CBSE releases admit cards for Class 10 & 12 final exams

Admit cards for the final exams of Classes 10 and 12 have been made available on the Pariksha Sangam Portal by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Schools can download their students' admit cards by visiting the board's website, cbse.gov.in.

Students cannot get their admit cards straight from the board's website as they are only accessible through the school login. To get the document, they must visit the schools.

To download the CBSE admit card for 2025, schools should visit the official CBSE website at cbse.gov.in.

They need to open the Pariksha Sangam portal and click on the 'Continue' button on the next page.

Then, select the 'Schools (Ganga)' option and navigate to the pre-exam activities tab.

Under this section, open the admit card and center material link for the main exam of 2025.

Finally, schools must enter the required login details to download the admit cards.

The CBSE Class 10 and 12 final exams are scheduled to begin on Feb 15.

The Class 10 exams will conclude on March 18, while the Class 12 exams will end on April 4.

Both sets of exams will be conducted in a single shift, starting at 10:30 am.

This year, approximately 44 lakh students from 8,000 schools across India and abroad are eligible to take the exams.

The board has also issued a recent notification outlining exam ethics, which covers the dress code, allowed and prohibited items inside the exam hall, unfair means practices (UFMs), and associated penalties.

The items allowed inside a CBSE board exam center include the admit card and school identity card for regular students, and the admit card along with any government-issued photo identity proof for private candidates.

Additionally, students can bring stationery items such as a transparent pouch, geometry/pencil box, blue or royal blue ink/ballpoint/gel pen, scale, writing pad, and eraser.

An analogue watch, a transparent water bottle, and a metro card, bus pass, or money are also permitted.

However, there are several items strictly prohibited inside the exam hall.

These include textual material (printed or written), bits of paper, calculators (except for students with dyscalculia, who are permitted to use calculators provided by the exam center), pen drives, log tables (which are provided by the centers), electronic pens, scanners, and similar items.

Communication devices such as mobile phones, Bluetooth devices, earphones, microphones, pagers, health bands, smartwatches, and cameras are also banned.

Other items such as wallets, goggles, handbags, and pouches are not allowed inside the exam center.

Any eatable items, whether opened or packed, are prohibited, except for those required by diabetic students.

Additionally, any other items that could potentially be used for unfair means are strictly forbidden.

According to the CBSE board exam dress code, regular students are required to wear their school uniform, while private students are allowed to wear light clothing.