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NEW DELHI: CBSE will conduct class X and XII board exams from February 17 next year, officials announced Wednesday, unveiling a tentative date sheet for the country's largest school-level examination exercise. In a significant first, the class X exam will be held twice in the same academic year. CBSE examination controller Sanyam Bhardwaj said the class X exam will be conducted first between Feb 17 and March 6, and for the second time from May 15 to June 1. The second phase will be optional, meant for students who wish to improve their performance. If a student appears in both sessions, the better of the two scores will be retained. "The second session will effectively double up as a supplementary exam. Hence, no separate supplementary exams will be conducted under this new system

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