25 lakh students to appear for CBSE exams this year

New Delhi: Over 25 lakh students have registered this year for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams-the highest in the history of the exam and 6.3% more than last year's total. According to the data provided by CBSE, a total of 14,99,122 candidates have registered for the Class X (both Board-based and school-based) exams as against 13,73,853 in 2015-an increase of almost 1.25 lakh. Similarly for Class XII Boards, 10,67,900 candidates have registered as against 10,40,368 in 2015.

Class X and XII board exams will begin from March 1 and end on March 28 and April 22, respectively. Delhi, including foreign schools, registered the highest number of candidates-2.9 lakh for Class X and 2.7 lakh for Class XII boards. Panchkula region registered the second highest number of candidates, followed by Ajmer. There are 10 regions under CBSE. "There has been a significant increase in the number of schools getting affiliated to CBSE in the past two years. Also, many middle-level schools were upgraded to the secondary-level, which resulted in an increase in the number of Class X students. The same is true for Class XII," said K K Chaudhary, controller of examinations, CBSE.