The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has published the date sheets of the Secondary (Class 10) and Senior Secondary (Class 12) examinations for the April-May session 2025. The date sheets have been published for the Indian and foreign students. The NIOS Class 10 and 12 examinations will be conducted from April 9 for the Indian and foreign exam centres.
The NIOS Senior Secondary examinations will start with Bharatiya Darshan on the first day for Indian students and conclude with Psychology, Sanskrit Vyakaran papers on the final date – May 19.
The NIOS Secondary, or Class 10, examinations will commence with the Entrepreneurship paper and end with Carnatic Sangeet, Employability Skills, Sanskrit Sahitya on May 19.
Nearly all the Class 10 and Class 12 NIOS Public Exams (Theory) papers will be conducted for three hours from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm for the Indian students and between 3 pm and 6 pm for the overseas students. To prevent last-minute rush, students are requested to report to the NIOS April-May 2025 examination center at least 30 minutes before the gate closing time. Furthermore, students will need to carry their NIOS 2025 April-May admit card and school ID card to the examination center, as these are required for entry.
While announcing the NIOS April-May 2025 exam dates, the open school also stated that there would not be any change in the examination date. The admit cards will be available on the NIOS website – sdmis.nios.ac.in. Results are expected to be announced in seven weeks from the last date of the exam.
Additionally, NIOS-registered students are also eligible to appear in the NEET UG exam for admission to UG medical courses.
The students can study one more subject from NIOS subject to the condition that the study must be conducted from any approved institutions," an RTI clarification by the National Medical Commission (NMC) stated.
The notification after NTA published the NEET UG 2025 information bulletin at the national level medical test. "It has come to the notice that confusion has been created stating that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued NEET-UG Bulletin 2025, which is not as per NMC Regulations," stated the notification.