Archive · 5 Oct 2026
CBSE Confirms Class 10 Passing Rule Remains Unchanged for 2027
CBSE says the passing rule for Class 10 will stay the same for the 2027 exams.
Students need to get at least 33% overall in a subject.
Their written exam and internal assessment marks are added together.
They do not need to get 33% in each part separately.
CBSE clarified this after some students and schools misunderstood its new guidelines.
The board also says the question paper design and assessment pattern will not change.
Students still need to follow the syllabus and other requirements for the new session.
CBSE has started collecting schools' List of Candidates details.
The exam datesheet has not been released yet.
Class 10 students in the 2026–27 session must earn 33% overall in each subject, combining theory and internal assessment marks.
CBSE says students do not need to meet the 33% threshold separately in theory and internal assessment.
During a webinar for schools, Controller of Examinations Sanyam Bhardwaj said the proposal for separate component-wise passing marks had been withdrawn.
CBSE says the question paper design and assessment pattern will remain unchanged from the previous academic year.
The List of Candidates process has begun, but CBSE has not released the tentative 2027 Class 10 and Class 12 exam datesheet.
- Who
- CBSE Class 10 students appearing in the 2027 board exams.
- What
- CBSE confirmed the 33% overall passing requirement remains, with theory and internal assessment marks combined.
- When
- For the 2026–27 academic session and 2027 exams; the clarification was given during a Tuesday webinar.
- Where
- At a CBSE webinar for schools; the clarification concerns CBSE Class 10 exams.
- Why
- Some students and schools interpreted the 2026–27 curriculum and assessment framework as requiring 33% separately in theory and internal assessment.
Separate component thresholds
Combined marks threshold
How the 33% requirement applies
Separate component thresholds
Some students and schools interpreted the framework as requiring at least 33% separately in the written exam and internal assessment.
Combined marks threshold
CBSE clarified that marks from theory and internal assessment are combined to determine whether a student meets the 33% requirement; Controller of Examinations Sanyam Bhardwaj said the separate-component proposal had been withdrawn.
- Passing threshold
- 33% overall in a subject
- How marks count
- Theory and internal assessment marks are combined
- Academic session
- 2026–27
- Exam year
- 2027
- Assessment pattern
- No change from the previous academic year
- Datesheet
- Tentative dates for the 2027 Class 10 and Class 12 exams have not been released
- Registration
- The List of Candidates process has begun; schools have been asked to verify student details
