India, June 25 -- The Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, has decided to conduct the Class 10 board examinations twice a year from 2026 - a move that the board feels will eliminate the 'high stakes' aspect of board exams, and making the pressure associated with it better distributed and less intense.

As per the board, it is mandatory to appear for the first exam (main exam) to appear for the second exam, wherein students will be allowed to improve their scores in any of the three subjects out of Science, Mathematics, Social Science and languages.

However, it is mandatory to appear for three or more subjects in the main exam to take the second exam.

As already informed, students will have to take the main examination first. The ...