The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today rubbished the news of a 15 per cent reduction in syllabus of board exams 2025. While some news reports stated that there has been a significant reduction in class 10 and 12 syllabus, CBSE has issued a clarification against such fake news.

“With reference to the news regarding a 15% syllabus reduction for Class 10 and 12 under the 2025 board examinations by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the conduct of open-book exams in select subjects, which has been published on various online news portals and newspapers, please note that CBSE has not made any changes to its examination system or internal assessment system, nor has any official notification been issued in this regard. Therefore, CBSE refutes the aforementioned news.

The Board has not made any such policy decision. Any information regarding policy changes by the Board is issued only through the Board’s official website and circulars,” CBSE said in an official notice.

In line with NEP 2020, the Education Ministry has asked the CBSE to prepare a proposal for holding two board exams per year. As recommended by the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE), the Government is considering scheduling a second board exams for Class 12 students in June from 2026, The Indian Express has learnt.

As per the information released by CBSE in the past few months, the 2025 theory exams for classes 10 and 12 will start from February 15, 2025. However, a complete CBSE datesheet is awaited. Similarly, the practical exams, project works and internal assessment for the 2024-25 academic session will be held from January 1, 2025 for all the CBSE-affiliated schools in India and abroad.

Additionally, like last year, there will be no announcement of toppers, distinction etc. CBSE had announced last year that the board will not award any overall division, distinction or aggregate to the students appearing for the Class 10 and Class 12 exams in 2024. The board will neither calculate nor declare and inform the percentage of marks.