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NIOS Exam Date 2025 for April Exams (Out): Class 10, 12 Theory Date Sheet PDF

NIOS Exam Date 2025 for April Exams (Out): Class 10, 12 Theory Date Sheet PDF

Edited By Mallika Thaledder | Updated on Apr 10, 2025 05:51 PM IST
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The National Institute of Open School (NIOS) released the NIOS theory exam date sheet 2025 for the April session on March 19, 2025. The NIOS 10th, 12th theory exams are being held from April 9 to May 19, 2025. Earlier, the board released the NIOS practical date sheet for Classes 10 and 12 on February 21, 2025. The NIOS practical exams for the April session were held from March 17 to April 1, 2025. Students can download the NIOS 2025 date sheet from the official website, sdmis.nios.ac.in. Alternatively, click on the direct download links provided below:
NIOS Theory Exam Date Sheet 2025 PDF Link
NIOS Practical Date Sheet 2025

This Story also Contains
  1. NIOS Class 10th, 12th Exam Date Sheet 2025 - Important Dates
  2. NIOS Exam Dates 2025 for April Session
  3. NIOS Exam Dates 2025 for October Session - Important Dates
  4. NIOS Admission Date 2025
  5. NIOS Exam Fees Payment Dates
  6. NIOS Exam Dates 2025 for On-Demand Exams
NIOS Exam Date 2025 for April Exams (Out): Class 10, 12 Theory Date Sheet PDF
NIOS Exam Date 2025 for April Exams (Out): Class 10, 12 Theory Date Sheet PDF

The NIOS October session date sheet will be released in September. The 2025 NIOS exam dates are released in a PDF format. It includes information such as exam dates, exam times and exam day instructions. Scroll to the bottom to learn more about the NIOS exam dates 2025.

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NIOS Class 10th, 12th Exam Date Sheet 2025 - Important Dates

Below, we have provided the NIOS Class 10th and NIOS Class 12th date sheets for both practical and theory exams to help students stay updated on the exam dates.

ParticularsDates
Practical timetable release dateFebruary 21, 2025
NIOS admit card date for PracticalMarch 13, 2025
Practical exam datesMarch 17 to April 1, 2025
Theory timetable release dateMarch 19, 2025
NIOS Theory admit card release dateApril 2, 2025
NIOS theory exam datesApril 9 to May 19, 2025
NIOS result declaration dateJune 2025

NIOS Exam Dates 2025 for April Session

Students who applied for the NIOS exam 2025 can go through the table below for the April session exam. We have provided a NIOS theory and practical date sheets for Class 10th and 12th exams.

NIOS Class 10th Practical Exam Dates 2025 (April Session)

Exam Dates
Practical Subjects
March 17 to 20, 2025Science Technology, Home Science, Carnatic Sangeet, Folk Art
March 21 to 24, 2025Maths, Hindustani Music, Data Entry Operations, Painting, Natyakala
March 25 to 28, 2025Cutting and Tailoring, Dress Making, Beauty culture and care, Certificate in Indian embroidery, Beauty therapy
March 29 to April 1, 2025Hair care and styling, Hand and foot care, Bakery and confectionery, Certificate in basic computing, Certificate in desktop publishing, Certificate in Yoga, Indian Sign Language

NIOS Class 12th Practical Date Sheet 2025 (April Session)

Exam DatesPractical subjects

March 17 to 20, 2025

Home Science, Biology, Geography, Painting, Computer Science, Communication, Early Childhood Care and Education

March 21 to 24, 2025

Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Physical Education and Yog, Data Entry Operations, Library and Information Science, Natyakala

March 25 to 28, 2025

House Keeping, Catering Management, Food Processing, Hotel Front Office Operations, Preservation of fruits and vegetables, Web designing and development

March 29 to April 1, 2025

Computer and office applications, Data Entry Operations, Web Developments, IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software, Computer Hardware Assembly and Maintenance, Yog Assistant

NIOS Class 10th Exam Date Sheet for Theory Exams (April Session)

Exam DatesSubject Name

April 9, 2025

Entrepreneurship

April 11, 2025

Bhartiya Darshan, Certificate in Indian Embroidery, Hand and Foot Care

April 16, 2025

Folk Art

April 19, 2025

Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Assamese, Nepali, Malayalam, Odia, Arabic, Persian, Tamil, Sindhi

April 21, 2025

Indian Culture and Heritage

April 22, 2025

Psychology

April 23, 2025

Mathematics

April 24, 2025

Social Science

April 25, 2025

Data Entry Operations

April 28, 2025

Hindi

May 2, 2025

Painting

May 3, 2025

English

May 5, 2025

Science & Technology

May 6, 2025

Home Science

May 7, 2025

Urdu, Sanskrit

May 8, 2025

Business Studies

May 13, 2025

Economics, Indian Sign Language

May 14, 2025

Bakery and Confectionery, Cutting and Tailoring, Dress Making, Certificate in Desktop Publishing, Certificate in Yog, Certificate in Basic Computing(theory), Beauty Culture and Hair Care, Hair Care and Styling

