CBSE class 10 results 2026 declared: Here’s how to check scores
More than 13,600 students in UAE schools took the crucial exams this year
Dubai: India’s Central Board of Secondary Education declared the Class 10 board examination 2026 (Phase 1) results on Wednesday.
Students can check their results on the official websites - cbse.gov.in and results.cbse.nic.in - as well as on the UMANG app and DigiLocker.
In India, more than 2.5 million students reportedly took the crucial exams this year. In the UAE, 13,669 Grade 10 students enrolled for the exam, according to Dr Ram Shankar, Professor and Director of the CBSE Regional Office and Centre of Excellence in Dubai.
Traditionally, CBSE results are released around May. However, school principals said CBSE decided to declare the results early because of it needs to conduct the Phase 2 improvement exam in May.
School principals in the UAE confirmed to Gulf News that results have been released for the students here. Students and teachers are currently checking the DigiLocker app and other official websites to access them.
Many firsts this time
In a first for the board, no hard-copy mark sheets will be issued. This change applies not just to the UAE or the Gulf but to CBSE students worldwide.
Meanwhile, educators in the UAE are urging families not to read too much into the provisional figures.
The situation stems from a two-phase exam policy introduced by CBSE from 2026 which is entirely new. For the first time, the Board is offering all Class 10 students, in India and abroad, the opportunity to sit improvement examinations in up to three subjects and potentially boost their scores. Under this policy, the results declared now are provisional. The final mark sheet will only be issued after the second board examinations, expected to be held in May.
As per CBSE rules, students will be given five days after results are declared to apply and submit their List of Candidates (LOC) forms, including their choice of subjects for the second examination.
Alternative assessment in UAE
The CBSE students in the UAE are also navigating a separate, war-related complexity in how their marks were calculated.
CBSE cancelled all remaining Class 10 board examinations in the Middle East on March 5, 2026, following a critical review of the security situation caused by the US-Israel-Iran war across Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Only the papers held between February 17 and February 28 went ahead successfully, covering 44 subjects in total.
To calculate results for the missed papers, CBSE applied a category-wise formula. Students who sat four papers had missing subjects filled in using the average of their best three. Those who completed only three had remaining subjects calculated from the average of their best two. Students who managed just two examinations had those two averaged across all remaining papers.
With improvement exams now firmly on the table, schools in the UAE expect several students to opt in if they are not happy with the Phase 1 results.
Given that the results are provisional, a student who ranks highest today may choose to take an improvement exam and achieve a higher score. Hence, schools will not be in a position to finalise the top achievers unless students score 100 per cent marks.
