Hyderabad: The anxiety of tenth and twelfth standard CBSE students regarding

the holding of board exams ended on Monday. According to the new schedule

announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the exams will be

held from March 9 to April 29. The schedule for CISCE (Council for Indian

School Certificate Examinations) is yet to be announced.

The earlier exam schedule (from March 1 onwards) clashed with the election

schedule in five states, hence the rescheduling. Students appearing for the

JEE (Main) will have less than a week's time to prepare. After completing

the Chemistry exam on March 25, they will have to switch to JEE preparation

mode.
Students appearing for the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) are

better placed since they will have one full month for preparation. The

Biology exam ends on April 5 and NEET is likely to be held in the first week

of May.

CBSE, in a statement, declared that annual examination results will be

declared on time with the board having adopted several IT initiatives that

will help in compiling the results faster.

Nearly 16.6 lakh students will be appearing for the Class X examinations

while for the Class XII,  around 11,00,000 lakh students have been enlisted

from all over the country.