CBSE, JKBOSE, Assam board exams today; timings, passing marks, key guidelines

NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) will begin the Class 10, 12 board exams 2025 today, February 15. Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) will also commence the Assam Class 10 board exam today. CBSE board exam 2025 Live

The Jammu and Kashmir Board is conducting the JKBOSE Class 10 and 12 board exams for soft zone areas only. The exams for hard zone areas will begin on February 20, 2025. Students are required to carry both their board exam admit card and their school ID to get entry to the exam hall.

In a recent update, the CBSE chairperson mentioned reading a news report stating that students from dummy schools are not permitted to appear for the CBSE board exam 2025. He clarified that candidates with insufficient attendance are ineligible to sit for the CBSE annual exams 2025.

State Board Exams 2025: Timings

The board exams will be held in different shifts. The CBSE will conduct the Class 10, 12 board exams in a single shift from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Students will also be given 15 minutes extra time to read the exam paper.

JKBOSE Class 10 board exams will commence with additional, optional subjects and will be held in the morning shift from 10 am. JKBOSE 12th exams 2025 science, arts, and commerce streams will be conducted in the evening shift from 1:30 pm.

For the science stream, students will have their biology and statistics exams. In the arts stream, political science and statistics will be conducted, while commerce students will take the accountancy exam on the same day.

The Assam board Class 10 exams will be conducted in two shifts: morning from 9 am to 12 noon and afternoon from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. The Assam board Class 10 exams 2025 will begin with an English paper in the morning shift and no exams will be conducted in the afternoon shift.

Class 10, 12 Board Exams 2025: Passing criteria

To pass the CBSE Class 10, Class 12 exams, students will have to score at least 33% in both theory and practical exams separately. The combined score from both components must also total 33% or more to be considered a pass.

Students will have to achieve a minimum of 33% in General English and 36% in each of their four chosen elective subjects to pass the JKBOSE board exam 2025. For subjects with practical exams, they need to score 36% in both the theory and practical components, including internal assessment, and maintain an overall average of 36% in theory and practical combined.

To pass the Assam Board Class 10 board exam 2025, students must secure at least 30% marks in each subject and achieve an overall aggregate score of at least 30%.

Board Exams 2025: Final exam dates

The CBSE Class 10 board exam 2025 will conclude on March 18 with computer applications, information technology and artificial intelligence subjects while the Class 12 exam will end on April 4 with psychology subject.

The AHSEC will conclude the Assam Class 10 board exams on March 3 with the following elective subjects: Advanced Mathematics, Geography, History, Sanskrit, Computer Science, Commerce, Home Science, Arabic, Persian, and Nepali.

The JKBOSE Class 10 exams for soft zone areas will conclude on March 19, 2025, with painting, art, and drawing subjects. The Class 12 exams will end on March 17, with the geography exam for science stream students and the geography, psychology, music, philosophy, and education exams for commerce stream students.