In a press meet on 10th January, CBSE published the date sheet for class 10th and 12th board exams to be held in the month of March and April 2017. It should be noticed that CBSE 12th 2017 board exams have been delayed a week due to the upcoming assembly elections in five states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Manipur, Punjab, and Goa.
The Central Board of Secondary Education released the CBSE Class 10 and 12 timetable for board exams in 2017. The examination will start from 9th March 2017 and ends on April 29 for 12th class while ends early for 10th class.
Date Sheet of CBSE 10TH 2017 & CBSE 12TH 2017
Below is the complete timetable with subjects, dates, and timings.
| Date | Time | Subject |
| 9th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 11.30 A.M. | ENGLISH ELECTIVE –NCERT ENGLISH ELECTIVE-CBSE(FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH) ENGLISH CORE |
| 10th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | DANCE –KATHAK DANCE-BHARATNATYAM DANCE –ODISSI DANCE-KATHKALI CREATIVE WRITING & TRANSLATION STUDIES SINDHI OFFICE COMMUNICATION INFORMATION STORAGE & RETRIVAL INTEGRATED TRANSPORT OPERATION FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS TRAVEL AGENCY & TOUR OPERATIONS BUSINESS (NSQF) SALESMANSHIP-II CAPITAL MARKET OPERATIONS BANKING-II |
| 15th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | PHYSICS PERSIAN SECRETARIAL PRACTICE & ACCOUNTING |
| 15th March 2017 | 10.30.A.M. TO 12.30 P.M. | AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION – III OPTICS –II RADIOGRAPHY-I GENERAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE |
| 15th March 2017 | 10.30.A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | CLINICAL BIO-CHEMISTRY (MLT) CHILD HEALTH NURSING GARMENT CONSTRUCTION –II TRADITIONAL INDIAN TEXTILE |
| 16th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | BUSINESS STUDIES BASIC HORTICULTURE-II |
| 16th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | BEAUTY & HAIR -II OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES |
| 18th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | URDU ELECTIVE PUNJABI TAMIL MANIPURI MALAYALAM ASSAMESE KANNADA URDU CORE MANIPURI MALAYALAM |
| 20th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | MATHEMATICS FIRST AID & EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE CLINICAL BIO-CHEMISTRY & MICROBIOLOGY-II |
| 20th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | MICROBIOLOGY (MLT) HEALTH CENTRE MANAGEMENT |
| 20th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 12.30 P.M. | OPTHALMIC TECHNIQUES-II RADIOGRAPHY-II (SPECIAL INVESTIGATION IMAGING RADIOGRAPHY) |
| 21st March 2017 | 10.30 AM TO 12.30 PM | SHORTHAND ENGLISH SHORTHAND HINDI |
| 21st March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | FASHION STUDIES AGRICULTURE ODIA GERMAN RUSSIAN ENGINEERING SCIENCE |
| 21st March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | DATABASE MANAGEMENT APPLICATION (NSQF) |
| 23rd March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | HISTORY RETAIL SERVICES-II(NSQF)- LOGISTICS OPERATION & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT –II BUSINESS OPERATION & ADMINISTRATION –II |
| 23rd March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | LABORATORY MEDICINES (CLINICAL PATHOLOGY HEMATOLOGY & HISTOPATHOLOGY –II (MLT) |
| 24th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | FOOD PRODUCTION III INTRODUCTION TO HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT(NSQF) |
| 25th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. To 1.30 P.M. | CHEMISTRY APPLIED PHYSICS FOOD & BEVERAGE COST & CONTROL FLORICULTURE COST ACCOUNTING |
| 25th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. To 12.30 P.M. | BIOLOGY OPHTHALMIC-II RADIATION PHYSICS |
| 27th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | INFORMATICS PRACTICES COMPUTER SCIENCE ADVANCED FRONT OFFICE OPERATIONS OLERICULTURE – II INSURANCE –II |
| 27th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | BASIC PATTERN DEVELOPMENT |
| 29th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | ACCOUNTANCY BAKERY-II |
| 29th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | HOLISTIC HEALTH –II SECURITY(NSQF) |
| 30th March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | FOOD PRODUCTION IV |
