Schools have just over a week to put forward the names of Class 12 students who want a second shot at their board result. CBSE has opened the window for submitting the List of Candidates (LOC) for the Class 12 Supplementary Examination 2026, and the form starts going live from 30.06.2026 (Tuesday). The exam itself falls on 28 July 2026 (Tuesday).
This particular notice covers regular students only, the ones who sat the 2026 main board exams through a CBSE-affiliated school. Private candidates have a separate set of instructions on the board’s website.
Here’s the catch parents should know first. A student cannot sign up on their own. The school sponsors the name. So anyone placed in the compartment category, or hoping to improve a score, has to go back to the school they appeared from and ask to be entered.
The LOC goes in through the PARIKSHA SANGAM link on the CBSE site, https://cbse.gov.in. Schools log in with their affiliation number as the user ID and the password they already hold.
Who can apply
- Compartment (first chance): students who took Class 12 for the first time and were declared compartment.
- Improvement of Performance: candidates who passed after a subject replacement in the 2026 main exams.
- Improvement in one subject: students who passed the 2026 mains and want to better their marks in a single subject.
- Those who first appeared in 2025 and are on their third and final compartment chance can sit only as private candidates.
A student gets a maximum of three chances to clear an exam once placed in compartment. “Compartment” simply means a student failed in one subject but is allowed to reappear in just that paper instead of repeating the whole year. Improvement of performance can be taken in only one subject, and only one already written in the mains.
Dates, fees and how to pay
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| LOC window | 30.06.2026 (Tue) to 08.07.2026 (Wed) |
| Portal closes | 11.59 PM on the last day |
| Last date for fee | 08.07.2026 (Wed) |
| Exam date | 28 July 2026 (Tue) |
| Fee, schools in India | Rs.320 per subject |
| Fee, schools in Nepal | Rs.1100 per subject |
| Fee, schools outside India | Rs.2200 per subject |
Visually impaired Class 12 students don’t pay the exam fee. Payment is digital only, by debit card, credit card, net banking or UPI within India. There is no challan option this time, and if the LOC is filled but the fee doesn’t reach the board, the candidate won’t be allowed to sit.
One warning carries real weight. Schools must submit the LOC for every student in the compartment category, even ones they can’t reach. Leave a name out and that student loses the chance to appear, full stop.
A consolidated mark sheet goes only to those declared compartment in the 2026 boards who then pass the supplementary. The paper follows the 2025-26 syllabus already on the CBSE site. Admit card download dates will be announced later.
Schools should fix the names and clear payment well before 8 July. Nothing is accepted after the deadline, online or offline.