CBSE 10th 12th Practical Exams 2025 begins; check important points here

CBSE began conducting the practical exams for Classes 10 and 12 on January 1, 2025. The exams will conclude on February 14, 2025. Schools are required to upload students' marks on the day of the exam itself. The exams will be held in the presence of the external examiner appointed by the board. Check more details here.

CBSE Class 10, 12 Practical Exams 2025: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) began conducting the CBSE 10th, 12th practical exams 2025 on January 1, 2025, in students' schools. The practical examinations will conclude on February 14, 2025. For Class 12, practical examinations will be conducted in the presence of the external examiner appointed by the board, while for Class 10, no external examiner is appointed. Students must contact their school authorities to know the detailed schedule for practical examinations. The teachers are required to upload the marks scored by students' on the day of the examination. 

CBSE has released certain guidelines for schools conducting practical exams. These are listed below:

CBSE Practical Exams 2025 - Important points to note

1. Ensure that sufficient number of practical answer books have been received in the school before the scheduled date for conduct of practical examinations.

2. Schools should inform parents and students regarding the schedule. of Practical/Project /lnternal Assessment to make them aware of the strict compliance of instructions issued by the CBSE.

3. Ensure that necessary arrangements like infrastructure, equipment, and materials are available in the laboratories for conducting practical exams. Check that the laboratories or facilities are adequately set up for students to perform their experiments.

4. Contact the external examiner appointed by CBSE for the conduct of Practical/Internal Assessment well in time for its smooth conduct

5. Make the required arrangements for Children with special needs (CWSN) to conduct Pra‹ztical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessments so That they can participate in the practical exams comfortably.

6. The students will appear in the practical examinations as per the schedule fixed by school

7. The marks, in respect of all Practical Examinations/Project/Internal Assessments shall be uploaded every day i.e. on the day of conduct of assessment.

8. While uploading the marks, the school, the Internal Examiner, and the External Examiner shall ensure that correct marks are uploaded as no correction in the marks will be allowed once marks are uploaded.

9. Schools should check the maximum marks assigned to Practical/Project/Internal Assessment before awarding & uploading the marks. Principals are requested to ensure that correct marks are uploaded as requests for correction of marks post result will not be entertained.

10. It will also be ensured by the Principal/Internal Examiner/External Examiner that marks awarded to every student are solely based on their performance.

11. Answer books provided for practical examination, 2025 include an undertaking for examiners wherein it has been mentioned that maximum marks assigned to practical in the subject have been checked and marks have been assigned after reading all instructions.

12. No student participating in sports at the National/International level will be given an exemption from appearing in Practir.als/Project/Internal Assessment and no separate practicals will be conducted/arranged for them.

13. For Class 12, the schools are not authorized to make alternate arrangements of external examiner for conduct of practical examination/project assessment at local level, Practical examination can on!y be conducted by an external examiner appointed by the Board.

14. If it is found that the school has conducted practicals by using some other external examiner not appointed by the CBSE, this assessment will be treated as null & void.

15. In case it is observed that directions of the Board have not been complied with by the schools, the. Board reserves its right to cancel the Practical examination.

16. Schools should ensure that the Practical/Project/Internal assessment are conducted within the stipulated time frame between January 1, 2025, to February 14, 2025, only

The board will conduct the theory exams of CBSE 10th 2025 between February 15 and March 18, 2025, and CBSE 12th exams 2025 between February 15 and April 4, 2025. 

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