Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Saturday announced a 15% relaxation in syllabus for students of Classes 10, 11, and 12 appearing in the Annual Regular 2025 (October–November session) examinations.
According to a notification, the relaxation has been granted in view of the delayed start of the academic session this year and disruptions caused by prolonged heat waves, torrential rains, and floods across several regions.
“It is hereby notified that students appearing in Class 10, 11, and 12 examinations in the Kashmir Division, winter zone areas of the Jammu Division, and the Union Territory of Ladakh shall attempt 85% of the question paper, which will correspond to 100% marks, thereby availing a 15% relaxation in syllabus,” the Board said.
The JKBOSE clarified that the question papers will be framed from the entire prescribed syllabus, but students will be required to attempt only 85% of the questions, with internal choices provided accordingly.
The decision, the Board said, was taken following recommendations from the Directorates of School Education in Kashmir and Jammu and requests from various stakeholders citing loss of instructional time.
It added that multiple-choice questions and grammar portions in language papers will follow the same marking pattern, ensuring uniformity in evaluation.
Class 10 Date-sheet Out
The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JK BOSE) has notified the date-sheet for Class 10th Annual/ Regular, 2025 (Oct-Nov session), scheduling the examination from November 3 from 11 am to 2 pm.
In all, nearly 95,000 students from Kashmir Division and winter zone areas of Jammu Division including students from Ladakh UT are expected to take up the exam, which the Government has restored back to October- November session.
As per the date- sheet, the exams will commence on November 3 for Mathematics subject followed by Social Science on November 7.
The examination for Science subject has been scheduled on November 11 while English paper will be held on November 14. The Urdu/ Hindi papers have been scheduled on November 17, Computer Science on November 19 while the vocational subjects paper will be held on November 21.
Subjects with smaller number of candidates like Home Science will be held on November 23, Music on November 25 and additional/ optional subjects including Kashmiri/ Dogri/ Bhoti/ Punjabi/ Arabic/ Urdu/ Hindi/ Persian/ Sanskrit on November 24.
The examination will conclude on November 27 with Painting/ Art and Drawing subject papers scheduled on that day.
