UPMSP and CBSE both served more than 4 million students by the cited counts, yet each had over 100 days between timetable publication and the first paper.
Back to the trend of the day: CBSE has not announced a release date for the 2027 exam timetable
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
Board exam release notice: 10 Indian boards
The largest boards did not always give the shortest warning: UPMSP reported 52.3 lakh registrations and 105 days’ notice, while CBSE’s tentative 2026 sheet came 146 days ahead.
- No. 1: CBSE board exams 2026
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs built their own top-ten lists independently. Above is one combined result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, the AIs that included it and, where the AIs gave one, a source.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
CBSE board exams 2026
CBSE’s tentative sheet gave 146 days’ notice for about 45 lakh expected candidates; the final sheet reduced that window to 110 days.
Included it: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek, Kimi. Did not include: Nemotron, Nova, Wenxin.In their lists: ChatGPT: 2 · Meta: 2 · Gemini: 1 · MiMo: 6 · DeepSeek: 2 · Kimi: 1
What each AI noted 6
- ChatGPTplace 2
About 45 lakh expected candidates got a 146-day tentative window, but only 110 days from the final timetable.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 2
43 lakh candidates but 146 days tentative notice, longest lead despite national scale
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Coordinates 4.4 million candidates across 26 countries while leading the nation with an advance notice runway reaching up to 108 days.
- MiMoplace 6
110 days from the final sheet — but 146 if you count the tentative sheet CBSE issued in September, a head start no state board matched that cycle.
- DeepSeekplace 2
43.7 lakh candidates across Classes 10 and 12, with a 110-day final notice.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 1
146 days of first notice for about 4.2 million candidates—the strongest combined scale-and-window score.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 2
UP Board exam 2026 (UPMSP)
52.3 lakh registrations and 105 days’ notice make UPMSP the largest verified cohort here; its timetable was also reported revised before exams.
Included it: Meta, MiMo, DeepSeek, Kimi. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin.In their lists: Meta: 1 · MiMo: 5 · DeepSeek: 1 · Kimi: 2
What each AI noted 4
- Metaplace 1
55 lakh enrolled biggest board, yet 105 days notice Nov 5 2025 to Feb 18 2026 beats most state boards
- MiMoplace 5
India's largest board — about 52 lakh candidates — gave 116 days of notice for 2027, mid-pack despite unmatched scale.
- DeepSeekplace 1
52.3 lakh candidates and a 105-day notice — the largest board in the set.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 2
5.23 million registrations on a 105-day runway—one notice day for roughly every 49,811 candidates.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 3
Bihar Board exams 2026 (BSEB)
About 28 lakh candidates were reported; the 65-day figure uses the earliest Inter paper, while Matric began later and had a different window.
Included it: Meta, MiMo, DeepSeek, Kimi. Did not include: ChatGPT, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin.In their lists: Meta: 4 · MiMo: 10 · DeepSeek: 4 · Kimi: 9
What each AI noted 4
- Metaplace 4
28 lakh enrolled, 15.85 lakh Matric appeared, but only 65 days notice Nov 29 to Feb 2 for Inter
- MiMoplace 10
28 lakh candidates, 65 days of notice — and results on the table by March 29, the fastest turnaround of any big board.
- DeepSeekplace 4
28.3 lakh candidates and a 75-day notice — Inter starts February 2, Matric February 17.
- Kimiplace 9
2.81 million registrations compressed into only 65 days—the shortest notice for a board of this scale.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 4
CISCE ICSE and ISC exams 2026
About 3.6 lakh candidates appeared in one cited result report; the 91-day notice uses the February ISC start, not the later ICSE start.
Included it: ChatGPT, Meta, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin, Kimi.In their lists: ChatGPT: 10 · Meta: 5 · MiMo: 8 · DeepSeek: 10
What each AI noted 4
- ChatGPTplace 10
The official ICSE PDF is available, but this research did not establish comparable combined candidate counts and both-class release-to-first-paper dates.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 5
Only 3.6 lakh total (2,58,721 ICSE + 1,03,316 ISC) yet 91 days notice Nov 13 to Feb 12, best lead per lakh
- MiMoplace 8
91 days of notice for roughly 3.5 lakh candidates — the smallest candidate pool here, and one of the calmest timetables.
