ICSE Class 10 Exam 2026: Date Sheet (Out), Pattern, Syllabus, Specimen Paper, Results

ICSE Class 10th Exam 2026: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has scheduled the ICSE class 10 exams from February 17 to March 30, 2026 in pen-paper format. The council has released the detailed time-table in online mode. The subject-wise ICSE 10th date sheet 2026 can be downloaded in the form of a PDF from the official website - cisce.org.

The CISCE Board has released the ICSE class 10 exam pattern and syllabus for 2025-26 on the official website. Students can download the subject-wise syllabus pdfs in online mode. The examination authorities also releases the subject-wise specimen question papers every year. Students can download ICSE class 10 question papers for the current as well as previous years to aid their board exam preparationplan. The ICSE 10th exam dates 2026  were released on November 13, 2025.

The Council releases the ICSE 10th Result 2026 in the online mode. Last year, the ICSE results were out on April 30 at 11 am. Students will be able to download their ICSE 10th marksheets through cisce.org. To access the scorecards, students must enter course code, candidate UID, index number and the captcha in the login window. The overall pass percentage for ICSE 2025 was 99.09%.

ICSE 10th Board Exam 2026: Highlights

Students can check the important details related to ICSE Class 10th exam 2026 in the table provided below:

ICSE Class 10 Admit Card 2026

The ICSE class 10 admit card 2026 can be collected by students from the school administration. It must be noted that admit card is an important document that must be carried by candidates failing which they will not be allowed to take the examination. Once candidates have received their admit cards, it is important they verify all the details mentioned on them. Any discrepancy in the admit card must be immediately reported to the school authority.

ICSE Class 10th Exam Pattern 2026

Students preparing for the ICSE class 10th exam must know the exam pattern. As per the ICSE class 10 exam pattern, subjects are divided into three groups. All subjects included in Group I are compulsory, while subjects in Group II & Group III are optional. In other words, candidates have to choose the subject of their interest from Group II & Group III.

The table below highlights the subjects in Group I, Group II and Group III:

ICSE Class 10th Syllabus 2026

The ICSE class 10 syllabus comprises important topics and sub-topics from where questions are asked in the examination. Students preparing for their 10th board exam must know these topics and study them well in order to ace the exam. It is important that each and every topic must be studied carefully. 

ICSE Class 10th Specimen Paper 2026

ICSE students must practise the ICSE Class 10 previous year question paper and ICSE specimen papers 2026 to score well. They can evaluate their strengths and weaknesses by solving the question papers made available by CISCE. The subject-wise ICSE class 10th specimen paper pdfs for the academic session 2024-25 can be downloaded from the official website - cisce.org.

ICSE Class 10 Result 2026

The ICSE Class 10 result 2026 will be declared by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) tentatively in April 2026. Students appearing for the upcoming board exams can check and download their scorecards by enteirng their necessary login details. They have to fill out their UID & index number to check their scores online. Last year, the ICSE results were announced onon April 30, 2025 at 11 am.