Class 10 now has two board exams a year — a compulsory one in February and an optional second one in May, with the better score counting. That changes how the year should be planned, and most families are still planning it the old way.
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From the 2026 session CBSE runs Class 10 board exams twice a year. The February attempt is compulsory for everyone. The May attempt is optional, open to students in the improvement category (up to three subjects among Science, Mathematics, Social Science and Languages), to compartment candidates, and for subject replacement. The better of the two scores counts, and the marksheet shows both.
Two details that matter. Internal assessment and practicals are conducted once only and carried forward to the second attempt — so those 20 marks per subject are locked in early and deserve more attention than they usually get. And a student absent in three or more subjects in February is declared Essential Repeat and is not eligible for May.
The planning mistake I already see: treating May as the real exam and February as a trial. It is the other way round. February is the exam; May is insurance on at most three subjects. We prepare for February.
The February and May 2027 dates had not been published by CBSE as of September 2026. I will not print dates that are not official.
Social Science, English and the second language stay with school or another teacher.
Unchanged NCERT. I teach the Physics and Chemistry chapters fully.
Real Numbers; Polynomials; Pair of Linear Equations; Quadratic Equations; Arithmetic Progressions; Triangles; Coordinate Geometry; Introduction to Trigonometry; Some Applications of Trigonometry; Circles; Areas Related to Circles; Surface Areas and Volumes; Statistics; Probability.
Constructions is gone entirely, as is Euclid's division lemma, the completing-the-square method, areas of similar triangles, and ogives.
Same syllabus, same teaching, same classes. Only the question paper differs — and the decision matters more than the difference in difficulty suggests.
| Standard (041) | Basic (241) | |
|---|---|---|
| Syllabus | Identical | Identical |
| Remembering & Understanding | 54% | 75% |
| Applying | 24% | 15% |
| Analysing, Evaluating, Creating | 22% | 10% |
| Intended for | Students continuing Maths after Class 10 | Students not continuing Maths |
| If you change your mind | — | Standard may be attempted at the compartment exam |
All of it in the fees, and all of it built for the actual paper rather than for a textbook.
Not everything in the book is examinable. The 2026-27 syllabus places Evolution, the Periodic Classification of Elements, and the electric motor / electromagnetic induction / generator group outside the year-end examination, as portfolio work instead. Heredity and Mendel's laws are examinable — the syllabus note uses an old chapter name that reads as though Heredity is excluded, and it is not. Students lose real time studying the wrong things because of this.
Roughly half the paper is competency-focused. CBSE states it plainly: around 50% case-based, source-based, data-interpretation and application questions, with the rest MCQ and short- or long-answer. That is not a syllabus problem, it is a practice problem, and it is the single biggest reason a student who knows the chapter still scores 62.
Home classes in Mira Road East, Bhayandar East and Bhayandar West, and online anywhere else. The year before is on the CBSE Class 9 page — worth reading, because the Class 9 books changed completely this year. Comparing boards? The Class 10 tuition page puts SSC, CBSE and ICSE side by side. Heading for JEE, see JEE tuition.
Only if February leaves something worth improving. The May attempt covers at most three subjects and the better score counts, so there is no penalty for using it — but a student who plans for May from June treats February as a mock, and that is how a year gets wasted. Prepare for February; decide about May in March, with a real marksheet in hand.
If there is any chance of Mathematics in Class 11 — science stream, commerce with Maths, anything engineering-adjacent — take Standard. The teaching is identical, so a student preparing properly is preparing for both; only the paper differs. Basic is the honest choice for a student who is certain Maths ends at Class 10. Please confirm the current Class 11 eligibility rule with your school before the form is submitted.
Not this year. Class 10 Science and Maths use the same NCERT books as before — the revised 2022 editions, reprinted. It is Class 9 that got brand-new books in 2026-27. Your child's Class 10 books are the ones you expect.
More than most families treat them. Twenty marks in each of Science and Maths, conducted once and carried forward to the second board attempt — so unlike the written paper, there is no second chance at them. Periodic tests, multiple assessment, portfolio and the practical file each carry five marks and every one of them is winnable with ordinary effort.
Fees depend on the class, how many subjects you want and how many classes a week we run. All the material — notes, worksheets, question banks and the weekly marked test — is included, so the number I quote is the number you pay. Call or WhatsApp on 79774 75848 with your child's class, board and subjects and I will give you the exact figure.
Yes, and it is a real class on a real chapter — not a sales meeting. Tell me what your child is stuck on and we will do exactly that. At the end you will know whether my teaching suits your child, which is the only question worth answering.
Tell me the subject and the chapter that is hurting. The first class is free and we will do that chapter.
