India, Feb. 14 -- Over 4.2 million students are set to appear for the Class 10 and 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams, which begins on Saturday. The 2024-25 academic year CBSE board exams will be conducted at 7,842 centres across India and in 26 other countries.

A total of 24,12,072 Class 10 students will take exams across 84 subjects, while 17,88,165 Class 12 students will appear for exams in 120 subjects, according to data shared by the board. The Class 10 examinations will end on March 18, while Class 12 exams will end on April 4.

The total number of students appearing for the board exams in 2025 is 42,00,237, an increase of 3,14,695 compared to last year's 38,85,542 students.

On the first day of the CBSE board exa...