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The CBSE will conduct the first-term board examinations for classes 10 and 12 offline in November-December, according to reports. Image Credit: ANI

New Delhi: India’s Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday released the date sheets for grade 10 and 12 term-1 board exams 2021-22.

The CBSE will conduct the first-term board examinations for classes 10 and 12 offline in November-December, according to reports.

Candidates can check the date sheet on the official website- cbse.gov.in

Starting this year, the CBSE will conduct two board exams instead of the one annual exam pattern followed till last year. The term two exams for secondary and senior secondary students will be conducted in February-March 2022.

According to the datesheets, grade 10 exams will be held from November 30 and grade 12 from December 1.

The term I exams will be objective-type and the duration of the tests will be 90 minutes. The exams will commence from 11.30 am due to the winter season.

Once the term-I exam concludes, the results in the form of the marks sheet will be declared. However, no student will be placed in the pass, compartment and essential repeat categories after the first term. The final results will be declared after the first and the second-term examinations, The Indian Express said.

Meanwhile, the board has released class 10, 12 sample papers and the marking scheme for term-I examinations 2021-22. Students who are to appear for the examination can check the same on the board’s official website cbseacademic.nic.in.

The exam controller CBSE Sanyam Bhardwaj today informed that the datesheets for minor subjects will be sent to schools. Such exams will be conducted by the schools. "Minor subject exams will be conducted from November 17 for class 12 and November 16 for class 10," he added.