The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations (TN DoGE) has officially announced the schedule for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC), Higher Secondary First Year (+1), and Higher Secondary Second Year (+2) exams, taking place in March 2025. This announcement was made today, October 14, 2024.
Examination Schedule
- Class 12 Exams: March 3 to March 25, 2025
- Class 11 Exams: March 5 to March 27, 2025
- Class 10 Public Exams: March 28 to April 15, 2025
All state board exams will begin at 10:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:15 p.m. Students will receive a 10-minute reading time for the question paper from 10:00 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.
Detailed Timetable
Higher Secondary Second Year (+2) Timetable:
- March 3, 2025: Part I – Tamil, Other Indian Languages
- March 6, 2025: Part II – English
- March 11, 2025: Part III – Zoology, Commerce, Mathematics, Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Textiles & Dress Designing, Food Service Management, Agricultural Science, Nursing (General)
- March 14, 2025: Part III – Communicative English, Ethics and Indian Culture, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Biochemistry, Advanced Language (Tamil), Home Science, Political Science, Statistics, Nursing (Vocational), Basic Electrical Engineering
- March 18, 2025: Part III – Biology, Botany, History, Business Mathematics and Statistics, Basic Electronics Engineering, Basic Civil Engineering, Basic Automobile Engineering, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Textile Technology, Office Management and Secretarial Practice
- March 21, 2025: Part III – Chemistry, Accountancy, Geography
- March 25, 2025: Part III – Physics, Economics, Employability Skills
Higher Secondary First Year (+1) Timetable:
- March 5, 2025: Part I – Tamil, Other Indian Languages
- March 10, 2025: Part II – English
- March 13, 2025: Part III – Communicative English, Ethics and Indian Culture, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Biochemistry, Advanced Language (Tamil), Home Science, Political Science, Statistics, Nursing (Vocational), Basic Electrical Engineering
- March 17, 2025: Part III – Biology, Botany, History, Business Mathematics and Statistics, Basic Electronics Engineering, Basic Civil Engineering, Basic Automobile Engineering, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Textile Technology, Office Management and Secretaryship
- March 20, 2025: Part III – Physics, Economics, Employability Skills
- March 24, 2025: Part III – Mathematics, Zoology, Commerce, Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Textiles and Dress Designing, Food Service Management, Agricultural Science, Nursing (General)
- March 27, 2025: Part III – Chemistry, Accountancy, Geography
SSLC Exam Schedule:
- March 28, 2025: Part I – Tamil, Other Language Subjects
- April 2, 2025: Part II – English
- April 4, 2025: Part IV – Optional Language
- April 7, 2025: Part III – Mathematics
- April 11, 2025: Part III – Science
- April 15, 2025: Part III – Social Science
Previous Year Performance
During the 2024 board exams, the overall pass percentage for Class 12 students was 94.56%, with girls achieving a pass rate of 96.44%, while boys had a pass rate of 92.37%. For the TN SSLC, the pass percentage was 91.55%, with 8,18,743 out of 8,94,264 students successfully passing the examination.
