CBSE 2026 Class 10, 12 board exam datesheet sparks debate over gaps in key papers

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the datesheets for the 2026 Class 10 and Class 12 examinations on Wednesday, sparking a flurry of reactions from students, parents, and teachers.

While the seven-week-long schedule looks systematic, concerns are growing over the lack of adequate gaps between certain high-stakes subjects.

For Class 10 candidates, the biggest worry is the science exam scheduled on February 25, which falls just a day after several language papers, including Urdu Course A, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, Manipuri, and Telugu-Telanga. This leaves no day



for revision.

A student on X said: “In the tentative datesheet, posted yesterday, For grade 10Science paper (on 25.02.26) has no holiday for the students attempting Punjabi exam too (on 24.02.26) All Punjab students will have the problem in this regardkindly reconsider the datesheet”

Similarly, social science is slated for a day after languages such as Sindhi, Malayalam, Odia, Assamese, Kannada, and Kokborok, again providing almost no breathing space.

Students believe such sequencing may put them at a disadvantage compared to peers who have more time between demanding subjects.