The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has released the date sheets of the Secondary (Class 10) and Senior Secondary (Class 12) exams for the September and October 2025 session. The NIOS Class 10 and Class 12 date sheets have been released for the Indian and overseas students. For the Indian and overseas exam centres, the NIOS Class 10 and 12 exams will be held from October 14.
The NIOS Senior Secondary exams will begin with early childhood care and education on the first day for the Indian learners and end with house keeping, catering management, food processing, hotel front office operations, preservation of fruits and vegetables, web designing and development, computer and office applications, data entry operations, CRM domestic voice and computer hardware assembly and maintenance papers on the last date – November 18.
The NIOS Secondary, or Class 10, exams will start with the Sanskrit Sahitya and entrepreneurship papers and conclude with accountancy and Sanskrit Vyakaran on November 18.
Almost all the papers of Class 10 and Class 12 NIOS Public Exams (Theory) will be held for a duration of three hours from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm, for the Indian students and between 3 pm and 6 pm for the overseas students. To avoid last-minute rush, students are asked to report to the NIOS 2025 exam center at least 30 minutes prior to the gate closing time. Also, students will have to bring their NIOS admit card and school ID card to the exam center, as these documents are mandatory for entry.
While releasing the NIOS exam dates, the open school also said that there will be no change in the date of the examination.
The admit cards will be made available at the NIOS website – sdmis.nios.ac.in. The results will likely be declared in seven weeks after the last date of the exam. The marksheet cum certificate and migration cum transfer certificate will be issued to the successful candidates.