59.95% college students enhance scores in CBSE’s Class 10 2nd board examination outcomes
The general go proportion within the Class 10 board examinations rose to 96.78% after the second board examination, with 59.95% college students enhancing their efficiency, in response to outcomes introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Schooling (CBSE) on Saturday.
The second board examination was taken by 663,777 college students, accounting for 26.85% of the greater than 2.47 million college students who had appeared for the necessary essential Class 10 board examination held between February and March.
The Class 10 essential board examination outcomes, declared on April 15, had recorded an total go proportion of 93.70%, marginally increased than 93.66% in 2025.
In response to CBSE, 664,027 college students registered for the second examination and 663,777 appeared. Of those, 513,955 college students took the examination for enchancment, and 308,095 (59.95%) succeeded in enhancing their efficiency over the primary examination. One other 149,822 college students appeared underneath the compartment class, of whom 78,503 (52.40%) cleared the examination, an enchancment of three.72 proportion factors over the 48.68% compartment go proportion recorded in 2025.
After incorporating the higher scores obtained within the second board examination held between Might 15 and 21, the general go proportion elevated by 3.08 proportion factors to 96.78% — a rise of three.12 proportion factors from final 12 months’s total go proportion of 93.66%.
“The second board examination offered eligible college students of the primary board examination of 2026 with a further alternative to enhance their efficiency. Accordingly, for normal college students of 2026, the higher of the 2 performances is taken into account for making ready the ultimate outcome,” CBSE controller of examinations Sanyam Bhardwaj stated in a press release.
The 2026 Class 10 cohort is the primary to be assessed underneath CBSE’s two-board examination system, a key reform underneath the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP) 2020 geared toward lowering the “high-stakes” nature of board examinations by giving college students a further alternative to enhance their scores.
Beneath CBSE’s new two-board examination coverage, launched from 2026 in keeping with the NEP 2020, solely college students who appeared in the primary board examination have been eligible to take the second examination to enhance their scores in as much as three topics — science, arithmetic, social science and languages. For normal college students, the board considers the higher of the 2 performances whereas making ready the ultimate outcome.
College students can entry their outcomes and digital tutorial paperwork by way of DigiLocker, whereas printed marksheets and passing certificates shall be issued by way of their respective faculties.
