The Central Board of Secondary Education held its Class 12 compartment exam today, July 28, in a single shift.
Nearly 1.89 lakh students, placed in the compartment category this year, were eligible to appear for the exam.
Major academic subjects were held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Skill and elective subjects, including Painting, Yoga, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Hindustani Music, were held in a shorter window, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Candidates were permitted to appear in only one compartment subject during this exam cycle.
The exam followed the earlier release of admit cards, which students were required to carry to their exam centres along with a valid photo identity document.
Results for the compartment exam are expected to be declared once the board’s supplementary examination window, running from July 29 to August 4 for other categories, has concluded.
The compartment exam gives students who fell short in one subject during the main Class 12 board exams a chance to clear that paper without having to repeat the entire academic year, a system CBSE has followed for decades.
CBSE had earlier released the compartment admit card for candidates, which was mandatory to carry to the exam centre today along with a valid photo identity document, in line with the board’s standard exam-day requirements.
Exam centres were instructed to follow standard CBSE protocols for the compartment exam, including frisking and identity verification, similar to procedures followed during the main board examinations held earlier in the year.
Students who clear their compartment paper will have their results reflected as a pass for the academic year, allowing them to proceed with admissions to undergraduate courses or other next steps without further delay.
The compartment system applies only to students who failed to clear one subject in their original Class 12 board examination, with those who fell short in more than one subject required to reappear for the full set of papers in a subsequent academic year instead.
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