May 15, 2025

Accountancy, Sanskrit Vyakaran, Beauty Therapy

May 17, 2025Hindustani Sangeet, Veda Adhyayan, Natyakala
May 19, 2025Carnatic Sangeet, Employability Skills, and Sanskrit Sahitya

NIOS Class 12th Exam Date Sheet for Theory Exams (April Session)

Exam DatesSubjects
April 9, 2025Bharatiya Darshan
April 11, 2025Early Childhood Care and Education

April 19, 2025

Geography

April 21, 2025

Bengali/ Gujarati/ Punjabi/ Malayalam/ Odiya/ Arabic/ Persian/ Tamil/ Sindhi

April 22, 2025

English

April 23, 2025

Chemistry, Political Science, Mass Communication, Military Studies

April 24, 2025

Computer Science, Physical Education and Yog, Sociology, Tourism

April 25, 2025

Physics, History, Library and Inform. Science, Environmental Science

April 28, 2025

Accountancy, Biology, Introduction to Law, Military History

May 2, 2025

Hindi, Employability Skills and Entrepreneurship

May 3, 2025

Painting (Theory)

May 5, 2025

Mathematics

May 6, 2025

Business Studies, Sanskrit Sahitya

May 7, 2025

Data Entry Operations

May 8, 2025

Home Science

May 13, 2025

Economics

May 14, 2025

Housekeeping, Hotel front office operations, Food processing, Preservation of fruits and vegetables, Web development, CRM, domestic voice, Gender Studies

May 15, 2025

Catering management, computer and office applications, data entry operations, Web design and development, computer hardware assembly and main, Yog assistant

May 17, 2025

Urdu, Sanskrit, NatyaKala

May 19, 2025

Psychology, Sanskrit Vyakaran

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NIOS 10th Exam Timings

The students need to reach the examination hall at least 30 minutes before the commencement of the examination. On the exam day, students will receive an extra 15 minutes for reading from 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm before the start of the exam. This additional reading time is provided for the students so that they can carefully examine the question paper without writing any answers during this period. The NIOS exam will be conducted from 2:15 pm to 5:30 pm.

NIOS Exam Dates 2025 for October Session - Important Dates

Below, we have provided the tentative NIOS 2025 exam date sheet for the October session for all the subjects. The NIOS exams are expected to be held in the third week of October 2025. Check out the tentative Class 10th and 12th NIOS date sheet 2025.

Particulars

Tentative Dates

Theory timetable release date

October 2025

Practical timetable release date

August 2025

Practical admit card date

September 2025

Practical exam dates

September to October 2025

NIOS Theory admit card release date

October 2025

NIOS theory exam dates for 10th

October to November 2025

NIOS theory exam dates for 12th

October to November 2025

NIOS result declaration date

December 2025

Tentative NIOS Exam Date 2025 Class 10 October (Practical Exams)

Tentative Dates

Practical Subjects

September 20 to 23, 2025

Science, technology, home science, Carnatic sangeet, Folk art

September 24 to 27, 2025

Painting, Maths, Hindustani Music, data entry operations

September 28 to October 1, 2025

Cutting and tailoring, dressmaking, Beauty culture and care, certificate in Indian embroidery, beauty therapy

October 3 to 7, 2025

Hair care and styling, Hand and foot care, Bakery and confectionery, a certificate in basic computing, a certificate in desktop publishing, a certificate in yoga

Tentative NIOS Practical Exam Date 2025 Class 12 October Session

Tentative DatesPractical subjects

September 20 to 23, 2025

Home Science, Biology, Geography, Painting, Computer Science, Communication, Early childhood care and education

September 24 to 27, 2025

Environmental Science, Physical Education, and Yog Physics, Chemistry, environmental science, physical education and yoga, data entry operations, library and information, science, Chemistry, Physics

September 28 to October 1, 2025

Food processing, Hotel front office operations, preservation of fruits and vegetables, web designing and development, Housekeeping, catering management

October 3 to 7, 2025

Computer and office applications, data entry operations, web development, IT essentials, CRM domestic voice, computer hardware assembly and maintenance.

NIOS 10th Class Date Sheet 2025 for Theory Exams (October Session)

Tentative DatesSubject Name

October 22, 2025

Employability Skills

Carnatic Sangeet

October 23, 2025

Accountancy

Beauty Therapy

October 24, 2025

Business Studies

Bhartiya Darshan

October 25, 2025

Indian Culture and Heritage

October 28, 2025

Hindi

October 29, 2025

Data Entry Operations

November 4, 2025

Mathematics

November 5, 2025

Psychology

Sanskrit Sahitya

November 6, 2025

Painting

November 11, 2025

Social Science

November 13, 2025

English

November 14, 2025

Science and Technology

November 19, 2025

Home Science

November 21, 2025

Economics, Veda Adhyayan, Natyakala, Indian Sign Language

November 25, 2025

Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Assamese, Nepali, Malayalam, Odia, Arabic, Persian, Tamil, Sindhi,

