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CBSE, ICSE, IB, IGCSE — what each board actually means for your child.
CBSE now holds the Class 10 board exam twice a year — a mandatory February phase and an optional May phase, with the best score counting. As the first second-phase result nears, here is a clear explainer of how the system works and how families should plan for it.
CBSE declared the Class 12 result on June 11 with an overall pass rate of 85.20%, down more than three points from last year, and a sharp rise in compartment cases. Here is a calm, practical guide for families on reading the numbers and deciding what to do in the next few days.
CBSE's Class 12 re-evaluation window closed with more than 70,000 applications, against the backdrop of a new on-screen marking system that digitised nearly a crore answer scripts. Here is how school leaders should read the moment and advise their students.
The Supreme Court has ordered CBSE to produce an action plan by June 12 for private Class 12 improvement candidates in the Gulf whose results are stuck on 'Result Later'. Here is what the case means for affected families and what to do if your child is one of them.
Nearly 6.69 lakh students sat CBSE's first-ever Class 10 second board exam, and the result is expected in the first week of June. For school exam coordinators, the next few days are about reconciling best-of-two scores, handling DigiLocker marksheets, and steering compartment candidates — here is the operational checklist.
CISCE opens ICSE improvement exam registration on May 30 with a June 5 deadline, a new three-subject cap and a non-refundable Rs 500-per-paper fee. The exam runs after that and the revised marks replace the originals. Here is the decision framework for a Class 10 family — when to sit it, which subjects to choose, and the three places parents typically get this wrong.
CBSE has published the full Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence curriculum for Classes 3 to 8 for the 2026-27 session, along with teacher handbooks for Classes 3, 6 and 8 and a DLD training protocol issued April 9. With most CBSE schools reopening in the next four weeks, here is what subject teachers and academic coordinators should put on the prep calendar.
CISCE's ICSE Class 10 improvement exam application window opens May 30 and closes June 5, with the exam set for July 1 to 14 and results by August 1. Registration is school-controlled, not parent-initiated, and entries are non-refundable. For Class 10 form teachers and exam coordinators sitting on the 0.82% compartment cohort and the wider improvement band, here is a working six-day plan.
From July 1, 2026, CBSE Class 9 students begin the three-language R1-R2-R3 framework — but dedicated Class 9 R3 textbooks won't ship this cycle. The board has confirmed Class 6 R3 textbooks will fill the slot, with locally curated supplementary material. Here is a working five-week prep brief for Class 9 language teachers walking into a textbook gap.
CBSE has confirmed the Class 12 supplementary exam on July 15 and a school-side List of Candidates window of June 2 to June 17 — no exceptions. With over 1.63 lakh students in the 2026 compartment bucket plus the improvement cohort, the next sixteen working days sit squarely on the exam coordinator's desk. Here is the practical brief.
CBSE's Class 10 second board exam — the improvement attempt for the first cohort under the new annual two-attempt model — concludes today, May 21. Results are expected between June 5 and 10. The next three weeks are short, but they are the window where families either lock in a better marksheet or burn the summer second-guessing it. Here is the working brief.
The CBSE Class 12 photocopy of answer sheet application window — opened after the May 13 result at 85.20% — closes on Saturday, May 23. Revaluation requests run May 26 to 29. With three days left and the cost-benefit narrow on the new On-Screen Marking system, here is a parent's working brief on who should apply, what to look for, and when to stop.
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