For parents
Two kinds of thing live here. Evergreen guides that answer a decision you're weighing, and the parent version of each news story, so you get what changed without the student framing.
Guide for parents
There's no best board. There's a best board for your child, your city, and your budget. Here's the honest comparison nobody selling you admission will give you.
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What happened:
CBSE schools must now teach three languages, at least two of them Indian. The compulsory third language starts in Class 6 from 2026-27 and reaches Class 10 by 2030-31.
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Explainer
The government's own UDISE+ 2025-26 data shows retention at the secondary stage falls to 51.9%. Getting into school is nearly universal. Finishing it isn't.
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What happened:
Class 10 boards now run twice a year. February's compulsory, May is an optional retry for up to three subjects, and your better score is the one that counts.
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What happened:
NEP 2020 swapped 10+2 for 5+3+3+4. It's a re-map of ages and stages, not of your timetable, and most of what changed happened before Grade 1.