Karnataka SSLC & 2nd PUC Exam Time Table 2027: KSEAB Final Dates for Exam 1 and Exam 2

KSEAB has released the final 2027 timetables. 2nd PUC Exam 1 runs from 27 February to 18 March 2027, and SSLC Exam 1 from 22 March to 5 April 2027. Exam 2 follows in May: 2nd PUC from 3 to 15 May, SSLC from 24 to 31 May. All four timetables are dated 29 October 2026 and replace the tentative version of 8 October.

Against the tentative timetable, one Exam 1 date moved. 2nd PUC History, listed for 16 March in the tentative version, is now on 18 March and closes Exam 1. The SSLC Exam 1 dates for core subjects and languages did not change.

The bigger story is the gap between papers. Exam 1 gives students at least two free days before each core subject. Exam 2 squeezes the same papers into 6 to 11 days, and SSLC Exam 2 has no free day at all. The day-by-day counts are further down.

2nd PUC exam date 2027: Exam 1 subject-wise time table

• 27 February (Saturday): Kannada, Arabic
• 1 March (Monday): English
• 2 March (Tuesday): Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Urdu, Sanskrit, French
• 3 March (Wednesday): Geography, Psychology
• 4 March (Thursday): Sociology, Physics
• 5 March (Friday): Accountancy
• 8 March (Monday): Chemistry, Education, Basic Maths
• 9 March (Tuesday): Economics, Geology
• 11 March (Thursday): Hindustani Music and the vocational subjects (IT, Retail, Automobile, Health Care, Beauty and Wellness, Electronics and Hardware, Apparels Made-ups and Home Furnishing), 10:00 am to 12:15 pm
• 12 March (Friday): Business Studies, Mathematics
• 13 March (Saturday): Optional Kannada, Logic, Home Science
• 15 March (Monday): Political Science, Biology, Computer Science
• 16 March (Tuesday): Statistics, Electronics
• 17 March (Wednesday): Hindi
• 18 March (Thursday): History

Every other paper runs from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. KSEAB lists 6 March (Mahashivarathri) and 10 March (Ramzan) as holidays. Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Electronics and Home Science papers are out of 70; most others are out of 80.

SSLC exam time table 2027 Karnataka state board

• 22 March (Monday): First Language, 10:00 am to 1:15 pm
• 25 March (Thursday): Science and Political Science in the morning; Hindustani and Carnatic Music from 2:00 to 5:15 pm
• 27 March (Saturday): Second Language (English or Kannada), 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
• 30 March (Tuesday): Mathematics, Sociology
• 2 April (Friday): Third Language, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; NSQF vocational subjects, 10:00 am to 12:15 pm
• 3 April (Saturday): JTS subjects, Economics
• 5 April (Monday): Social Science

26 March is a holiday for Good Friday. The 3 hours 15 minutes for First Language and core subjects include 15 minutes to read the paper. Second and third languages get 2 hours 45 minutes of writing plus the same 15 minutes. Political Science, Sociology, Economics and the two Music papers are alternate subjects for differently abled candidates, who also get 60 extra minutes on a 3-hour paper.

How many days gap between papers in Exam 1 and Exam 2?

Counted from the final timetables for a student whose languages are Kannada and English, with free days meaning days without a paper of their own:

• 2nd PUC Science (PCMB): Exam 1 spreads six papers over 17 days, with two or three free days before Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology. Exam 2 fits them into 10 days: one free day before Chemistry, Physics and Maths, and none before Biology, which comes the day after Kannada.
• 2nd PUC Commerce (Accountancy, Business Studies, Economics, Statistics): 18 days in Exam 1, with two or three free days before each subject. 11 days in Exam 2, where Accountancy falls the day after Kannada and Statistics the day after English.
• 2nd PUC Arts (History, Economics, Political Science, Sociology): the longest Exam 1, at 20 days, with five free days before Political Science. Exam 2 takes 11 days, and History sits the day after Political Science.
• SSLC: Exam 1 has six papers over 15 days with one or two free days before each. Exam 2 puts all six on consecutive days, 24 to 29 May, with no gap at all.

Source: KSEAB final 2027 timetables for II PUC and SSLC Exam 1 and Exam 2, dated 29 October 2026; Gradehunt analysis.

So Exam 2 is a real second chance, but a hard one to revise for during the exam week. Treat Exam 1 as your main attempt. Use its gaps for one timed paper and error review per subject, not for reading chapters for the first time.

Karnataka Exam 2 time table 2027: 2nd PUC and SSLC

2nd PUC Exam 2, 3 to 15 May, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm:

• Science: Biology 4 May, Computer Science 5 May, Chemistry 6 May, Physics 8 May, Mathematics 10 May
• Commerce: Accountancy 4 May, Business Studies 7 May, Economics 10 May, Statistics 13 May
• Arts: Political Science 5 May, History 6 May, Sociology 13 May, Geography 14 May
• Languages: Kannada 3 May, Hindi 11 May, English 12 May, other languages 15 May; Hindustani Music and vocational subjects 15 May, 2:00 to 4:15 pm

SSLC Exam 2: First Language 24 May, Science 25 May, Second Language 26 May, Mathematics 27 May, Third Language and NSQF 28 May, Social Science 29 May, and JTS subjects with Economics on 31 May. Timings match Exam 1.

Is there an Exam 3 or a 1st PUC timetable for 2027?

No. KSEAB's 29 October notice covers Exam 1 and Exam 2 only, and no 2027 Exam 3 timetable was on kseab.karnataka.gov.in on 6 November 2026. The notices are for 2nd PUC and SSLC; they do not give 1st PUC annual exam dates.

What to do with these dates now

• 2nd PUC science: Physics is the first core paper on 4 March, three days after English. Check its chapter weightage in our 2nd PUC Physics syllabus guide and finish it before February.
• SSLC: Science comes on 25 March with only two free days after First Language. The Class 10 Science syllabus guide lists what the board paper covers.
• Arts students finish last, on 18 March. Do not let the long tail make History the least revised paper.

To practise on full board-style papers, Gradehunt's Karnataka Board test series covers SSLC and 2nd PUC. You write each paper by hand and upload it, and subject experts check it step by step within 48 hours of upload.

KSEAB has asked principals and headmasters to put the final timetable on their notice boards. If a date anywhere else differs, go by the PDF on kseab.karnataka.gov.in.