The exam begins with the Mathematics Standard (041) and Mathematics Foundations (241) papers on May 15. The English Language Test will only take around May 16, followed by the Science Paper on May 18 and the Language Paper on May 19. The Social Science Test (087) arises on May 21.
CBSE announced the remaining yr that it is imposing -board exam system (i.e. common and supplementary platform). This marks the first time on record that CBSE is conducting supplementary board exams for ten college students who have earlier completed and passed the primary board exam in February 2018, and wants to improve the results of three subjects taken in the first exam through retake once during the second one.
As per the Board, CBSE Class 10th Second Exam 2026 complete schedule below
| Day & Date | Time | Subject (Code) |
| Friday 15th May, 2026 | 10:30 am – 01:30 pm | Mathematics Standard (041), Mathematics Basic (241) |
| Saturday 16th May, 2026 | 10:30 am – 01:30 pm | English (Communicative) (101), English (Language And Literature) (184) |
| Monday 18th May, 2026 | 10:30 am – 01:30 pm | Science (086) |
| Tuesday 19th May, 2026 | 10:30 am – 01:30 pm | Hindi Course-A (002), Urdu Course-A (003), Punjabi (004), Bengali (005), Tamil (006), Telugu (007), Marathi (009), Gujarati (010), Manipuri (011), Malayalam (012), Odia (013), Assamese (014), Kannada (015), Arabic (016), Tibetan (017), French (018), German (020), Nepali (024), Limboo (025), Lepcha (026), Home Science (064), Hindi Course-B (085), Bhoti (088), Telugu – Telangana (089), Kokborok (091), Bodo (092), Japanese (094), Bhutia (095), Spanish (096), Mizo (098), Sanskrit(Communicative) (119), Rai (131), Urdu Course-B (303) |
| 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Hindustani Music Vocal (034), Hindustani Music (Mel Ins) (035), Retail (401), Introduction To Tourism (406) | |
| Wednesday 20th May, 2026 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm | Painting (049), Information Technology (402), Artificial Intelligence (417) |
| 10:30 am – 01:30 pm | Sanskrit (122) | |
| Thursday 21st May, 2026 | 10:30 am – 01:30 pm | Social Science (087) |
The Class 10 results of 2026 were launched by CBSE on April 15. Ninety-three of them turned into a total pass percentage.70%. Girls had a better general skip percentage (94.99%) than boys (92.Sixty nine%) this yr; More than 24,000 applicants took the exam.
College students who had earlier appeared in their class 10 mains in February may also have a chance to re-sit the exam up to 3 subjects on the way to improve their marks that is the first yr the CBSE turned into enforcing a two-board exam machine.
