Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) of Odisha on Wednesday announced the detailed schedule for the Plus II examination-2026.
CHSE Chairman Mrunal Kanti Das said the examination will be held from February 18 to March 21. The exams will span 22 days across Arts, Commerce, Science, and Vocational streams. Practical examinations will be conducted from January 2 to 15.
Altogether 4,00,737 students have registered for the 2026 examinations. Admit cards will be issued on December 15. As many as 2,56,043 students will appear for the Arts stream, 1,14,238 for the Science stream, 24,533 for the Commerce stream, and 5,923 for the Vocational stream.
To ensure smooth conduct of the exams, CHSE has arranged over 1,350 examination centres and 210 exam hubs across the state. The hubs will be equipped with AI-assisted cameras, while practical exam centres will have webcast and live-streaming facilities. Last year 1,268 exam centres were arranged.
CHSE Controller of Examinations, Prasanta Kumar Parida, said every district will have two flying squad units, with three members in each unit, to monitor the examinations.
The Exams will be conducted in three phases. The first phase – internal examinations – will be held from December 22 to 31. This will be followed by the second phase, the Practical Examinations, scheduled from January 2 to 15. Students who miss the first round of internal exams will be given another opportunity to appear for them between January 10 and 15.
The theory examinations will begin at 10 am and conclude at 2 pm. Students must enter the exam hall 30 minutes before the commencement of the exam. Answer booklets will be distributed five minutes prior to the start of the test. Question papers will be dispatched to exam centres by February 15.
The results will be declared within 40 days of the completion of the examinations.
