Maharashtra restores scholarship exams for classes IV, VII

Mumbai, Oct. 18 -- The Maharashtra government has reformed its scholarship examination structure, deciding that from the academic year 2025-26, exams will be held for students of Classes IV and VII instead of Classes V and VIII. The revised exams will now be known as the Primary Scholarship Examination (PSE) and Upper Primary Scholarship Examination (UPSE), respectively; the government has approved 16,693 seats for Classes IV and V, and 16,588 seats for Classes VII and VIII.

The newly approved framework mandates a transition year (2025-26), during which both the old and new structures will run concurrently. The existing Class V and VIII exams will continue, scheduled for the second or third Sunday of February 2026; the new exams for Classe...