JKBOSE Winter-Zone Exams Start Monday: A Day-Before Checklist for Class 10, 11 and 12

The first paper is Monday, 19 October, at 11 am: Class 10 Mathematics. The October-November annual exams cover Kashmir Division, the winter-zone areas of Jammu Division and Ladakh, and every paper starts at 11 am. Students in Jammu's summer-zone areas are not part of this round; the date sheet applies to winter-zone schools only.

The night before

1. Admit card. Your centre is printed on it, and you must carry it on every exam day for identity checks. Read the instructions printed on the back.
2. Leave it outside. Written papers, electronic gadgets, mobile phones, headphones and Bluetooth devices are not allowed in the centre.
3. Reach the centre once, early. If the centre is new to you, work out the route before the first paper.

Dates worth circling

• Class 10: Mathematics 19 Oct; Urdu/Hindi 22 Oct; Science 27 Oct; English 31 Oct; Social Science 4 Nov; Computer Science 18 Nov.
• Class 12: Mathematics 21 Oct; Geography 24 Oct (Science, Arts); Physics 28 Oct; General English 2 Nov; Chemistry 5 Nov; Accountancy and Biology 14 Nov; last papers 21 Nov.
• Class 11: starts 29 Oct with Biology, Botany and Zoology, Statistics and Accountancy; General English 3 Nov; Physics 7 Nov; Chemistry 12 Nov; Mathematics 26 Nov; last papers 30 Nov.

Subject groups differ by stream, so check your own faculty's row in the full date sheet. Dates for external and vocational practicals will be issued separately by the respective Joint Secretaries and had not been announced in the coverage we read.

For the headline schedule and earlier notices, see JKBOSE Date Sheet 2026: Class 10 Starts October 19, Class 12 on October 21.

Sources: Careers360, JKBOSE annual exam date sheet; official site jkbose.jk.gov.in.