Assam High School Leaving Certificate Examination (Assam HSLC)

Assam High School Leaving Certification Examination (HSLC) is conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA). The Assam 10^th Board exams are conducted for Maths, English, Social Science, Hindi, Assamese and General Science from the third week of February to the second week of March. The application process usually starts in the month of November. The offline exams (paper-pencil based) are conducted in two sessions – Morning (9 am to 12 noon) and Afternoon (1.30 pm to 4.30 pm). The Assam Board 10th result is declared online and also shared with the students via SMS. Approximately 3 lakh students appear for the exams. 

One of the best ways to prepare for the Assam high school leaving certificate exam is solving the last years' question papers or sample papers available. It allows the students to understand the exam pattern or structure, marking scheme, types of questions, and difficulty level of the exam. 

The students can also take help of their school or tuition teachers to analyse their performance in the sample papers. It will help them understand their strong and weak areas.

Candidates must have cleared 9^th standard and studying the 10^th standard from a SEBA affiliated school in order to be eligible for Assam HSLC exam. They also need to fulfill the attendance criteria as specified by the Assam Board in class 10th.

Candidates are also required to pay the examination fee along with all other dues within the prescribed date in order to be eligible to appear for the Assam Board class 10 exam. 

Only candidates whose application for the exam are accepted by the board/school and have received the admit card will be allowed to write the exam.

Mode of Application : Offline

Mode of Payment : Other

The application process for Assam 10th Board exam will start in the month of November. Candidates would be able to apply online by filling in the application form along with the requisite examination fee. The board will provide the personalised login credentials to every school through which candidates would be able to login and do the application formalities. 

The candidates who belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category will not have to pay any examination fee except the centre fee.

Candidates need to appear for both theory as well as practical exams. The duration of each exam is 3 hours (180 minutes) and the total marks for all the Assam HSLC exams are 600. 

The list of subjects includes Sanskrit, English, MIL English, Hindi, Social science, General science, Fine arts, Nepali, Textile Design and Clothing, Assamese, General Mathematics, Bengali, Arabic Literature, Garment Designing, Advanced Mathematics, Arabic, Persian, History, Geography, Agriculture, Home Science, Manipuri, Bodo, Music, Dance, Computer Science, Wood Craft, Cane and Bamboo Technology.

A SEBA notification says that 30% questions in the Assam Board 10th exam are easy, 50% are average while 20% questions are tough.

The board will release the admit card in the month of February. Candidates can collect the admit card from their respective schools. The admit cards are first sent to the zones and further distributed to the schools. 

The Assam HSLC admit card is a must-have document to appear for the exams. No school will allow the candidates to write the exams without admit card. 

The admit card mentions the candidate’s roll number, exam name and code, registration number other important details. 

SEBA will release the Assam 10th Board exam results in the last week of May, 2019. 

To check the result online, candidates need to use their roll number. The board will issue the original marksheet and passing certificate after the declaration of the result. 

The board allows the students to put request for re-evaluation within 15 days from the date of the result.