Shillong: The Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBoSE) set the 2026-27 Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam schedule for December. Testing runs from December 4 through December 16. Students sit for exams between 10 am and 1 pm. Doors open at 9:30 am.
Students get question papers at 9:45 am and scripts at 9:50 am. The clock starts at 10 am. English kicks off the cycle on December 4. Science follows on December 7. Students take Indian Languages or Additional English on December 9. Health, Physical Education, Computer Science, or vocational subjects follow on December 11. Social Science takes place December 14. Mathematics concludes the series on December 16.
Offered languages include Garo, Khasi, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Urdu, and Mizo. Vocational options cover Beauty and Wellness, Tourism, Health Care, Electronics, Agriculture, ITES, Apparels, Plumbing, Food Processing, Telecom, Banking, and Automobile Repair. Theory papers for these vocational subjects last exactly one hour. The board warned that the program could shift if necessary. MBoSE noted, "The programme may be recast if unforeseen exigencies or important state or central announcements fall on the same dates."
The board previously finished the 2026 cycle between January 30 and February 11. Results dropped April 7. Supplementary exams occurred in May. Meanwhile, officials expect the CM IMPACT Guidebook to hit schools this week. Copies already moved to district headquarters.
Updated at 15th September 2026 at 2:00pm
Math exams now include both Mathematics and Special Mathematics. Vocational papers replace either Computer Science or Health and Physical Education for students choosing those tracks.
The board set a September 30, 2026, deadline for all schools to wrap up online applications for the Class X exams. To keep things from piling up, officials also scheduled the online application window for Class XII HSSLC exams between the last week of October and the last week of November.
Supplementary results from the previous cycle were declared on May 22.
Updated at 15th September 2026 at 5:50pm
The board clarified that students can opt for vocational papers in place of Computer Science or Health and Physical Education. The Mathematics exam now officially covers both standard Mathematics and Special Mathematics papers.
Schools face a hard September 30 deadline to finalize online applications for the Class X exams. To avoid scheduling bottlenecks, the board set the HSSLC application window for the last week of October through the last week of November.
Records show supplementary exams for the previous cycle ran from May 1 to May 8, with results finalized on May 22.
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