Updated February 27th, 2021 at 11:53 IST

Maharashtra Board Exam 2021 date sheet for class 10th, 12th released, check here

Maharashtra Board has announced the schedule for Class 10th and 12th board examinations 2021. According to the official schedule, the written examinations of HSC (Class 12) and SSC (Class 10) will be conducted between April 23 and May 21 this year.

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Maharashtra Board has announced the schedule for Class 10th and 12th board examinations 2021. According to the official schedule, the written examinations of HSC (Class 12) and SSC (Class 10) will be conducted between April 23 and May 21 this year. While the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam will be conducted between April 23 and May 21, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam will be held between April 29 and May 20, Ashok Bhosale, secretary of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) told. 

Students can download the full schedule from the official website of MSBSHSE. The website has five different PDF files uploaded for all five programmes. The exams will be held in two shifts on some days. The first shift exam will be held from 10:30 am to 01:30 pm and the second shift exam will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm.

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MSBSHSE had on February 16 released a tentative schedule for Maharashtra Board class 10th and 12th examination 2021. According to the tentative schedule, Maharashtra Board SSC exams 2021 were scheduled to be held from April 29 to May 20. The Maharashtra HSC board exams 2021was scheduled to be conducted from April 23 to May 21. After releasing the tentative schedule, MSBSHSE had invited suggestions from the stakeholders about the exam dates. The schedule has now been finalized. 

"We had announced the proposed dates of the examinations on February 16 and invited suggestions from the stakeholders. After due consultation with them, we have fixed this final schedule of the exams," Bhosale said. 

Maharashtra Board Exams 2021 Date Sheet

The Maharashtra board exams are usually held in the month of February and March, but this year the exam schedule has been changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every year, nearly15 lakh students appear for the HSC exam, and over 17 lakh students register for their class 10th SSC exams in Maharashtra. Earlier in November 2020, Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad had told that the MSBSHSE Class 10 and 12th exams 2021 will not be held before May 2021 due to the prevailing coronavirus situation. 

In the year 2020, the MSBSHSE Class 12th HSC exams were held from February 18 to March 18, and the SSC or class 10th examinations were scheduled to be held from March 3 to March 23. However, the Maharashtra Board had to cancel the geography exam due to coronavirus-related lockdown.

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Published February 27th, 2021 at 11:53 IST