Kerala Board 2027: SSLC & Plus Two Date Sheet Status

Kerala Board 2027: who runs it, and what is actually known so far

Kerala does not have one single board office handling everything. The SSLC (Class 10) exams are run by the Kerala Board of Public Examinations through Pareeksha Bhavan — the Commissioner of Government Examinations. The Plus Two (Class 12) and Plus One (Class 11) exams are run by the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, or DHSE. This split matters because the two bodies publish separate timetables on separate websites, and a lot of the confusion students face comes from mixing the two up.

As of October 2026, neither body has published the 2027 exam timetable. That is the honest status. Kerala's board exam dates are typically announced around October–November of the previous year — the 2026 dates were announced on 31 October 2025 — so the 2027 announcement should land in a similar window. Until it does, anyone showing you a "Kerala Board 2027 date sheet" screenshot is showing you a guess, and you should treat it that way.

What the last cycle looked like — your best planning reference

The 2026 cycle is the closest thing you have to a template, because Kerala is remarkably consistent in its March examination window:

• SSLC (Class 10): 5 March to 30 March 2026, single morning shift, papers starting at 9:30 AM. Papers with practical components ran 9:30–11:45 AM; theory-heavy papers ran 9:30 AM–12:15 PM.
• Plus One (Class 11): 5 March to 27 March 2026.
• Plus Two (Class 12): 6 March to 28 March 2026, opening with Physics, Sociology and Anthropology.
• Model exams: 16–20 February 2026 for all three classes — Kerala's model exams are a genuine rehearsal, not a formality, and schools take the valuation seriously.
• Practical exams (Plus One/Two): from 22 January 2026, with exact dates set by individual schools.
• Registration forms: the 2026 application window closed on 25 November 2025, and roughly nine lakh students appeared across Plus One and Plus Two.

Notice the pattern: theory exams in March, practicals in late January to February, forms in November. If you are a 2027 candidate, that is the rhythm to plan around — but the 2027 dates themselves must come from the official notice when it lands.

Eligibility and the rules that actually trip students

Kerala's attendance rule is the one that quietly destroys more academic years than any exam: students need at least 75% attendance to sit the board exams. Schools report this, and there is little room for negotiation at the end of the year.

Registration happens through your school — Kerala board forms are not something students file individually on a portal the way entrance-exam forms work. Your school collects details, photographs and the exam fee, and submits to Pareeksha Bhavan (SSLC) or DHSE (Plus Two). What this means for you: the school is your deadline. Find out from your class teacher when the school's internal deadline is, because it will be days before the board's published last date, and late submission means a late fee at minimum.

How to download the real timetable when it is released

• For SSLC: go to pareekshabhavan.kerala.gov.in and look for the SSLC examination 2027 timetable notice or the "latest notifications" section. The detailed PDF also appears on sslcexam.kerala.gov.in in most cycles.
• For Plus One/Plus Two: go to dhsekerala.gov.in and find the higher secondary examination 2027 notification.
• Download the PDF — do not rely on a summarised table on any news site. The official PDF carries exam codes, the exact shift timings, and any stream-specific notes (some Plus Two subjects run in an evening shift, 2:00–4:45 PM or 2:00–4:15 PM).
• Match the PDF against your own subjects, including your specific language combinations — Kerala's language options (Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu, Sanskrit) mean a generic timetable can mislead you on which paper is on which day.

Hall tickets, model papers and results

Hall tickets are issued through schools, typically a few weeks before the exams (the 2026 cycle had Plus Two hall tickets from 15 January 2026 and Plus One from 16 February 2026). You collect the physical hall ticket from your school — there is no student self-download system for Kerala board hall tickets, so if your school hasn't distributed them two weeks before the first paper, ask.

Model papers follow the board's published scheme of examination; your best source is the model exams your own school conducts in February, plus previous years' question papers from the board sites.

Results are declared online on the board portals, usually in May. SSLC results need a minimum of 33% in each subject and in aggregate to pass. After results come the supplementary (SAY — Save A Year) exams for those who didn't clear one or more papers, and the scrutiny/revaluation window. The SAY exams are the real second chance — if you fail a paper, the supplementary round is weeks away, not a year away, so don't write off the year on result day.

Common mistakes Kerala board students make

• Trusting forwarded timetable screenshots instead of downloading the official PDF. Cropped images go missing-paper wrong every single year.
• Ignoring the 75% attendance rule until February, when it is too late to fix.
• Missing the school's internal form deadline — the board's last date is not your last date.
• Treating model exams casually. Kerala's model papers mirror the final paper pattern closely; the students who take February seriously walk into March calmer.
• For Plus Two: not checking shift timings. Evening-shift papers exist, and arriving at 9:30 AM for a 2:00 PM paper is a mistake you only make once.

What to do right now for 2027

If you are appearing in 2027: confirm with your school that your registration details are correct (name spelling as per your Class 10 certificate — this is what appears on your Plus Two certificate too), keep your attendance above 75%, finish the syllabus before the February model exams, and check pareekshabhavan.kerala.gov.in and dhsekerala.gov.in yourself in November — do not wait for someone to forward you the news. The 2027 timetable announcement is the single event this page is waiting for, and when it drops, this article should be updated with the real dates.

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