CBSE Class 12 Result 2026 announced: 85.20% Passed

CBSE Board Class 12 Result 2026 declared today, May 13, 2026 and over 18.57 lakh students can finally check their CBSE 12th scorecard. The Central Board of Secondary Education announced an overall pass percentage of 85.20%, down 3.9% compared to last year’s CBSE Class 12 results. This year’s All India Senior School Certificate Examination, AISSCE 2026, saw students from 19,967 schools and 7,573 exam centers appear across 120 subjects.

CBSE 12th Result 2026 direct link is now live at http://cbseresults.nic.in and http://cbse.gov.in. Students can also download verified digital marksheets instantly through DigiLocker and the UMANG app. For Google searches: “CBSE 12 result 2026 link”, “cbseresults.nic.in Class 12”, “CBSE 12th scorecard 2026 download”, and “DigiLocker CBSE marksheet” are trending right now.

This year marks the first time CBSE used the OSM system for CBSE 12th Result 2026. OSM, or Online Subject Marking, replaced physical answer sheets with digital scans. The shift means post-result processes like marks verification, photocopy of answer sheets, and re-evaluation will be processed much faster. Instead of days to locate a physical booklet, OSM uses a unique digital ID to retrieve scanned scripts instantly. Applications for CBSE post-result activities open on http://cbse.gov.in after result declaration.

OSM also brought major accountability upgrades. Over 88,000 computers and 6,000+ evaluation centers with 70,000 evaluators recorded every examiner action in a digital audit trail. The system auto-calculates total marks, eliminating totalling errors that plagued manual marking, and blocks submission until every question is evaluated.

CBSE Class 12 Supplementary Exam 2026 is set for July 15, 2026. Around 1,63,800 students, or 9.26% of total candidates, have been placed in the compartment category, up from 7.63% last year.

For CBSE 12 rechecking, revaluation, and supplementary exam schedule, visit http://cbse.gov.in under Post Result Activities.