Nearly four lakh students registered for Plus II exam 2026

The Council of Higher Secondary Education on Monday said nearly four lakh Plus II students have registered themselves to appear for the Annual Higher Secondary Examination, 2026.

CHSE controller of exams Prasanta Kumar Parida said a total of 3,98,582 students including 24,672 ex-regulars have completed the form fill-up to appear for the Plus II exams. These include 2,54,326 students in arts stream, 24,368 in commerce, 1,14,001 in science and 5,887 in vocational education stream who have completed their form fill-up.

A CHSE official said the council has planned to declare the AHSE-2026 schedule on December 3. The examination is likely to start after middle of February next year. According to the new guidelines notified by the CHSE recently, the Class XII students in higher secondary schools will also have to clear their internal assessment and project examination papers compulsorily for qualifying the AHSE.

The internal assessment of 20 marks and 10-mark project examination will be held for Class XII students of all streams at higher secondary school level from December 22 to 31. The students who fail to appear any of these exam papers in the first chance in December, will be given a second chance to clear it between January 10 and 15 next year.

The practical examinations for the ensuing Plus II exams will also be held from January 2 to January 15 next year, said council officials.