| 31st March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | ENGINEERING GRAPHICS HERITAGE CRAFTS HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER STUDIES LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE TIBETAN JAPANESE SPANISH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MARKETING- II |
| 31st March 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | TEXTILE CHEMICAL PROCESSING WEB APPLICATION – II (NSQF) |
| 1st April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONS & PRACTICE OF INDIA LEGAL STUDIES GRAPHIC DESIGN HEALTH EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS & PUBLIC HEALTH THE CREATIVE & COMMERCIAL PROCESS IN MASS MEDIA-II |
| 1st April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | PRINTED TEXTILE |
| 1st April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 12.30 P.M. | TYPOGRAPHY & COMPUTER APPLICATION(ENG.) |
| 3rd April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. To 1.30 P.M. | POLITICAL SCIENCE LABORATORY MEDICINE-II RETAIL OPERATIONS-II(NSQF) FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING-II |
| 5th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | BIOLOGY TAXATION-II DERIVATIVE MARKET OPERATIONS |
| 5th April 2017 | 10.30 AM TO 12.30 PM | AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION-IV |
| 6th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | GEOGRAPHY BIOTECHNOLOGY LIBRARY SYSTEMS & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT |
| 10th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | PHYSICAL EDUCATION |
| 12th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | SOCIOLOGY |
| 17th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | ECONOMICS |
| 17th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | TROUBLE SHOOTING & MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT |
| 18th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | HOME SCIENCE |
| 19th April 2017 | 10.30 AM TO 12.30 PM | PAINTING GRAPHICS SCULPTURE APPLIED ARTS-COMMERCIAL ARTS ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES |
| 19th April 2017 | 10.30 AM TO 1.30 PM | CONFECTIONERY |
| 20th April 2017 | 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM | THEATRE STUDIES TANGKHUL |
| 22nd April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | HINDI ELECTIVE GUJARATI NEPALI LIMBOO LEPCHA BHUTIA HINDI CORE |
| 24th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | PSYCHOLOGY |
| 25th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. To 1.30 P.M. | MUSIC KARNATAKA (VOCAL) MUSIC KARNATAKA INSTRUMENTAL (MELODIC) MUSIC HINDUSTANI VOCAL MUSIC HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL MELODIC MUSIC HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL PERCUSSION |
| 26th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. To 1.30 P.M. | MASS MEDIA STUDIES |
| 27th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | SANSKRIT ELECTIVE BENGALI TELUGU MARATHI ARABIC FRENCH TELUGU-TELANGANA MIZO SANSKRIT CORE UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION AND FORMS OF MASS MEDIA-II |
| 27th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | AUTO ENGINEERING-II(NSQF) |
| 28th April 2017 | 10.30 AM TO 1.30 PM | NATIONAL CADET CORPS(NCC) MULTIMEDIA & WEB TECHNOLOGY |
| 28th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | AUTOSHOP REPAIR & PRACTICE-II NSQF FABRIC STUDY |
| 28th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 12.30 P.M. | TYPOGRAPHY & COMPUTER APPLICATION(HINDI) |
| 29th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.30 P.M. | PHILOSOPHY ENTREPRENEURSHIP OFFICE PROCEDURE & PRACTICES BASIC CONCEPT OF HEALTH AND DISEASE AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FOOD SERVICE-II GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY |
| 29th April 2017 | 10.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. | MIDWIFERY |
In the CBSE Board 12th Exam 2017, more than 10 lakh students will appear. CBSE 10th date sheet 2017 was welcomed warmly by the students. It got a cheerful response. Students were satisfied with the dates as it provides an ample amount of time for the last minute preparation.
CBSE has taken care that class 12th exams do not clash with Joint Engineering Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) medical entrance tests.
This year saw a significance improvement in the number of appearing candidates as compared to the stats of last year.
| CBSE 12th Board Exam 2017 – Student Participation | ||
| Detail | 2016 | 2017 |
| Total Number of candidates | 1065179 | 1098420 |
| Number of Centres | 3757 | 3503 |
| Number of Schools | 10093 | 10677 |