November 26, 2025

Urdu, Sanskrit Vyakaran, Folk Art

November 27, 2025

Certificate in Basic Computing(theory), Cutting and Tailoring, Dress Making, Beauty Culture and Hair Care, Certificate in Yog, Certificate in Desktop Publishing, Bakery and Confectionery, Hand and Foot Care

November 28, 2025

Sanskrit, Certificate in Indian Embroidery, Hair Care and Styling

November 29, 2025

Hindustani Sangeet

NIOS Theory Exam Class 12th Date Sheet 2025 (October Session)

Tentative Dates

Subjects

October 22, 2025

Sanskrit, Early Childhood Care, and Education, Employability Skills and Entrepreneurship

October 23, 2025

Urdu, Sanskrit

Natyakala

October 24, 2025

Psychology, Sanskrit Sahitya

October 25, 2025

Home Science

October 28, 2025

Bengali, Tamil, Odiya, Gujarati, Punjabi, Arabic, Persian, Malayalam, Sindhi

October 29 2025

English

November 4, 2025

Computer Science, Physical Education and Yog, Sociology, Bhartia Darshan, Tourism

November 5, 2025

Chemistry, Political Science, Mass Communication, Military Studies

November 6 2025

Biology, Accountancy, Introduction to Law, Sanskrit Vyakaran, Military History

November 11, 2025

Hindi

November 13, 2025

Computer Science, Physical Education and Yog, Sociology, Tourism

November 14, 2025

Painting

November 19, 2025

Maths, Gender Studies

November 21, 2025

Business Studies, Bharatiya Darshan

November 25, 2025

Geography

November 26, 2025

Data Entry Operations (Th)

November 27, 2025

House Keeping, Data Entry Operations, Web Development, CRM Domestic Voice, Catering Management, Hotel Front Office Operations, Computer and Office Applications

November 28, 2025

Food Processing, Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables,

Computer Hardware Assembly and Maintenance

Web Designing and Development, Yog Assistant

November 29, 2025

Economics

NIOS Admission Date 2025

Students applying for NIOS admission must fill out the NIOS registration form 2025. They must stay updated with the dates and submit the form before the last date. The last date to submit the NIOS application form without a late fee for the April session will be in July 2025, while for the October session, students will be able to apply from September 2025 to January 2026, tentatively.

NIOS Exam Fees Payment Dates

The NIOS exam fee payment dates are released by the board. Students can check all important dates related to the NIOS exam, April fee and October fee from the tables below. The dates provided are tentative. The table will be updated as soon as the dates are released officially:

NIOS April 2025 Exam Fees Dates

Particulars

Exam fees

Without late fees

November 21 to December 20, 2024

For all learners with a late fee of INR 150/- per subject

December 21 to December 31, 2024

For all learners with a consolidated late fee of INR 1600/- per learner

January 1 to January 10, 2025

NIOS October 2025 Exam Fee Dates

Particulars

Exam fees

Without late fees

June 7 to July 6, 2025

For all learners with a late fee of INR 150/- per subject

July 7 to 16, 2025

For all learners with a consolidated late fee of INR 1600/- per learner

July 17 to 26, 2025

NIOS Exam Dates 2025 for On-Demand Exams

The NIOS board provides the on-demand exam facility, allowing students to take their exams whenever they want.

  • The admissions for NIOS on-demand exams are held all year round.
  • There are ODE exams every month except April, May, October, and November, which are public examination months.
  • To take the ODE, students must register online and select the NIOS exam dates that work best for them.
  • According to the NIOS timetable 2025, results for on-demand tests will be published 45 days after the examination.
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NIOS Result Date 2025

NIOS will announce the NIOS 10th and 12th results of the April examinations in June 2025, while the October exam results for classes 10 and 12 will be announced in December 2025, tentatively.

  • NIOS 10th exam results and NIOS 12th exam results will be made available online on the official website, nios.ac.in and results.nios.ac.in.
  • Students need to enter their details along with a captcha code in the result login window to access their 10th and 12th NIOS results.

After the board exam result announcement, the NIOS compartment exam date 2025 will be released for students who failed in main examination.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Are the NIOS exam dates same for Classes 10 and 12?

No, all subjects have different NIOS exam dates for the 10th and 12th classes. But, both classes' exams are organised during the same period.

2. Can I take the NIOS exam more than once?

NIOS exam can be taken a maximum of nine times by students during an admission period.

3. From where can I download the latest NIOS exam dates 2025?

Students can check and download the NIOS date sheet 2025 from the official websites, sdmis.nios.ac.in and nios.ac.in.

4. What is the date of the NIOS practical exam 2025 April?

NIOS practical exams were held from March 17 to April 1, 2025.

5. When will the NIOS Theory exams start for Classes 10 and 12?

The NIOS theory exams for classes 10 and 12 are being held from April 9 to May 19, 2025.

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