Strict Adherence to last Date for Direct Admission and Change of Subjects for Classes X & XII: CBSE Order dated 28.08.2025
CBNTRAI BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
(An Autonomous Organisation under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)
CBSE/Direct Admission-X/XII/2025/
28/08/2025
The Principals/Heads
Schools affiliated to CBSE
(Through CBSE website)
Subject: Strict Adherence to last Date for Direct Admission and Change of Subjects for Classes X & XII
Madam/Sir,
You are aware that it is the responsibility of CBSE, School Management, Principal, School Staff, Parents and students to conduct the Board Examinations in a fair, transparent, and time-bound manner.
In order to ensure the smooth functioning and timely execution of various preparatory processes involved in the conduct of the examinations, it is essential that all affiliated schools and stakeholders strictly adhere to the prescribed timelines and guidelines issued by the Board.
In this context, the following instructions are being issued regarding Direct Admissions in Classes X and XII, and requests for Change of Subject.
1. DIRECT ADMISSION
| S.No. | Activity | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Direct admission of students in Class X/XII by the schools | Up to 31st August, 2025 |
| 2. | Schools to compile all such admissions cases in Tabular Form (separately for Class X and Class XII) supported with documents as mentioned above. | To be sent to concerned Regional Office through Harkara so as to reach by 2nd September, 2025 |
| 3. | Last date of according approvals by Regional Offices, CBSE | 15th September, 2025 |
| 4. | In case of direct admissions after 31st August based on transfer of parent who is a Government Employee. | To be sent to concerned Regional Office so as to reach within 02 days of Admission through Harkara |
2. SUBJECT CHANGE
| S.No. | Activity | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Subject Change request of students in Class X/XII by the schools | 31st August 2025 |
| 2. | Schools to compile all such admissions cases in Tabular Form (separately for Class X and Class XII) supported with documents as mentioned above. | To be sent to concerned Regional Office through Harkara so as to reach by 2nd September, 2025 |
| 3. | Last date of according approvals by Regional Offices, CBSE | 15th September, 2025 |
All cases will be processed as per Standard Operating Procedures issued by the CBSE.
As you are aware that 04 new Regional Offices have been established by the CBSE and these will also start functioning from 01.09.2025, however, direct admission and subject change cases if any now will be sent to the parent Regional Offices as mentioned in the table given below:
| New Regional Office | Parent Regional Office |
| Lucknow | Prayagraj |
| Gurugram | Panchkula |
| Ranchi | Patna |
| Raipur | Bhubaneswar |
Beside new Regional Offices, CBSE has also established three Sub-Regional Offices under the Guwahati Regional Office at Agartala, Itanagar and Gangtok. Direct admission and subject change cases of these three Sub Regional Offices for 2025-26 will also be sent to Guwahati Regional Office.
All tasks of follow up of LOC for class X/XII, will accordingly be taken up by the newly functional Regional Offices as per the jurisdiction of the respective Regional Offices of the Board as listed in Annexure-A.
In view of above, it is once again reiterated that no cases of direct admission or subject change case should be entertained by the schools after 31st August 2025.
Accordingly, Principal/Heads of Institutions are solely responsible for ensuring that all admissions and subject-related changes are completed in accordance with the Board norms and within the stipulated time frame.
Sd/-
(Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj)
Controller of Examinations
ANNEXURE-A
JURISDICTION OF THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE BOARD
| SR.NO | REGION NAME | STATES/UT’S/AREAS COVERED |
| 1 | AJMER | Gujarat & Rajasthan |
| 2 | BHUBANESWAR | Odisha & West Bengal |
| 3 | CHANDIGARH | Punjab, UT of Chandigarh, UT of Jammu & Kashmir, UT of Ladakh |
| 4 | DELHI EAST | East Delhi, South East Delhi, South Delhi, South West Delhi, New Delhi, North East Delhi Shahdara |
| 5 | PUNE | Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
| 6 | GUWAHATI | Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram |
| 7 | PANCHKULA | Ambala, Fatehabad, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Sirsa and Yamunanagar and Himachal Pradesh |
| 8 | BENGALURU | Karnataka |
| 9 | BHOPAL | Madhya Pradesh |
| 10 | CHENNAI | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 11 | NOIDA | Agra, Aligarh, Amroha, Baghpat, Badaun, Bulandshahar, Etah, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Hathras, Kasganj / Kashi Ram Nagar, Mathura, Meerut and Sambhal |
| 12 | PATNA | Bihar |
| 13 | PRAYAGRAJ | Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Ballia, Basti, Bhadohi, Chandauli, Chitrkoot, Deoria, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Kaushambi, Kushi Nagar, Maharajganj, Mau, Mirjapur, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharth Nagar, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur, Varanasi |
| 14 | TRIVANDRUM | Kerala & Lakshadweep |
| 15 | DEHRADUN | Uttarakhand and Districts of Uttar Pradesh – Bareilly, Bijnour, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Saharanpur and Shamli |
| 16 | VIJAYAWADA | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana |
| 17 | DELHI-WEST | West Delhi, North West Delhi, North Delhi, and Central Delhi |
| 18 | GURUGRAM | Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Gurugram, Jhajjar, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sonipat and Palwal |
| 19 | LUCKNOW | Amethi, Auraiya, Ayodhya, Bahraich, Balrampur, Banda, Barabanki, Etawah, Farukkhabad, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Gonda,Hamirpur, Hardoi, Jalaun, Jhansi, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Mohaba, Mainpuri, Pilibhit, Raebareli, Shahjahanpur, Shraswati, Sitapur, Unnao |
| 20 | RAIPUR | Chattisgarh |
| 21 | RANCHI |
Jharkhand |
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