CBSE to make board exams compulsory for Class X from 2018
The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to make Class X Board exams mandatory from the academic session 2017-18. The CBSE governing body has also agreed to extend the three language formula till Class X while treating foreign language as fourth and elective. Accordingly, three languages Hindi, English and Indian language (listed in schedule VIII of the Constitution) should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII.
As of now, CBSE students have the option to appear either in the Board exam or a school-based examination. The CBSE conducts the final examinations for Class 10 and Class 12 every year in the month of March and also declares the results.
Originally written on
December 20, 2016
and last modified on
November 12, 2019.
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