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CBSE Class 10, 12 board exams schedule

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced the date of class 10th and 12th board examinations. Class 10, 12 exams for CBSE students will begin from March 9. Class 10 examinations will end on 10 April, whereas the last exam for class 12 is 29 April.

The board exams for Class X are set to become compulsory for all CBSE students from 2018.

CBSE's Governing body on Tuesday "unanimously approved" a proposal in this regard.At the meeting of the Governing body, its members agreed that from the academic session 2017-18, compulsory Board exams should be introduced for all students of Class X.The decision will now have to be approved by the government before it is implemented.As of now, it is optional for CBSE students to choose either the Board exam or a school-based examination. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has in the past favoured making Board exam compulsory for CBSE students as is the practice in all state boards. The sources said while there is a view that for the Class X Board exams, 80 percent weightage will be given to the marks scored in examinations while 20 percent weightage will be given to school-based evaluation. In another key decision, the CBSE has decided to recommend to the HRD ministry that the three language formula, under which Hindi, English and modern Indian language are taught, should be extended to class IX and X as well from the current VI to VIII, a source said.