The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) released the date sheet of class 10th and 12th board exams, which shall begin in February 2018. The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ICSE, Class 10) will start from 26th February; whereas the Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC, Class 12) will commence on 7th February. The students can check their exam timetable at cisce.org. According to the date sheet shared by CISCE, class 10 exam will end by March 28 while class 12 exam will continue till April 2.

During the release, the board has informed that the dates of the examination for both the classes may change depending on the announcement of election dates by the Chief Election Commissioner of India for the States due for Assembly elections.

How to Check your Board Exams 2018 Timetable?

1. Visit the official website cisce.org.

2. Click on the link 'Time Table of ICSE/ISC Year 2018 Examinations'.

3. The schedule will be flashed in a PDF format in your system.

4. Download and take a print out for future references.

Candidates can also check their Class 10th and 12th exam time table below:

ICSE Class 10th Board Exams 2018 Time Table

26 February 2018 - English Paper 1

27 February 2018 - Mathematics

28 February 2018 - Commercial Studies (Group II Elective)

5 March 2018 - English Paper 2

7 March 2018 - History & Civics- HCG Paper 1

9 March 2018 - Second Languages, Modern Foreign Languages

10 March 2018 - Art Paper 1

12 March 2018 - Geography-HCG Paper 2

14 March 2018 – Hindi

16 March 2018 - Physics- Science Paper 1

17 March 2018 - Art Paper 2

19 March 2018 - Chemistry- Science Paper 2

21 March 2018 - Economics (Group II Elective)

23 March 2018 - Group III Elective

24 March 2018 - Art Paper 3

26 March 2018 - Biology-Science Paper 3

27 March 2018 - Art Paper 4, French/ German (Group II Elective)

28 March 2018 - Environmental Science (Group II Elective)

ISC Class 12th Board Exams 2018 Time Table

7 February 2018 - Physics Paper 2 (Practical)

8 February 2018 - Computer Science Paper 2 (Practical)

9 February 2018 - Chemistry Paper 2 (Practical)

10 February 2018 - Home Science, Indian Music, Western Music Paper 2 (Practical)

12 February 2018 - Physical Education Paper 1 (theory)

13 February 2018 - Biology Paper 2 (practical)

15 February 2018 - Accounts paper 1 (theory)

17 February 2018 - Home Science Paper 2 (Practical)

20 February 2018 - Physics Paper 1 (theory)

21 February 2018 - Sociology

22 February 2018 - Biotechnology, Fashion Designing Paper 2 (Practical)

23 February 2018 - Computer Science Paper 1 (theory)

24 February 2018 - Indian Music, Western Music, Home Science Paper 1 (theory)

26 February 2018 - Mathematics

27 February 2018 - Art Paper 2

28 February 2018 - English paper 2

5 March 2018 - Chemistry Paper 1 (theory)

6 March 2018 - Political Science

7 March 2018 - English paper 1

8 March 2018 - Fashion Designing Paper 1 (theory)

9 March 2018 - Geography Paper 1 (theory)

10 March 2018 - Art Paper 1, Geometrical and Building Drawing, Geometrical and Mechanical Drawing

12 March 2018 - Commerce, Electricity & Electronics

13 March 2018 - Art Paper 4

14 March 2018 - Biotechnology Paper 1(theory), Elective English

15 March 2018 - Environmental Science Paper 1 (theory)

16 March 2018 - Indian Languages, modern foreign languages, classical languages

17 March 2018 - Art Paper 3

19 March 2018 - Economics

20 March 2018 - Art Paper 5

21 March 2018 - Biology Paper 1 (theory)

26 March 2018 - History

28 March 2018 - Business Studies

2 April 2018 - Psychology

The CISCE on 10th January has confirmed in a notice that the passing marks for ICSE Class 10 will be 33 percent instead of 35 percent and for ISC Class 12, the pass marks would be 35 percent instead of 40 percent. It further states that the change in pass marks for both the classes will be effective from Examination Year 2018 onwards and not from the Examination Year 2019. Students can check the notification on the official website of CISCE. The students are recommended to keep their calm and practise in constant. It is important to refer and practise with previous year question papers to meet the exam environment before writing the actual exam.

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