- DeepSeekplace 10
16.1 lakh candidates and only about 10 days from the reported February 18 timetable to the February 28 II PUC exam.
4 AIs put it here - 5
Maharashtra SSC and HSC exams 2025 (MSBSHSE)
About 31 lakh registrations were reported; the detailed timetable gave 82 days to the first HSC paper, while an earlier broad announcement gave more notice.
Included it: ChatGPT, Meta, DeepSeek. Did not include: Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, MiMo, Wenxin, Kimi.In their lists: ChatGPT: 3 · Meta: 3 · DeepSeek: 3
What each AI noted 3
- ChatGPTplace 3
Roughly 31 lakh registrations across the two classes; the detailed sheet arrived about 82 days before the first theory paper.
- Metaplace 3
32 lakh enrolled, 31.16 lakh registered (16,11,610 SSC + 15,05,037 HSC) with 102 days notice Oct 31 to Feb 10
- DeepSeekplace 3
About 30 lakh candidates and a 101-day notice, but HSC starts February 10 before SSC on February 20.
3 AIs put it here - 6
Tamil Nadu board exams 2026 (DGE TN)
A reported 17.6 lakh candidates and 118 days’ notice; the count is reported as registered in one source and should not be mixed with appeared totals.
Included it: MiMo, DeepSeek, Kimi. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin.In their lists: MiMo: 3 · DeepSeek: 6 · Kimi: 6
What each AI noted 3
- MiMoplace 3
Timetable out in early November for exams in mid-March — and the 2027 sheet landed on October 14, 2026, while CBSE's is still missing.
- DeepSeekplace 6
17.6 lakh candidates and a 118-day notice for a March 2 start.
- Kimiplace 6
118 days of notice for 1.66 million candidates, with core subjects spaced in 3–6-day clusters.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 7
Gujarat SSC and HSC exams 2026 (GSEB)
About 15.3 lakh board candidates were reported; the timetable was later revised, while some larger totals also include GUJCET candidates.
Included it: MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin, Kimi.In their lists: MiMo: 7 · DeepSeek: 7
What each AI noted 2
- MiMoplace 7
Same 110-day runway as CBSE with a third of the candidates — 15.2 lakh for SSC and HSC combined.
- DeepSeekplace 7
15.3-16.6 lakh candidates and a 108-day notice, though GSEB later revised the March 4 date.
Source ↗
2 AIs put it here - 8
Rajasthan Board exams 2026 (RBSE)
About 19.9 lakh candidates were reported, but sources disagree on the date-sheet date; 55 days is the reported calculation, not a settled figure.
Included it: MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin, Kimi.In their lists: MiMo: 9 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 2
- MiMoplace 9
Dates for ~19.86 lakh candidates came on December 4 — 70 days out — and the board then changed timings for three Class 12 papers.
- DeepSeekplace 8
19.9 lakh candidates but only a 54-day notice from the December 20 detailed sheet.
Source ↗
2 AIs put it here - 9
Madhya Pradesh Board exams 2026 (MPBSE)
The timetable was published early, but revisions changed the start dates; the cited 181 days runs from the first sheet to the first held exam.
Included it: MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, Wenxin, Kimi.In their lists: MiMo: 1 · DeepSeek: 9
What each AI noted 2
- MiMoplace 1
A 16-lakh-candidate board published its 2027 timetable 188 days before the first paper — the longest runway in India, from one of its smaller big boards.
- DeepSeekplace 9
16.07 lakh candidates; an August 13 initial sheet gave 181 days, but three revisions cut effective notice to 32 days.
Source ↗
2 AIs put it here - 10
Karnataka SSLC and II PUC exams 2026 (KSEAB)
About 1.4 million candidates appeared, but the lead depends on which publication counts: one analysis gives 161 days tentative or 116 final.
