The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to declare the results for board exams by the end of this month. The board will release the results for Class 10 by the third week of May; and the results of Class 12 examinations are expected in the fourth week of this month.
The Class 10 results are likely to be released on either May 19 or May 20. The Class 12 results are expected to be prepared by May 25, and ready to be declared on either May 27 or May 28.
It is possible that the board will divide the results into phases before declaring the All India results. It is likely to release results in three regional phases, Chennai being the first phase, Patna in the second phase and then Bhubaneswar in the third phase. CBSE is expected to declare the All India results on May 27.
The Class 12 board exams this year had the students and schools concerned due to the unexpected difficulty level. The Physics and Mathematics exams caused a lot of trouble for the candidates, to the extent that it led certain schools to approach CBSE regarding the extremely tough papers.
Approximately 13.7 lakh students who appeared for the Class 10 board exams are waiting for their results. There was an increase in the number of students who took the examination this year, there were about 50,000 more candidates as compared to the 2014 board exams. The Class 12 examination was taken by a total of 10.4 lakh students, out of which about 4.3 lakh were girls and over 6 lakh were boys
