Karnataka Board 2027: Timetable Out, Object by 22 Oct

Karnataka Board 2027: Your Timetable Is Out — and for Two More Days, You Can Object to It

Karnataka is in a position no other large board offers its students this year: the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) published its provisional SSLC and II PUC timetables for 2027 on 8 October 2026, and it is formally inviting objections to them — from students and parents, not just schools — until 22 October 2026. That deadline is two days from the date of this page. If a date clashes with something immovable in your life, this week is when saying so can still change it. After 22 October, KSEAB reviews the objections and issues the final timetable, and the dates stop being negotiable.

The provisional 2027 schedule

Karnataka's two-sitting structure needs explaining, because it is not a "main exam plus supplementary" in the usual sense. Exam 1 is the full regular sitting. Exam 2, held in May, serves absentees and repeaters and — where board rules allow — students improving a result; it is built into the calendar from the start rather than announced as an afterthought. For planning, Exam 1 is the sitting that matters: college and Class 11 admission timelines run off it, and Exam 2 exists as a safety net, not a strategy.

Within the SSLC Exam 1 window, the provisional subject order reported from KSEAB's schedule is: First Language on 22 March, Science on 25 March, Second Language on 27 March, Mathematics on 30 March, Third Language on 2 April, and Social Science closing the examination on 5 April 2027, with JTS/economics subjects on 3 April. Notice the spacing: three-day gaps before Science and Mathematics. That is deliberate revision room — and it is exactly the kind of spacing an objection can disturb, which is why checking the provisional order now, rather than after it hardens, is worth ten minutes.

The two deadlines that fall before any exam

22 October 2026 — objections close. Objections go by email: [email protected] for SSLC and [email protected] for II PUC. A useful objection names the examination, the paper and the date, and states the concrete problem — a clash, an impossible interval between two heavy papers, a religious or medical constraint affecting many students. "Dates are inconvenient" changes nothing; a documented clash can.

11 November 2026 — school submission deadline. SSLC Exam 1 registration is done by schools through the KSEAB login: principals of government, aided and unaided schools upload eligible students' details, and the online submission must be complete by 11 November 2026. Students do not register themselves, which makes the student's one job verification: confirm with your school office that your name, date of birth, subjects and photograph/signature records have been uploaded correctly before that date, because the admit card and the result both print from this data. Private fresh candidates and repeaters follow the separate procedure published on kseab.karnataka.gov.in.

How Karnataka's calendar compares — and why SSLC starts late

An SSLC start of 22 March looks late next to boards that begin in February, until you place II PUC in front of it: Karnataka sequences Class 12 first (27 February) and Class 10 after (22 March), so the two examinations share centres, invigilators and evaluation staff without colliding. The practical consequence for SSLC students is a longer runway — roughly five more weeks of preparation than a UP or MP Class 10 student gets — and the risk that comes with it: February feels like exam season everywhere else, and Karnataka SSLC students who pace themselves by other boards' urgency either peak too early or drift. Anchor your plan to your own first paper: First Language, 22 March, with timed practice in the 10 AM–1:15 PM slot from February onward, so your alertness peaks when your papers actually sit.

What happens next

After the objection window closes on 22 October, expect KSEAB to publish the final timetable — treat any date that moves between the provisional and final versions as the whole point of the exercise, and re-check your personal list against the final PDF on kseab.karnataka.gov.in rather than assuming the provisional dates survived. Hall tickets follow through schools closer to the exams. Results in Karnataka's recent pattern follow some weeks after each sitting; KSEAB has announced no 2027 result dates, and none are claimed here.

The summary a Karnataka student actually needs today is short: your provisional dates are real but not final, your objection window closes 22 October 2026, your school's registration submission closes 11 November 2026, and II PUC starts 27 February while SSLC starts 22 March 2027. Every other board page on the internet can wait — those four facts are this month.

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