Included it: Kimi. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, MiMo, DeepSeek, Wenxin.In their lists: Kimi: 4
What each AI noted 1
- Kimiplace 4
161 days from the tentative sheet to 2nd PUC, then a single holiday-driven date correction.
1 AIs put it hereno source given
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Maharashtra’s 2025 notice is 181 days if the broad August announcement counts, but 82 days from the detailed November timetable to the first HSC paper.
Candidate totals are not directly comparable: sources mix registered, expected and appeared counts, sometimes across different class scopes.
Notice rankings can change when a board publishes tentative and final schedules; CBSE’s 2026 example is 146 days versus 110 days.
03How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Indian school boards by timetable lead time and candidate scale
2Why this topic
It compares official notice windows with board size, giving context that neither timetable dates nor enrollment totals provide alone.
3Where it applies
India, national and state Class 10 and 12 examination boards
4What we looked at
- Compare days between the official timetable release and the first theory exam.
- Set that notice window against the number of registered candidates across secondary and senior secondary exams.
- School examination boards and their official timetable releases — Publication date and first theory exam date; elapsed days calculated where the supplied sources identify both dates. Release-date prec
- Board and government candidate reporting — Registered or expected candidates across Class 10 and 12 where available; registered, appeared and expected totals are labeled separately, not treated as ide
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, Gemini, Nova, MiMo, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Kimi.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
04Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1UP Board exams 2025 (UPMSP)
About 54.4 lakh registrations put UPMSP at a different scale from most boards, yet the 18 November notice left 98 days before exams.
Source ↗ - 2CBSE board exams 2026
About 45 lakh expected candidates got a 146-day tentative window, but only 110 days from the final timetable.
Source ↗ - 3Maharashtra SSC/HSC exams 2025 (MSBSHSE)
Roughly 31 lakh registrations across the two classes; the detailed sheet arrived about 82 days before the first theory paper.
- 4CBSE board exams 2025
Around 45 lakh candidates across Classes 10 and 12, with 87 days from final timetable to the first scheduled paper.
Source ↗ - 5Maharashtra HSC/SSC exams 2025 (MSBSHSE)
The board announced the February start in August, but the detailed subject schedule did not arrive until November—a 99-day difference in HSC notice lead.
Source ↗ - 6Bihar Board exams 2025 (BSEB)
Class 12 started on 1 February and Class 10 on 17 February; one board year therefore has two very different notice windows.
Source ↗ - 7Bihar Board exams 2024 (BSEB)
The date sheet was reported on 4 December, around two months before the first listed paper on 1 February.
Source ↗ - 8Maharashtra SSC exams 2025 (MSBSHSE)
The detailed timetable gave 92 days to the first SSC theory paper, while the board had disclosed the broad February window months earlier.
- 9CBSE board exams 2024
The sheet appeared 66 days before the first exam; schedule revisions and over 40,000 subject combinations complicate a single ‘gap’ score.
Source ↗ - 10CISCE ICSE/ISC exams 2026
The official ICSE PDF is available, but this research did not establish comparable combined candidate counts and both-class release-to-first-paper dates.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
UPMSP’s 54.4 lakh combined registrations exceed CBSE’s roughly 45 lakh expected candidates, but the measures are from different years and reporting bases.
Maharashtra’s August broad-date announcement gave much longer advance warning than the detailed November timetable; treating either as “the release date” changes the comparison materially.
UP Board scheduled both classes to start on the same day, while Bihar began Class 12 more than two weeks before Class 10 in 2025.
CBSE’s 2026 tentative timetable is an unusual case: long lead time was intentionally introduced to help schools plan around a larger exam operation.
