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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has clarified that the Class X board examinations scheduled for 2028 will include five compulsory subjects – two languages, mathematics, science and social science – and will offer an additional skill paper that can replace a failed core subject. Vocational education remains compulsory, with students able to choose either the school‑based ‘Kaushal Vikas’ option or one of 22 skill subjects such as artificial intelligence or data science. The board also confirmed that the ‘Individuals in Society’ subject and the computational thinking (CT) and artificial intelligence (AI) modules will not be part of the Scheme of Studies for the current Class IX batch (2026‑27) or their Class X cohort (2027‑28), and that Environmental Education will be omitted in Class X for that batch.
These changes apply only to students who are in Class IX in the 2026‑27 academic session and will not affect the present Class X cohort.
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