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NCERT Class 9 Social Science textbook not ready as session begins
Four of five new NCERT Class 9 textbooks for 2026-27 are in print and on DIKSHA, but Social Science — renamed Gateway to Social Science — remains in final stages of development, leaving schools to begin the term without the official text.
CBSE Class 10 second-board exams close; June results expected
CBSE's first-ever Class 10 second-board examination cycle — covering 6.69 lakh improvement and compartment candidates — concludes June 1, with results expected within weeks.
Heatwave peaks: north Indian states shut schools early
Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab have pulled summer vacation forward as the India Meteorological Department warns of severe heatwave conditions across the north until May 26, even as an early monsoon offers the first hint of relief.
CBSE slashes Class 12 re-evaluation fees by up to 85%
The Central Board of Secondary Education has opened the Class 12 answer-sheet photocopy window until May 22 and cut post-result fees by up to 85 percent, promising a full refund to any student whose marks increase after re-evaluation.
May 2026
Maharashtra RTE first list out; admission closes May 23
Maharashtra has released the first selection list for its 2026-27 free-seat admissions under the Right to Education Act, opening 1,14,826 seats across 8,701 schools, with selected families given until May 23 to confirm their child's place.
CBSE makes three languages compulsory from Class IX
The Central Board of Secondary Education has issued a circular making three-language study compulsory for every Class IX student from July 1, 2026, with at least two of the three to be native Indian languages.
CBSE 12th re-evaluation portal opens May 19 at Rs 100
The Central Board of Secondary Education will open its post-result photocopy portal on Monday, May 19, with the fee for scanned answer sheets cut to Rs 100 from Rs 700 last year.
Tamil Nadu RTE 2026-27 applications close today
Applications for Tamil Nadu's Right to Education 25 percent quota for the 2026-27 session close at midnight tonight, May 18, with the state-wide lottery to follow on May 22 at the Directorate of Matriculation Schools.
Seven days to Chhattisgarh's RTE contempt deadline
Chhattisgarh's new School Education Secretary, IAS Kamalpreet Singh, has seven days to file the state's response to a Bilaspur High Court contempt notice on the 14-year freeze in RTE reimbursement rates.
Day 77 of Chhattisgarh's private-school non-cooperation
Chhattisgarh's private school non-cooperation movement crossed its 77th day on Saturday, with 5,086 of the state's 19,489 Class 1 RTE seats for 2026-27 still vacant two weeks after the first-phase lottery.
₹7,000 a year, ₹300 crore a year: Chhattisgarh's RTE math
The Bilaspur High Court's contempt deadline for the Chhattisgarh school education secretary, set for May 23, will be the first time the state has to defend two RTE numbers in the same affidavit.
J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan shut schools; ongoing exams postponed
Schools and colleges across Jammu and Kashmir, six Punjab border districts and four Rajasthan districts stayed shut on Friday and Saturday as state administrations invoked safety protocols. Barmer's collector ordered ongoing exams postponed.
Maharashtra widens fee panel oversight to 4 more divisions
Maharashtra's school education department issued a May 6 government resolution assigning school-fee proposals and parent complaints from Kolhapur, Nashik, Latur and Amravati to existing Divisional Fee Regulatory Committees in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Delhi shifts board-class remedials to morning slot from May 11
Delhi's directorate of education compressed Class 9, 10 and 12 remedial classes into a 7:30-10:30 AM heat-shifted slot from May 11 till May 23, with parental NOC, online attendance and a one-hour period cap mandatory at every government and aided school.
CBSE extends Class 6 R3 third-language deadline to May 31
After flagging that hundreds of schools missed the seven-day window set in its April 9 circular, the council has given affiliated schools until May 31 to finalise R3 language choices on the OASIS portal — or correct ones that fall outside the policy.
Supreme Court: schools cannot deny RTE-allotted admission
A two-judge bench at the Supreme Court has ruled that private unaided schools have a binding obligation to admit children allotted by state governments under the 25 percent RTE quota — and cannot withhold seats while challenging eligibility.
NCERT releases Class 9 Kaveri English textbook free on DIKSHA
Hours before its physical print run lands at school depots, NCERT has put four new Class 9 textbooks — Kaveri (English), Ganita Manjari (Mathematics), Exploration (Science) and Sharda (Sanskrit) — on the DIKSHA portal for free download.
CBSE adds four new skill electives in Class 12 for 2026-27
New Delhi, May 7 — CBSE has notified four new skill electives for Class 12 from the 2026-27 session — Land Transportation Associate, Electronics & Hardware, Physical Activity Trainer, and Design Thinking & Innovation — that schools must slot into student subject offerings before the June academic session opens.
KVS shuts schools in 16 regions from May 8 for 40 days
New Delhi, May 7 — Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan begins its 2026 summer vacation from May 8 across 16 regional offices including Delhi, Chandigarh and Lucknow, with all 1,250-plus schools in the affected regions reopening on June 17.
