appeals to a District Fee Appellate Committee. Here is what parents should track and when to act.
From the 2026-27 session, an integrated AI and Computational Thinking curriculum becomes mandatory from Class 3 onwards. Teacher training will run through NISHTHA modules; CBSE's existing SOAR programme is being absorbed and scaled. Here is what schools should plan for in the next two terms — timetable, teacher load, devices, and what parents need to be told.
NCERT is rolling out a new set of Class 9 textbooks for the 2026-27 session, the first big NCF-SE 2023 push at the secondary level. Beehive and Moments are out; an integrated language reader called Kaveri is in. Maths gets harder, assessment gets two-tier. Here is what schools and parents should plan for now.
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