🇺🇸 Meta10 places
The same question, answered by Meta alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1UP Board UPMSP India
55 lakh enrolled biggest board, yet 105 days notice Nov 5 2025 to Feb 18 2026 beats most state boards
- 2CBSE India
43 lakh candidates but 146 days tentative notice, longest lead despite national scale
Source ↗ - 3Maharashtra MSBSHSE India
32 lakh enrolled, 31.16 lakh registered (16,11,610 SSC + 15,05,037 HSC) with 102 days notice Oct 31 to Feb 10
- 4Bihar BSEB India
28 lakh enrolled, 15.85 lakh Matric appeared, but only 65 days notice Nov 29 to Feb 2 for Inter
- 5CISCE ICSE ISC India
Only 3.6 lakh total (2,58,721 ICSE + 1,03,316 ISC) yet 91 days notice Nov 13 to Feb 12, best lead per lakh
- 6Gujarat GSEB India
Feb 26 to Mar 16 window both classes, 83 days notice Dec 5 to Feb 26, ∼9 lakh candidates
- 7Tamil Nadu DGE India
Timetable Oct 14 2026 for March 3 2027 exams gives 140 days, HSC ∼8 lakh despite late March start
- 8West Bengal WBBSE WBCHSE India
Earliest start Feb 2 for Madhyamik, Feb 12 for HS, only ∼75 days notice but 10 lakh scale
- 9Madhya Pradesh MPBSE India
MPBSE ∼9 lakh, timetable early Dec for Feb 24 exams, 80 days notice comparable to BSEB
- 10Rajasthan RBSE India
RBSE ∼12 lakh, Mar 6 start 2026, 90+ days notice Dec release, mid-scale mid-lead
🇺🇸 Nemotron10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Nemotron alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education)
~60 days notice for 4.4 million candidates — largest scale with longest lead time among major boards
- 2UPMSP / Uttar Pradesh Board
~45 days notice for 5.5 million candidates — world's largest examining body by volume, shorter window than CBSE
- 3BSEB / Bihar School Examination Board
~30 days notice for ~30 lakh candidates — improving lead time but still compressed vs scale
- 4MSBSHSE / Maharashtra State Board
~50 days notice for ~28 lakh candidates — strong lead time, semester-style spacing for HSC
- 5CISCE (ICSE/ISC)
~70 days notice for ~3.5 lakh candidates — smallest major board but longest lead time, generous spacing
- 6GSEB / Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board
~40 days notice for ~20 lakh candidates — mid-tier on both axes
- 7RBSE / Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education
~35 days notice for ~18 lakh candidates — improving but still tight for scale
- 8MPBSE / Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education
~30 days notice for ~17 lakh candidates — compressed schedule, late release
- 9WBBSE / WBCHSE (West Bengal Board)
~55 days notice for ~16 lakh candidates — early release but split Class 10/12 schedules
- 10PSEB / Punjab School Education Board
~45 days notice for ~6 lakh candidates — small scale, decent lead time
What Nemotron noticed
CISCE's 75+ day notice window is an outlier — enabled by tiny candidate base, no vocational/skill papers, and fixed subject combinations per stream. Not replicable for state boards with 20+ subjects and vocational tracks.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education)
Coordinates 4.4 million candidates across 26 countries while leading the nation with an advance notice runway reaching up to 108 days.
- 2UPMSP (Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad)
The world's largest single school examination authority manages 5.5 million students and maintains a disciplined 70-to-80-day timetable release cycle.
- 3MSBSHSE (Maharashtra State Board)
Mobilizes 3.1 million candidates across SSC and HSC with a reliable 80-to-90-day timetable notification released in autumn.
- 4WBBSE & WBCHSE (West Bengal State Boards)
Provides an extraordinary 120-to-150-day lead time by declaring the next year's Madhyamik dates immediately upon result announcements.
- 5TNDGE (Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations)
Gives 1.6 million SSLC and HSE students a transparent 90-to-100-day window published early in November.
- 6CISCE (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations)
Balances complex ICSE and ISC subject electives for 350,000 candidates with an early 70-to-75-day notification schedule.
- 7BSEB (Bihar School Examination Board)
Known for the fastest exam execution in India, kicking off exams on February 1 with 60 to 70 days of notice for 3.0 million students.
- 8MPBSE (Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education)
Organizes 1.8 million candidates across rural and urban centers with 65 to 75 days of lead time issued in December.
- 9KSEAB (Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board)
Issues provisional and finalized date sheets across 60 to 70 days for 1.5 million SSLC and 2nd PUC examinees.
