Madhya Pradesh to conduct board exams 2026 for Class 5, 8; over 2.4 million students to appear

The Madhya Pradesh Class 5 and 8 exams will now be conducted on the board pattern, the MP state education center announced. The Class 5 and 8 exams will be conducted from February 20 to 28 at around 12,920 centers across the state.

Approximately, 2.5 million students will appear for MP Class 5 and 8 exams for the academic session 2025-26, education center said in an official statement.

Harjinder Singh, director of MP state education center said: “All necessary facilities have been provided at the exam centers according to the number of students. Kids from government schools, as well as private schools and madrasas, will participate in these exams.”

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Madhya Pradesh Class 5, 8 board exams 2026

As per the government data, around 2.49 million students from 1,10,615 government, private and madrasas will appear for the MP Class 5 and 8 exams. The government has also prepared separate language question papers for 20,735 students from 522 private schools on the basis of NCERT syllabus.

The school education department has also developed an IT portal, featuring student verification, determination of exam centres, mapping of center heads, distribution of materials, issuance of roll numbers and admit cards.

“Attendance recording, evaluation, and marksheet issuance will also be handled through this portal. Every eligible student will be given the opportunity to appear for the examination,” Singh said.

He also stated that the center heads will also include students in the exam, who will be unable to register by the exam date for some reason.

“The technical information of such students will be recorded after the exam. Students from 86,109 government schools, 23,980 non-government schools, and 525 madrasas will participate in the exam,” he added.