Assam Board 2026 Exams: HSLC, HS date sheets released, exams begin in February

The Assam board Class 10 and Class 12 exams will continue till February 27 and March 16, respectively.

Assam board 2026 Class 10 and Class 12 exams in February

Assam board Class 10 and Class 12 exams in February (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana/ representative)

The Class 10 Higher School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) 2026 exams will begin on February 10 and the Class 12 Higher Secondary (HS) 2026 exams will start on February 11. The Chief Minister of Assam announced on X. The Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) will be conducting the Class 10 and Class 12 exams.

The first day of the Assam board 2026 Class 10 exam will begin with the MIL/ English paper and end on February 27. The Assam board Class 10 matric exams for the theory papers will be held for a duration of three hours for most papers. While the first shift will begin at 9 am and continue till 12 noon, the second shift will be held between 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm.

Date & Day	Morning9:00 am to 12:00 Noon	Afternoon1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Feb 10, Tuesday	MIL/TigEng/Alt.Eng	—
Feb 13, Friday	Social Science	X
Feb 14, Saturday	Music (E) Dance (E) Wood Craft (E) Home Science (E)	Fine Art (E) Weaving & Textile Design (E)
Feb 18, Tuesday	English	—
Feb 20, Thursday	General Mathematics	X
Feb 21, Friday	—	X
Feb 23, Sunday	General Science	—
Feb 24, Monday	—	X
Feb 26, Wednesday	Manipuri (E)	—
Feb 25, Tuesday	—	X
Feb 25, Tuesday	Hindi (E) Garment Designing (E)	—
Feb 26, Thursday	Advanced Mathematics (E) Geography (E) History (E) Sanskrit (E) Computer Science (E) Commerce (E) Nepali (E) Meghalaya (E) Arabian (E) Assamese (E)	Assamese (E)
Feb 27, Friday	Retail Trade NSQF (E) IT/ITES NSQF (E) Private Security NSQF (E) Health Care NSQF (E) Agriculture & Animal Husbandry NSQF (E) Automobile NSQF (E) Beauty and Wellness NSQF (E) Automotive NSQF (E) Electronics and Hardware NSQF (E) Agriculture Dairy Worker NSQF (E) Plumber & Home Furnishing NSQF (E) Yoga & Physical Education (E) Artificial Intelligence & ML (E)	X

Note: (E) denotes Elective subjects | Time allowed: 2 hours (9 am to 11 am & 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm) | X indicates no examination scheduled

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The Class 12 HS Assam board 2026 exam will start with the English paper on the first day and end on March 16 with the Entrepreneurship Development and Advance Sanskrit papers.

Exam Dates	Morning Shift (From 9 am to 12:00 noon)	Afternoon Shift (From 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm)
February 11, 2026	–	English
February 12, 2026	–	Swadesh Adhyayan

February 14, 2026	–	MIL/ Alternative English
February 16, 2026	–	Anthropology/ Sociology/ Salesmanship and Advertising
February 20, 2026	–	Statistics
February 21, 2026	Music (Group A)	Computer Science and Application
February 23, 2026	–	Biology/Insurance/History
February 24, 2026	Music (Group B)	Vocational Paper-I
February 25, 2026	–	Tai Language
February 26, 2026	–	Bihu
February 27, 2026	–	Mathematics
February 28, 2026	Music (Group C)	NSQF Subjects
March 5, 2026	–	Physics/Accountancy/Education
March 6, 2026	Vocational Paper-II	Community Science (earlier Home Science)
March 7, 2026	–	Logic & Philosophy/Finance/Psychology
March 9, 2026	–	Chemistry/ Business Studies/ Political Science
March 10, 2026	–	Business Mathematics & Statistics/ Geography/ Geology
March 11, 2026	–	Advance Languages/ Arabic/ Persian/ Sanskrit
March 12, 2026	–	Economics
March 13, 2026	–	Multimedia & Web Technology
March 14, 2026	–	Fine Arts/ Economic Geography/ Biotechnology
March 16, 2026	Entrepreneurship Development	Advance Sanskrit

Five minutes of extra time will be allowed before the start of the exam in both shifts to read the question paper. Examination schedule of the practical subjects will be notified in due course of time, the board said while releasing the Class 10 Matric and Class 12 HS datesheets.

The Assam Board Class 10 theory exams in 2025 were held between February 15 and March 3 and the practical exams were conducted on January 21 and 22. Out of over 4 lakh students who appeared, as many as 2,70,471 candidates successfully passed, resulting in an overall pass percentage of 63.98%.

Assam Board HS Class 12 exams in 2025 were held between February 13 and March 17, and the practical component of the ASSEB HS exams was conducted from January 29 to February 10. Last year, 3,02,420 ASSEB students registered for their Assam board HS exams — science, arts, commerce and vocational streams. The AHSEC Arts stream had the highest (2,30,091) number of students, followed by science with 57,724 students, Commerce with 17,869, and Vocational Education had 1,241 students. In the HS Arts stream, 81.03% of students passed; in Science, the pass rate was 84.88%; in Commerce, 82.18% of students passed. Meanwhile, students from the Vocational stream recorded a pass percentage of 68.55%.