Karnataka extends RTE deadline to May 17, 2026
Bengaluru, May 7 — Karnataka's school education department has extended the RTE 2026-27 application window by 10 days, giving parents until May 17 to apply for the 25 percent free seats reserved in private unaided schools across the state.
CBSE makes AI compulsory in Class 9 and 10 from June 2026
New Delhi, May 6 — CBSE has directed all affiliated schools to teach Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence as compulsory modules in Class 9 and 10 from the 2026-27 session, with school-based assessment from June and a formal board paper from 2027-28.
6.69 lakh students sit CBSE Class 10 again from May 15
New Delhi, May 6 — A total of 6,68,854 students will sit the first-ever CBSE Class 10 Phase 2 board examination from May 15 to 21, marking the debut of the board's new two-attempt model.
Delhi DoE bars schools from forcing fees beyond one month
New Delhi, May 6 — The Delhi Directorate of Education has barred all private unaided schools from compelling parents to pay more than one month's fees in advance, and given schools seven working days to publish the order on their notice boards and websites.
CBSE: 'leaked Class 12 result PDFs' are scams; FIRs filed
New Delhi, May 4 — The Central Board of Secondary Education has issued a fresh warning to 46 lakh students that 'leaked Class 12 result PDFs' circulating on Telegram and YouTube are scams; cyber-cell FIRs are being filed against operators under the IT Act and Indian Penal Code.
Maharashtra RTE deadline pushed to May 8; final extension
Mumbai, May 4 — Maharashtra's Primary Education Department on Sunday extended the deadline for Right to Education 25 percent quota admissions to May 8, calling it the final extension after roughly 72,000 seats were filled across the state.
Swami Atmanand admission closes today; CG runs lottery May 6
Raipur, May 5 — The online admission window for Chhattisgarh's Swami Atmanand Government English Medium Schools closes at 11:59 PM on Monday, with the state's School Education Department running a lottery for over-subscribed seats from May 6 to May 10.
Maharashtra HSC 2026: 89.79% pass, down 2 points YoY
MSBSHSE released the Maharashtra HSC Class 12 result on May 2 at 12 PM. Overall pass dropped to 89.79% from last year's 91.88%. Konkan division topped at 94.14%; Latur lagged at 84.14%.
April 2026
Chhattisgarh wants 3 years of fee records from private schools
On April 15, the Public Education Directorate ordered every private school in Chhattisgarh to print approved fees on the notice board and surrender three years of fee-committee minutes. District education officers had 48 hours to certify compliance.
Chhattisgarh closes schools till June 15 amid heatwave
Chhattisgarh's School Education Department preponed summer vacation by two weeks. Every government, aided, unaided and private school is shut April 20 to June 15 — eight weeks for principals and parents to plan around.
CG Vyapam opens 2,292 Assistant Teacher posts
Chhattisgarh's Lok Shiksha Sanchanalaya issued a short notice on April 16 confirming 2,292 Assistant Teacher vacancies — 795 in E-cadre English-medium schools and 1,497 in T-cadre Hindi-medium schools. Detailed notification is awaited; the exam is tentative for October 11, 2026.
Chhattisgarh caps private school fee hikes at 8%
Chhattisgarh's School Education Department on April 25 ordered every private school to keep annual fee hikes within 8%. Anything above needs district fee committee clearance. The same order banned tied-vendor purchases for books, uniforms and stationery.
Three small-town students top CG 10th at 99 percent
Sandhya Nayak, Parirani Pradhan and Anshul Sharma jointly topped CGBSE Class 10 with 594 out of 600. Two are from Eklavya schools in Mahasamund; one from Lormi in Mungeli. The state announced ₹1.5 lakh cash for each.
CG Board 10th, 12th: 13 days left for revaluation
CGBSE has set May 14 as the cut-off for every Class 10 and 12 student who wants their answer sheet rechecked. Online via cgbse.nic.in or offline at district, tahsil and block centres.
CBSE Class 12 result by mid-May; board denies OSM glitch
CBSE Controller of Examinations Sanyam Bhardwaj said on April 29 that Class 12 results will release in the third week of May. The new On-Screen Marking system is running 'better than the previous evaluation' — the glitch reports, he said, are 'far away from facts'.
Heatwave forces school timing changes across India
From April 27, Noida, Patna and most Rajasthan schools are running 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Dehradun, Odisha and Tripura have shut Class 1–12 entirely. Delhi launched 'Beat the Heat'. IMD has forecast 42–45 °C through May.
CBSE makes third language mandatory in Class 6
CBSE Circular Acad-17 dated April 9 mandates an Indian R3 language in Class 6 from this session. Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Bengali or Marathi. Schools have seven days to update OASIS.
ICSE & ISC Result 2026 declared at 99 percent pass
CISCE declared the ICSE Class 10 and ISC Class 12 results at 11 AM today. Both crossed 99 percent pass; girls led every grouping. Indian schools now plan rechecking, compartmental and Class 11 stream allocations.