KOHIMA, Sept 10: The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has notified that the filling up of forms for the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) and Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) Examinations 2026 will be held from September 22 to October 10, 2025. The notification applies to Regular, Repeater, and Compartmental candidates.
Students can access the NBSE portal nbsenl.edu.in to complete their applications. Institutions and centres must log in to verify the forms and pay the required examination fees for candidates within the given dates.
In a key change, NBSE announced that beginning with the 2026 exams, Regular Repeaters, Centre Repeaters, and Compartmental candidates will all be clubbed under a single category “Repeater.” Candidates must fill out their forms from the school where they last studied, and Heads of Centre Schools have been requested to provide guidance accordingly.
The Board also reminded Heads of Institutions that no Selection Tests should be conducted at Class X and XII levels to filter out weaker students. Instead, schools have been urged to provide remedial measures and special classes to help students improve.
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Additionally, NBSE has cautioned institutions against collecting any extra money or security deposits while forwarding application forms, reiterating that only prescribed examination fees should be charged.
The detailed rules for filling and submission of forms have been provided in the annexures enclosed with the notification.