- 10RBSE (Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education)
Operates with a tighter 50-to-60-day timetable notice published in January for nearly 2.0 million Class 10 and 12 candidates.
🇺🇸 Nova5 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Nova alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1CBSE
110-day lead time for 10L+ candidates with unified schedule
Source ↗ - 2UPMSP
117-day lead time for 52L+ candidates with morning/evening shifts
Source ↗ - 3MSBSHSE
102-day lead time for 15L+ candidates with regional language options
- 4CISCE
91-day lead time for 1.2L+ candidates with international syllabus alignment
- 5BSEB
94-day lead time for 13L+ candidates with bilingual options
What Nova noticed
UPMSP’s 117-day lead time supports India’s largest candidate pool (52L)
CBSE’s unified schedule simplifies preparation for 10L+ students
🇨🇳 MiMo10 places
The same question, answered by MiMo alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1MP Board exam 2027 (MPBSE)
A 16-lakh-candidate board published its 2027 timetable 188 days before the first paper — the longest runway in India, from one of its smaller big boards.
- 2Kerala plus two exam 2026 (DHSE)
4.5 lakh candidates — under a tenth of UP Board's scale — yet Kerala gave 127 days of notice, more than any mega-board.
- 3Tamil Nadu SSLC exam 2026 (DGE)
Timetable out in early November for exams in mid-March — and the 2027 sheet landed on October 14, 2026, while CBSE's is still missing.
- 4Maharashtra board exam 2026 (MSBSHSE)
Dates were public 120 days before the first HSC paper — and the board then re-published paper-wise timetables two weeks later, shortening the true runway to 102.
- 5UP Board exam 2027 (UPMSP)
India's largest board — about 52 lakh candidates — gave 116 days of notice for 2027, mid-pack despite unmatched scale.
- 6CBSE board exam 2026
110 days from the final sheet — but 146 if you count the tentative sheet CBSE issued in September, a head start no state board matched that cycle.
- 7Gujarat board exam 2026 (GSEB)
Same 110-day runway as CBSE with a third of the candidates — 15.2 lakh for SSC and HSC combined.
- 8ICSE ISC exam 2026 (CISCE)
91 days of notice for roughly 3.5 lakh candidates — the smallest candidate pool here, and one of the calmest timetables.
- 9Rajasthan board exam 2026 (RBSE)
Dates for ~19.86 lakh candidates came on December 4 — 70 days out — and the board then changed timings for three Class 12 papers.
- 10Bihar board exam 2026 (BSEB)
28 lakh candidates, 65 days of notice — and results on the table by March 29, the fastest turnaround of any big board.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1UPMSP (UP Board) 2026
52.3 lakh candidates and a 105-day notice — the largest board in the set.
Source ↗ - 2CBSE 2026
43.7 lakh candidates across Classes 10 and 12, with a 110-day final notice.
Source ↗ - 3MSBSHSE (Maharashtra) 2026
About 30 lakh candidates and a 101-day notice, but HSC starts February 10 before SSC on February 20.
- 4BSEB (Bihar) 2026
28.3 lakh candidates and a 75-day notice — Inter starts February 2, Matric February 17.
- 5West Bengal boards (WBBSE + WBCHSE) 2026
A 269-day Madhyamik notice — the longest lead in the set — with about 16.8 lakh candidates across the two West Bengal boards.
- 6Tamil Nadu Board 2026
17.6 lakh candidates and a 118-day notice for a March 2 start.
- 7GSEB (Gujarat) 2026
15.3-16.6 lakh candidates and a 108-day notice, though GSEB later revised the March 4 date.
Source ↗ - 8RBSE (Rajasthan) 2026
19.9 lakh candidates but only a 54-day notice from the December 20 detailed sheet.
Source ↗ - 9MPBSE (Madhya Pradesh) 2026
16.07 lakh candidates; an August 13 initial sheet gave 181 days, but three revisions cut effective notice to 32 days.
Source ↗ - 10Karnataka KSEAB 2026
16.1 lakh candidates and only about 10 days from the reported February 18 timetable to the February 28 II PUC exam.
