NIOS announces revised exam schedule for Classes 10 & 12

The revised timetable applies to selected papers in Bihar, the Nuapada Assembly constituency of Odisha, and all centres across the country. In Bihar, the rescheduled exams will be held on November 29, 2025.

In Bihar, the rescheduled exams will be held on November 29, 2025.

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has announced a revised schedule for the Class 10 and Class 12 examinations that were earlier postponed in November. The revised timetable applies to selected papers in Bihar, the Nuapada Assembly constituency of Odisha, and all centres across the country. In Bihar, the rescheduled exams will be held on November 29, 2025.

On this day, Class 12 students will appear for Biology, Accountancy, Introduction to Law, and Military History from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, while Class 10 students will take Urdu, Sanskrit, and Bodh Darshan during the same time slot.

Date	Region	Level	Subjects	Time
November 29, 2025	Bihar State	Senior Secondary	Biology, Accountancy, Introduction to Law, Military History	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
November 29, 2025	Bihar State	Secondary	Urdu, Sanskrit, Bodh Darshan	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
November 29, 2025	Bihar State	Secondary	Indian Sign Language	2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
December 1, 2025	Bihar & Nuapada (Odisha)	Senior Secondary	Mathematics, Veda Adhyayan	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
December 1, 2025	Bihar & Nuapada (Odisha)	Secondary	English	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
December 2, 2025	All India	Senior Secondary	Physics, History, Environmental Science, Library and Information Science	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
December 2, 2025	All India	Secondary	Painting	2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Additionally, the Class 10 Indian Sign Language exam will be conducted from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. These papers were originally scheduled for November 6 but were postponed due to the Bihar assembly elections and related administrative reasons.

The affected subjects included Physics, History, Environmental Science, and Library & Information Science for Class 12, along with Painting for Class 10. Furthermore, for Bihar and the Nuapada Assembly constituency of Odisha, examinations will be held on December 1, 2025.

On this date, Class 12 students will take Mathematics and Veda Adhyayan, while Class 10 students will appear for English, all scheduled from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

Meanwhile, under the ‘NIOS Project,’ an average of 70 per cent of students who took the 10th Class examination have failed in the last four years — this was revealed by the Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by PTI.

The project was launched by the Delhi government to reduce the rate of students failing in the 9th and 10th grades and the number of students dropping out of school.

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Under this project, students who fail in the 9th and 10th grades and those who are weak in academics are registered with the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and separate classes are held for them.