6.69 lakh students return to CBSE Class 10 halls on May 15 first run of the two-board model.

NEW DELHI, May 6 — A total of 6,68,854 candidates will sit the first-ever CBSE Class 10 Phase 2 board examination from May 15 to 21 — the first time India's largest school board runs a two-attempt model in the same academic year. Schools have nine days to lock invigilation rosters, distribute admit cards, and brief Class 10 cohorts.

5,25,655 candidates registered to improve their February score, 85,285 are sitting compartment papers, and 57,914 chose both — improvement plus compartment in the same window. The breakdown works out to roughly one in four of every Class 10 candidate from February returning to the same hall, eleven weeks later.

The List of Candidates window for Phase 2 closed on April 22 with a ₹2,000 per-candidate late fee charged from April 16 to 20. Only students who appeared in Phase 1 between February and March qualify; CBSE has classified the second exam as an improvement attempt rather than a new board year, and the Phase 2 result will fold into a single combined certificate.

Gender-wise registration shows 4,02,643 male candidates and 2,66,209 female candidates — a male share larger than in Phase 1, an early signal that improvement-attempt take-up may track gender lines schools will want to study at counselling time. The board has issued the date sheet via cbseacademic.nic.in; admit cards are being routed to schools through the Pariksha Sangam portal.

"Phase 2 is part of the same academic cycle, not a separate year," the board said in its registration circular, adding that Phase 1 candidates remain eligible without re-registration into the next session.

This is the rollout moment for the two-board model first announced in 2025 and confirmed in CBSE's June 25 notification. Class 12 stays on the single-attempt track for now; the Class 12 result is expected in the third week of May — see the Class 12 result tracker for the running thread. Schools that ran Phase 1 invigilation already have the playbook; the gap is the eleven-week scheduling discipline, when teachers who covered the gap with revision classes need to switch back to exam-conduct mode in nine days.

Phase 2 papers run May 15 to 21; results are expected to fold into the Phase 1 certificate cycle. Schools awaiting the Class 12 result — the next CBSE moment — should ready result-day workflows for the third week of May. Class 11 textbook supply under the new NEP-aligned curriculum follows next on principals' calendars.

Source: Deccan Herald, Free Press Journal, Careers360. Original notice: CBSE LOC submission for Phase 2.

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For schools running Phase 2 invigilation:

• Examinations module — date sheets, halls, invigilator rosters and admit cards in one place
• Exam Admit Card Software — re-issue admit cards for the May 15 sitting
• Exam Room & Seat Allocation — relock halls for the Phase 2 cohort

For result-day prep:

• School Marksheet Software for CBSE, ICSE & State Boards — fold Phase 2 scores into the combined certificate
• Bulk Update Student Records — refresh APAAR and subject fields for Phase 2 candidates

Earlier in this thread:

• CBSE: 'leaked Class 12 result PDFs' are scams; FIRs filed