What DeepSeek noticed
UPMSP had both the largest candidate base (52.3 lakh) and a 105-day notice — scale did not force a short lead there.
CISCE, outside the top 10 on scale with about 4.1 lakh candidates, still gave 91 days' notice — small scale alone does not guarantee a longer notice period.
🇨🇳 Wenxin10 places
The same question, answered by Wenxin alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1CISCE (ICSE/ISC) 2024
90+ day lead time for ~2,40,000 candidates — the longest planning runway of any major Indian board.
- 2CBSE Class 12 2019
60-day lead for ~14 lakh students — big scale, solid planning, still a CBSE benchmark.
- 3UPMSP (UP Board) Class 12 2023
~30-day window for 26 lakh candidates — the biggest scale with one of the shortest leads.
- 4CBSE Class 10 2019
60-day lead for ~18 lakh — among the highest-volume boards with generous spacing.
- 5MSBSHSE (Maharashtra HSC) 2024
45-day lead for 14 lakh students — Maharashtra balances volume with moderate notice.
- 6BSEB (Bihar Board) Inter 2023
40-day window for 16 lakh — Bihar's large candidate pool gets less lead than UPMSP.
- 7UPMSP (UP Board) Class 10 2023
~20-day lead for 29 lakh — the single largest candidate cohort in Indian board exams.
- 8MSBSHSE (Maharashtra SSC) 2024
55-day lead for 16 lakh — Maharashtra's Class 10 gets more runway than its Class 12.
- 9BSEB (Bihar Board) Matric 2023
~30-day lead for 17 lakh — Bihar's Class 10 gets slightly more notice than its Class 12.
- 10CISCE (ICSE) 2025
~100-day lead for ~2,20,000 — small board, massive planning window; shows scale isn't destiny.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1CBSE Class 10 & 12 board exams 2026
146 days of first notice for about 4.2 million candidates—the strongest combined scale-and-window score.
Source ↗ - 2UP Board (UPMSP) Class 10 & 12 exams 2026
5.23 million registrations on a 105-day runway—one notice day for roughly every 49,811 candidates.
Source ↗ - 3MP Board (MPBSE) Class 10 & 12 exams 2026
181 days to the first actually held paper—the longest verified lead among these ten boards.
Source ↗ - 4Karnataka Board (KSEAB) SSLC & 2nd PUC exams 2026
161 days from the tentative sheet to 2nd PUC, then a single holiday-driven date correction.
- 5Maharashtra Board (MSBSHSE) SSC & HSC exams 2026
3.04 million candidates on a 102-day runway—scale nearly offsets a middle-ranked notice window.
Source ↗ - 6Tamil Nadu Board (DGE TN) SSLC & HSE Plus Two exams 2026
118 days of notice for 1.66 million candidates, with core subjects spaced in 3–6-day clusters.
Source ↗ - 7CISCE ICSE & ISC exams 2026
168 days of lead for 362,000 candidates—small scale, but an unusually early publication.
Source ↗ - 8Gujarat Board (GSEB) SSC & HSC exams 2026
110 days for about 1.46 million candidates, followed by a December revision that still left 83 days.
Source ↗ - 9Bihar Board (BSEB) Matric & Inter exams 2026
2.81 million registrations compressed into only 65 days—the shortest notice for a board of this scale.
Source ↗ - 10Rajasthan Board (RBSE) Class 10 & 12 exams 2026
About 1.98 million candidates and only 55 verified notice days—the shortest completed-cycle window in the ranking.
Source ↗
What Kimi noticed
Candidate scale is not destiny: UP handled 5.23 million registrations with 105 days, while Bihar gave 2.81 million only 65 and MP gave 1.41 million 181 days.
Tentative publication materially changes the metric: Karnataka's first SSLC timetable gave 161 days, but its 4 November final sheet reduced the window to 116 days.
The two national private-board systems sit at opposite scale points: CBSE paired about 4.2 million candidates with 146 days, while CISCE paired 362,037 with 168 days.